Safety Leading Indicators for Malaysian Construction Industry

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Lee Wei Xian , Husna binti Takaijudin , Idris bin Othman

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More and more safety professionals and researchers agree that lagging indicators are inefficient to provide the necessary insights for preventing accidents. Many encourage a shift to implement leading indicators or proactive initiatives. However, development in leading indicator-based safety performance measurement in Malaysia is still trailing behind. Hence, this study aims to investigate potential safety leading indicators that are applicable for Malaysian construction industry. One hundred and seventy-six (176) questionnaires were administered to subject-matter experts. Results of the survey were analyzed by implementing Mean Score (MS) and Relative Importance Index (RII). Spearman’s Rank Correlation Test and Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient were used to ensure the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. All leading indicators are significant and none of them is rejected according to the results. The finding of this study is the first step to develop a leading indicators implementation framework for Malaysian construction industry.

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