Building PPE Compliance Through Strengthening Knowledge and Attitudes: An Empirical Study and Construction Workers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out and examine variables related to cobstruction workers’ compliance with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Based on factors such as age, education, knwoledge, attitude towards safety, and supervision of the use of PPE. Despite some safety initiatives, it’s still common for people to ignore guidelines for wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), such as not wearing safety helmets or eye and face protection this research was conducted between January and April 2025 using a qualitative descriptive method. The analysis examined 15 articles published between 2020 and 2025. The articles were gleaned from a number of national databases including ScienceDirect and Google Scholar. The findings of the analysis show that internal and externalfactors include risk awareness, eork discipline, and social support from colleagues, internal factors include workers’knowledge, attitudes, age, and experience. The element that most affects the level of compliance among them is knowledge and work attitude. This study advances knowledge of behavioral factors related to cosmology workers’ compliance to wear personal protective equipment. Keywords: factors for the use of PPE, work safety, PPE,compliance with the use of PPE.