Abstract
The construction industry has been slow to implement safe working conditions, even though
it could reduce the risks and dangers that the industry’s operations pose to human health and safety.
More research and development in this area is clearly needed to increase the acceptance of safety in
the execution of engineering projects, as previous study has demonstrated. Therefore, this study will
analyse safe working conditions in construction-related professions in order to determine the focal
area of previous studies. However, there has not been much effort put into mapping international
studies on safe working environments in the construction industry. This research evaluates safety
for the construction industry in order to discover new research trends. This indicates the ongoing
challenges in the sector. For this study, comprehensive bibliometric methodology was applied, and
data were extracted from the Scopus database. Using keywords like “safe”, “working condition”,
“construction industry” or “built environment”, “health and safety”, and “technology”, publications
from the database were extracted. Based on the collected bibliographic information, a co-authorship
and co-occurrence map was created using VOSviewer. Research on occupational health and safety
in the building industry, safety management and risk factors in the construction industry, ethical
considerations in human experimentation, and safety and work environment revealed an emerging
trend in safe working conditions in the construction industry.