Report Reveals Construction Worker Perceptions of Worker Safety

Much information about workplace safety and health comes from reports filed by employers. In 2015, the annual National Health Interview Survey included an Occupational Health Supplement – giving workers an opportunity to speak up about safety and health in their workplace. The CPWR Data Center recently analyzed the responses. Among the standout findings:

• More than 60 percent of American workers consider their workplace “very safe” – but fewer than half of construction workers think so. That’s the lowest number for any U.S. industry except agriculture.
• Construction workers were far less likely to enjoy workplace access to health promotion programs, such as blood pressure screening or help quitting smoking, than the average U.S. worker (24 percent to 47 percent).
• Hispanic construction workers were much more likely to worry about losing their jobs than their white, non-Hispanic counterparts (16.5 percent to 9.8 percent).

Read the full results in CPWR’s latest Quarterly Data Report, “Workplace Safety and Health Perceptions of Construction Workers.”