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Construction Safety Audit Programs: Beyond Compliance Checklists to Real Behavioral Change

Most construction safety audits produce a checklist and a filing cabinet. Few actually change behavior on sites. A safety audit program that works — leading-indicator metrics, observational audits focused on behavior, near-miss reporting, fair consequences, and continuous refinement — produces measurably safer sites and lower experience modification rates. GCs with real safety programs get better insurance rates, win more work from safety-conscious owners, and most importantly have fewer workers hurt.