What is the current status of health and safety in construction?


14 May 2021

Safeguard’s State of the Nation survey yielded some interesting results regarding health and safety across a broad range of industries. In order to ascertain a clearer picture as to the construction industry in particular, Safeguard provided industry-specific data to Site Safe.

 

Of the State of the Nation survey respondents, 257 selected Construction as their industry sector. Respondents were asked to choose from five responses to each question, on a scale ranging from ‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree’.

The recorded results below are the percentage of construction industry respondents who selected either ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ to each of the questions.

In New Zealand, the safety of workers is taken seriously 

73.7%

In New Zealand, the health and wellbeing of workers is taken seriously 

50.2%

New Zealand's health & safety performance is improving                

73.2%

Overall, the health & safety regulator, WorkSafe New Zealand, is performing well

44.8%

In the last 12 months my experience with WorkSafe New Zealand has been satisfactory            

59.9%

Organisations in New Zealand view health and safety as an opportunity to improve, not just to comply 

38.8%

In my experience, most health and safety professionals are competent                 

60.2%

Health and safety has improved in my workplace over the last 12 months                      

78.3%

In my workplace we have identified our critical risks and have effective controls in place to minimise the chance of   harm    

85.3%

In my workplace, workers are involved in identifying risks and making decisions about how to control   them                     

75.8%

In my workplace, when a worker raises a health & safety issue his or her views are heard by management             

77.5%

I am confident no one at my workplace will be harmed or made unwell as a result of activities in my workplace         

44.3%

In my workplace, staff are regularly asked for input into how health and safety is managed   

72.5%

In my workplace, senior managers and/or board members regularly ask questions about health and safety           

72.1%

In my workplace, we discuss health and safety risk with other businesses which share our site

73.8%

 

For further information or to view the entire State of the Nation survey results, visit https://safeguard.co.nz/.