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Subcontracting and occupational health and safety in the residential building industry
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Safety ScienceInjury CausationInjury PreventionOccupational HazardsHuman Resource ManagementIndustrial OrganizationPoorer OhsPrevention Through DesignBuilt EnvironmentOccupational Health And SafetyManagementIndustrial HazardIndustrial SafetyOccupational DiseasePublic HealthEconomicsResidential Building IndustryOccupational HealthWork SafetyOccupational SafetyOccupational EpidemiologyBusinessConstruction Management
This article examines the relationship between subcontracting and occupational health and safety in the Australian and UK residential building industry. It is argued that poorer OHS is an important consequence of subcontracting. This finding has implications for theories of injury causation and analysing the impact of outsourcing on industrial relations.