This paper will describe those safety practices that have been
implemented and have shown reasonable success in improving
safety performance on construction sites. These are referred to
herein as best practices. This research was conducted with the objective
of evaluating the influence of various safety practices on
safety performance. The study was sponsored by the CII as part
of a research study to examine leading indicators. It was decided
that data would be collected from projects that were either under
construction or that had been recently completed from the safety
managers or project managers to obtain the most complete data
possible.