New Risk Management Findings Reported from Pontifical Catholic University (Strategies for improving safety performance in construction firms)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Risk Management are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Santiago, Chile, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Over the years many prevention management practices have been implemented to prevent and mitigate accidents at the construction site. However, there is little evidence of the effectiveness of individual or combined practices used by companies to manage occupational health and safety issues."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Pontifical Catholic University, "The authors selected a sample of 1180 construction firms and 221 individual practices applied in these companies to analyze their effectiveness reducing injury rates over a period of four years in Chile. Different methods were used to study this massive database including: visual analyses of graphical information, statistical analyses and classification techniques. Results showed that practices related to safety incentives and rewards are the most effective from the accident rate viewpoint, even though they are seldom used by companies; on the other hand, practices related to accidents and incidents investigation had a slight negative impact on the accident rate because they are frequently used as a reactive measure. In general, the higher the percentage of prevention practices implemented in a strategy, the lower the accident rate."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "However, the analysis of the combined effect of prevention practices indicated that the choice of the right combination of practices was more important than just the number of practices implemented."

For more information on this research see: Strategies for improving safety performance in construction firms. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2016;94():107-118. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Catholic University, Santiago, Chile. Additional authors for this research include D. Acuna, S. Diethelm and E. Pellicer.

Keywords for this news article include: Santiago, Chile, South America, Risk Management, Pontifical Catholic University.

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