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The Efficacy of Construction Site Safety Inspections

M. Christopher Auld; J.C. Herbert Emery; Daniel V. Gordon; Douglas McClintock

University of Calgary

In this article, we measure the impact of on‐site safety inspections on the frequency of work‐related injury and death in the Alberta construction sector, 1987–92. The data are disaggregated by subindustry allowing different risk levels to be associated with different work activities. In our sample, there is a dramatic decrease in inspection activity which alows us to assess the necessity for continuing with current levels of inspection effort. We find that on‐site safety inspections have no effect on the risk of accident and injury but do have a positive effect in reducing the number of work‐related fatalities.

DOI

10.1086/322826

Volume

19 (4)

Pages

900-921

Language

en

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