Personality, perceived about co-workers safety behavior and unsafe acts in construction workers

Introduction: The main cause of occupational accidents is unsafe acts. Unsafe acts are influenced by internal and external factors of workers. Internal factors that provide influence to workers’ unsafe behavior include personalities and workers’ perceived about the actions of co-workers. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of extraversion and agreeableness on unsafe acts through workers’ perceived concerning the acts of co-workers. Method: The study was observational research with cross sectional design. A questionnaire was administered to building construction worker, and the following results were obtained. Results: First, agreeableness affected worker’s unsafe acts through workers’ perceived concerning the acts of co-workers. Second, extraversion, agreeableness, and workers’ perceived concerning the acts of co-workers directly affected worker’s unsafe acts. These findings showed the importance of agreeableness and extraversion as predictors of unsafe acts. Conclusions: By identifying grade of agreeableness, extraversion, and co-workers safety behavior, subcontractor can identify worker’s unsafe acts and prevent accidents in building constructions.