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EdinburghResearchExplorerAccidentInvestigationonaLargeConstructionProject:AnEthnographicCaseStudyCitationforpublishedversion:Oswald,D,Smith,S&Sherratt,F2015,AccidentInvestigationonaLargeConstructionProject:AnEthnographicCaseStudy.inProcediaManufacturing.vol.3,ElsevierB.V.,pp.1788-1795,6thInternationalConferenceonAppliedHumanFactorsandErgonomics,LasVegas,UnitedStates,26/07/15.Link:LinktopublicationrecordinEdinburghResearchExplorerDocumentVersion:PeerreviewedversionPublishedIn:ProcediaManufacturingGeneralrightsCopyrightforthepublicationsmadeaccessibleviatheEdinburghResearchExplorerisretainedbytheauthor(s)and/orothercopyrightownersanditisaconditionofaccessingthesepublicationsthatusersrecogniseandabidebythelegalrequirementsassociatedwiththeserights.TakedownpolicyTheUniversityofEdinburghhasmadeeveryreasonableefforttoensurethatEdinburghResearchExplorercontentcomplieswithUKlegislation.Ifyoubelievethatthepublicdisplayofthisfilebreachescopyrightpleasecontactopenaccess@ed.ac.ukprovidingdetails,andwewillremoveaccesstotheworkimmediatelyandinvestigateyourclaim.Downloaddate:15.Sep.20202351-9789©2015TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer-reviewunderresponsibilityofAHFEConferencedoi:10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.217ProcediaManufacturing3(2015)1788–1795Availableonlineatwww.sciencedirect.comScienceDirect6thInternationalConferenceonAppliedHumanFactorsandErgonomics(AHFE2015)andtheAffiliatedConferences,AHFE2015Accidentinvestigationonalargeconstructionproject:AnethnographiccasestudyDavidOswalda,SimonSmitha,FredSherrattbaUniversityofEdinburgh,King’sBuildings,WestMainsRoad,Edinburgh,EH93JG,UKbAngliaRuskinUniversity2,BishopHallLane,Chelmsford,CM11SQ,UKAbstractUnsafeactsarebelievedtoaccountforapproximately80to90percentofaccidents.Thispaperwillinvestigatethisissuethroughexploringthereasoningbehindtheunsafeactsthatresultedinaminoraccidentonalargeconstructionproject(+$1B)intheUK.Thestudydescribedhere,partofawiderPhDproject,wasundertakenusinganethnographicapproach.Participantobservationenabledtheresearchertobeinvolvedinthewholeaccidentinvestigationprocessincludingwitnessstatementinterviews,informaldiscussions,post-accidentreportsandmeetings.Theunderstandingsdisplayedbythoseinvolvedintheminoraccidentincludedadesireforalackofblame,withtheincidentbeingdescribedas‘anactofgod’.Thestudyrevealsintentionalunsafeactsthatwereduetotimepressures,anacceptanceoftheunsafeactasasocialnormandalackofplanningandtraining.Withoutanyinvestigation,thisaccidentcouldhavebeenattributedpurelytoacableguide,whichcouldhavebeenconsideredanunsafecondition.However,throughthoroughinvestigationtherewerealsofourunsafeactsrelatedtotheaccidentdiscovered:threeofwhichwereintentional.Theconstructionindustryneedstoshiftitssafetymanagementefforttowardstheunderstandingandeliminationofunsafeactsdespitethembeingmoredifficulttoidentifyandpreventthanunsafeconditions.Changingintentionalunsafebehavioursisoneofthenextstepsforimprovinghealthandsafetyoftheindustry,andtheinsightsfromthispaperaddtotheknowledgeofwhytheseunsafeactsoccur.©2015TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Peer-reviewunderresponsibilityofAHFEConference.Keywords:Unsafeacts;Ethnography;Constructionindustry;Behavior©2015TheAuthors.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheC...