Hacia una nueva cultura de la seguridad y salud en las pymes del sector de la construcción: un camino más allá de la ley

Occupational health and safety performance (OHSP) is an issue for corporate social responsibility and is a function of corporate social performance. A statistical study of two corresponding surveys for workers and management of 2003 INSHT Spanish national data on OHS in the construction field was conducted and variance between the worker and management in OHS perception was found. In order to reach an optimum level of OHSP the perceptions of both workers and management need to be aligned on OHS issues. The article concludes with the importance of internal stakeholder dialogue to move the risk perception closer and a safety culture that is more than just law compliance were both managers and workers take responsibility for critical OHS issues to prevent accidents.