Risk Perception in the Construction Industry: Differences Between Italian and Migrant Workers Before and After a Targeted Training Intervention

We developed a visual tool to assess risk perception for sample of male construction workers (forty Italian and twenty-eight immigrant workers), just before after sixteen-hour training course. The questionnaire included photographs real sites, were instructed select pictograms representing the occupational risks present in each photograph. Points awarded correctly identifying any that present, points deducted failing identify or not present. found: (1) Before course, was significantly lower immigrants compared Italians ( p < .001); (2) improved .001) among all tested; (3) training, difference between no longer statistically significant = .1086). Although size relatively small, results suggest is effective may reduce degree which cultural linguistic barriers hinder perception. Moreover, use images instead words evaluate could also be applied nonconstruction workplaces.