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Built Environment Project and Asset Management

ISSN : 2044-124X

Article publication date: 14 October 2021

Issue publication date: 8 February 2022

Construction safety management (CSM) has been intensively researched in the last four decades but hitherto mostly aimed at understanding root causes of accidents, recommending preventive measures and evaluating their implications. However, a systematic effort to present a comprehensive picture of construction safety research is hardly witnessed. Therefore, the study aims to investigate construction safety research contributors, ontologies, themes, evolution, emerging trends and future directions using quantitative and qualitative content analysis.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 877 journal articles were extracted using preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and Scopus literature database and were analyzed using VOSviewer and Nvivo tools to present a comprehensive picture of the CSM body of knowledge.

The study observed rapid growth in construction safety research with contributions from various countries, organizations and researchers. This study identified 3 research levels, 8 project phases, 10 project types, 6 research instruments and 19 research data sources along with their usage in the research domain. Further, the study identified 13 emerging research themes, 4 emerging research trends and an observed paradigm shift from reactive to proactive CSM approach.

Research limitations/implications

The comprehensive study on the emerging themes and findings on proactive CSM has strategic implications to practice to incorporate safety. The identified future directions can assist researchers in bridging the existing gaps and strengthening emerging research trends.

Originality/value

The study presents a comprehensive picture of the CSM body of knowledge using the content analysis approach that was absent in past literature and opened future research avenues.

• Construction safety
• Safety management
• Literature review
• Content analysis

Acknowledgements

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Bhagwat, K. and Delhi, V.S.K. (2022), "A systematic review of construction safety research: quantitative and qualitative content analysis approach", Built Environment Project and Asset Management , Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 243-261. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-04-2021-0068

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The construction industry experiences high injury and fatality rates and is far from achieving a zero-injury goal. Thus, effective safety management systems are critical to ongoing efforts to improve safety. An appropriate definition of safety management systems is required, and the elements included in a safety management system should be identified to be used by practitioners to improve safety. A variety of safety management systems have been introduced by researchers and organizations. Most have been developed based on the root causes of injuries and fatalities within organizations. This review paper gives an overview of different safety management systems in various fields to identify the similarities and differences in these systems. The aim of this review is to demonstrate the state-of-the art research on a variety of safety management systems and related methods of measurement. This paper also provides background studies of developing safety management systems. The primary contribution of this review to the body of knowledge is providing insights into existing safety management systems and their critical elements with appropriate methods of safety performance measurement, which can enable owners, contractors, and decision makers to choose and implement elements.

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