Investigation and identification of factors affecting migrating peasant workers' usage of safety footwear in the Chinese construction industry. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Suo, Qinghui; Zhang, Daming
• Is Part Of: International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics. Volume 23:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 424
• Page End: 430
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: migrating peasant worker -- safety footwear -- construction site -- theory of planned behaviour; Human engineering -- Periodicals; Industrial safety -- Periodicals; Human Engineering -- Periodicals; Occupational Health -- Periodicals; Ergonomie -- Périodiques; Sécurité du travail -- Périodiques; Human engineering; Industrial safety; Periodicals; 620.8
• DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2016.1277081
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1080-3548

Abstract

Abstract : A sample of 300 migrating peasant workers from 15 Chinese building construction sites completed a demographic questionnaire to investigate the usage of safety footwear. The survey form was constructed based on the theory of planned behaviour, and a total of 12 questions focusing on the workers' past experience, attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control were included in the survey. It was found that 92% of the participants did not wear safety footwear while working on construction sites, although more than 91% of them believed that safety footwear would protect the foot from injury; none of the participants had been provided free safety footwear by their employer. Regression analysis shows that employers' attitude is the most important factor affecting their usage of safety footwear, 'providing free safety footwear' and 'comfortability of the safety footwear' ranking second and third respectively.