ABSTRACT The workplace accidents in Singapore’s construction sector continue to dominate among occupational fatalities. In order to improve the overall safety performance of firms, it is critical to evaluate and eliminate the root causes of such incidents. This study aims to identify and assess the systemic lapses as the main causes of accidents in the construction industry. The study introduces a framework of Policy, Process, People, and Incentive factors, coupled with the Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) model to demonstrate a more comprehensive understanding of the contributing factors that escalate to construction accidents. A survey questionnaire with 31 respondent firms was conducted regarding the perceived importance of, and level of adoption of, factors that were associated with the framework. The findings revealed that, with regards to the safety-related practices, there is an overall lower adoption rate in comparison to their perceived level of importance. In particular, people and incentive factors are highlighted as having a significant difference in terms of the extent of adoption and level of importance. However, the people and incentive factors should not be isolated from the policy and process factors, as a comprehensive approach is needed to improve the overall safety performance of firms.

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系统性失误是新加坡建筑业事故的主要原因

摘要新加坡建筑业的工作场所事故继续在职业死亡事故中占主导地位。为了提高公司的整体安全绩效，评估和消除此类事故的根本原因至关重要。本研究旨在识别和评估系统性失误作为建筑行业事故的主要原因。该研究引入了政策、流程、人员和激励因素的框架，再加上系统理论事故模型和流程 (STAMP) 模型，以展示对升级为建筑事故的促成因素的更全面的理解。针对与框架相关的因素的感知重要性和采用程度，对 31 家受访公司进行了调查问卷。调查结果显示，就安全相关实践而言，与其感知的重要性水平相比，总体采用率较低。特别是，人和激励因素被强调为在采用程度和重要性水平方面具有显着差异。然而，人员和激励因素不应与政策和流程因素分离，因为需要采取综合方法来提高公司的整体安全绩效。