Arbetsrelaterade olyckor och ohälsa har under de senaste åren minskat och från 1990 – talet har olycksfrekvensen halverats. Detta kan komma av att medvetenheten och kunskapen för risker har ökat samt att samverkan mellan företag och branschorganisationer har blivit betydligt bättre och idag jobbar alla tydligt mot samma mål. Att lyckas utesluta och förebygga alla olyckor är svårt men det behöver vara målet för alla företag. Genom att tydligt involvera medarbetare för att skapa en sundare arbetsmiljö och stärka säkerhetskulturen kan på så sätt olyckor förebyggas. / The aim of the study was to analyse how employees at Skanska Hus Östergötland reason about the number of accidents in the workplace. In order to achieve the aim of the study, three questions at issue were worked out from which the work was based: How has the focus area affected the daily work of the employees? What do the employees think is needed to reduce the number of accidents in the workplace? What do the employees consider to be the biggest obstacle in the work towards a safer workplace? In the end, only two questions were answered. The empirical data of the study was collected by means of qualitative interviews in which a total of nine employees at Skanska were interviewed. Based on the empirical data collected, the data was thematised and presented in the results. Work-related accidents and injuries have decreased in recent years and from the 1990s the accident frequency has reduced. This may be due to the fact that awareness and knowledge of risks has increased and that collaboration between the parties has improved significantly and today everyone is clearly working towards the same goal. Succeeding in excluding and preventing all accidents is difficult, but it needs to be the goal for all companies. By clearly involving employees to create a healthier work environment and strengthen the safety culture, accidents can thus be prevented. The results show that all of the respondents suggest that there are clear obstacles in the work to succeed in reducing mass accidents in the workplace. In addition to the clear obstacles that need to be worked on, issues such as behavior, attitude and safety culture are constantly being discussed within companies in the construction industry. Saying "I'm just going" or taking shortcuts at work rarely ends well as it easily happens that you hurry up or make mistakes. Working under stress or not always being sharp during dangerous moments can have devastating consequences at work. When it comes to safety and work environment in the construction industry, Sweden and also Skanska are far ahead in this matter. / <p>Examensarbetet är utfört vid Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap (ITN) vid Tekniska fakulteten, Linköpings universitet</p>