Association of Root Causes in Fatal Fall-from-Height Construction Accidents in Hong Kong

Chan

et al. 2018

IJERPH

A study on electrical and mechanical (E&M) works-related accidents for public sector projects provided the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the causes of accidents by analyzing the circumstances of all E&M works accidents. The research aims to examine accidents of E&M works which happened in public sector projects. A total of 421 E&M works-related accidents in the “Public Works Programme Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics” (PCSES) system were extracted for analysis. Two-step cluster analysis was conducted to classify the E&M accidents into different groups. The results identified three E&M accidents groups: (1) electricians with over 15 years of experience were prone to ‘fall of person from height’; (2) electricians with zero to five years of experience were prone to ‘slip, trip or fall on same level’; (3) air-conditioning workers with zero to five years of experience were prone to multiple types of accidents. Practical measures were recommended for each specific cluster group to avoid recurrence of similar accidents. The accident analysis would be vital for industry practitioners to enhance the safety performance of public sector projects. This study contributes to filling the knowledge gap of how and why E&M accidents occur and promulgating preventive measures for E&M accidents which have been under researched.

Section: Research Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accidents of Electrical and Mechanical Works for Public Sector Projects in Hong Kong

Chan

et al. 2018

IJERPH

“…Betsis [14] highlighted correlations among various accident characteristics with causes and construction stages. Recent studies showed that fall-related hazards were major concerns [15][16][17], and most construction accidents and fatalities were in relation to small or medium firms [14]. Arboleda and Abraham [11] analyzed the causes of accidents to find the major relationships between the types of accident models and behavioral causes resulting in trenching fatalities.…”

Section: Importance Of Causality Analysis Of Construction Fatalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

4D-BIM-Based Workspace Planning for Temporary Safety Facilities in Construction SMEs

Pham

Hong

et al. 2020

IJERPH

Temporary safety facilities (TSFs) are an essential support system providing necessary protection to workers during construction activities, which are targeted towards preventing the occurrence of incidents and accidents at the construction site; however, the schedule and location of installation and demolition of TSFs continue to rely on labor experience, and are often omitted from formal drawings or documents. This results in thousands of accidents in the construction industry, especially in construction small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because of their several limiting factors; therefore, this study proposes automatic workspace planning for TSFs based on construction activities, which is a systematized approach for construction SMEs to practice occupational health and safety (OHS). By using building information modeling (BIM) and add-in algorithm, safety facilities can be simulated and visualized to integrate into the designated workspace. The developed system was implemented utilizing 4D-BIM for TSFs installation and validated with a case study on a residential building project. The result revealed that the visualized TSF produces a better understanding of safety measures with regard to project schedule. Additionally, TSFs workspace planning provides an affordable approach that motivates safety practices among the SMEs; consequently, the effectiveness of construction safety measures and their management is enhanced appreciably.

BKM Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health

“…Jatuh saat kerja diakibatkan oleh ketidakseimbangan pekerja atau ketidaklengkapan alat pelindung diri atau alat keselamatan (4). Jatuh dapat menyebabkan cedera.…”

Section: Pendahuluanunclassified

Perilaku penggunaan alat pelindung diri para pengunduh sarang burung walet: studi etnografi perilaku keselamatan kerja di Pantai Karangduwur Kabupaten Kebumen

Machfutra

Triratnawati²,

Hasanat

2017