‘The Monday Effect’: Is Monday really the most dangerous day on a jobsite?

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

05 February 2025

‘The Monday Effect’ is the name given to a phenomenon that suggests the first day of the working week is the most dangerous on construction sites.

It’s a talking point among construction health and safety experts once again, partly thanks to a 2024 article in Australian publication The Conversation, by Milad Haghani, senior lecturer of urban risk and resilience at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

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