Safety management practices are of particular importance to today's construction industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that construction worker fatalities declined 23% from 2008 to 2011, representing 235 fewer fatalities. However, with McGraw Hill Construction Dodge construction starts showing a 21% decrease during this same time, it's unclear whether the industry is making true strides toward improved safety.

好消息是，该行业报告了安全管理计划造成的重大收益。研究表明，安全计划正在改善承包商的底线。McGraw Hill Construction（MHC）发表在“建筑行业安全管理”中的新研究，在ClickSafety，CPWR的支持下 - 建筑研究与培训中心和United Rentals揭示了承包商和安全计划的类型这些努力的好处。然而，研究还表明，整个行业都有不平衡的好处。最大的承包商受益最大。

当前安全计划

The MHC research asked contractors to evaluate 15 specific safety practices, with firms reporting their use of the practices as well as rating the one they deemed most effective for increasing project safety. There was some agreement among contractors as to the top five practices—79% of contractors report that one of these five is most effective compared with the other 10. The levels were universal, with no statistical difference between the opinions of general contractors and specialty contractors nor of firms by size (based on number of employees).

但是，在评估这些实践的使用时，总承包商（通常是较大的公司）超越了其较小的专业分包商在采用方面出现了一个显着的趋势。当汇总成整体计划时，采用率的差异会变得更加复杂 - 超过500名员工的10个大公司中，有9个大型公司报告说，拥有完全包容性且广泛观察到的安全管理计划，而只有48％的员工少于50名员工。

在这项研究的背景下，完全包容和广泛观察到的计划新利luck被定义为安全计划，其中包括整个公司安全政策和每个项目的特定安全计划。它也完全集成到公司的所有功能中，并且完全包容，广泛观察并在所有员工中受到高度重视。它还显示出降低公司事件数量的有效性。

诚然，对于支持其安全管理投资的大型承包商，这些风险更为明显。但是，由于他们还具有额外的动力来制定强大的安全计划，因此这意味着安全计划所产生的所有好处也集中在这些较大的公司中。

Business Benefits

该行业认为安全计划使公司损失了时间和金钱。但是，MHC研究揭示了相反的情况-43％的承包商报告由于安全计划而减少了项目计划，只有13％的人报告对时间表的负面影响。同样，由于安全计划，项目预算的39％报告减少了，只有15％的报告报告安全计划对预算产生负面影响。项目回报率对安全计划的影响更大。超过一半的承包商报告了安全管理计划的项目投资回报率的改进，而仅报告ROI较低的5％。以下是研究的一些关键观察：

项目计划减少：Firms with fully integrated safety programs are more likely to report positive schedule changes—46% compared with 37% for firms without an integrated program. Nearly a fifth (19%) report schedule reductions of two weeks or more regardless of a firm's size or safety program.

Lower Project Budgets:The industry also reports notable decreases in budgets due to safety practices. Overall, nearly a quarter (24%) report budgets lowering by more than 5%. Some notable differences arise when looking at the savings for firms that have integrated programs compared with those that do not. The average savings are higher, with 26% of firms with integrated programs reporting savings of more than 5%, compared with 16% of firms without integrated programs.

ROI的改善：Differences exist in the benefits being enjoyed by firms that have fully integrated safety programs—a significantly higher number are seeing ROI benefits of over 5% compared with those with less stringent programs.

Other Benefits:企业还报告了以下安全性，这应该有助于为安全计划投资：