Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 19 No. 4 2001
The Efficacy of Construction Site Safety Inspections
Abstract
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
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 900-921
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref