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Journal of Safety Research 62 (2017) 185 –198 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Safety Research j ournal homepage : www.el sevier.c om/l oc ate/ jsr Effects of organizational complexity and resources on construction site risk Francisco J. Forteza, a,⁎ Jose M. Carretero-Gómez, b Albert Sesé c a Occupational Risk Prevention, Research Groups, University of the Balearic Islands, Mateu Orfi la Building, Ctra. de Valldemossa, km. 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain b Business Economics Department, Balearic Islands University, Spain c Department of Psychology, Balearic Islands University, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Introduction: Our research is aimed at studying the relationship between risk level and organizational complexity Received 1 December 2016 and resources on constructions sites. Our general hypothesis is that site complexity increases risk, whereas more Received in revised form 20 April 2017 resources of the structure decrease risk. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach was adopted to validate Accepted 21 June 2017 our theoretical model. Method: To develop our study, 957 building sites in Spain were visited and assessed in Available online 4 July 2017 2003–2009. All needed data were obtained using a specific tool developed by the authors to assess site risk, struc- ture and resources (Construction Sites Risk Assessment Tool, or CONSRAT). This tool operation