creator Demirkesen, Sevilay advisor Arditi, David The construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries. Therefore, the ways to reduce the number of risks have been a concern for construction companies. Safety training is considered as one of the most efficient ways of improving safety record. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the best safety training methods and the most efficient organization in safety training. The study also aimed to show how to take best safety measures to protect construction workers. In this thesis study, a questionnaire was conducted in order to investigate the achievement of safety learning, challenges in a safety training program and the methods of improving safety record. Thus, the questionnaire was e-mailed to 400 contractors in US. The data collected also indicated the importance of safety training in companies’ success in the industry. Additionally, this study presents recommendations on how companies could improve their safety record. Submitted by Dana Lamparello (dlampare@iit.edu) on 2012-03-13T15:52:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 THESIS_DEMIRKESEN[2].pdf: 3614467 bytes, checksum: c39de44e8117d01bda703c7392998cf5 (MD5) Cover.pdf: 216591 bytes, checksum: d8540956e9cb835b39906139b4d6833a (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-13T15:52:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 THESIS_DEMIRKESEN[2].pdf: 3614467 bytes, checksum: c39de44e8117d01bda703c7392998cf5 (MD5) Cover.pdf: 216591 bytes, checksum: d8540956e9cb835b39906139b4d6833a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12 M.S. in Civil Engineering, December 2011 2011-11-29 2011-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2603 en Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access CAEE / Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department