Modifying behavior and to encourage safe behavior is the key element of a good safety program. Defining safety culture, based on behavioural factors frees us to include a host of behaviours as part of the puzzle that creates the cognitive construct of organisational culture. Hence, the objective of this paper is to identify the behavioural factors' of safety culture for the Malaysian construction companies. The sample for the study was selected from the total population of Grade 7 registered

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... tractors but was limited to those building contractors in the area of Klang Valley. The questionnaire survey approach, identified leadership, organisational commitment, management commitment, safety training and resource allocation as the practices that embed safety culture into the organisational culture. A fairly emphasis on the behavioural factors' of safety culture with an equal number of elements received mean score exceeding and below the median score was found currently practice among the Malaysian construction companies.