Construction workers’ awareness of safety information depending on physical and mental load

Kim, Siyeon; Lee, Heerim; Hwang, Sungjoo; Yi, June Seong; Son, JeongWook

doi:10.1080/13467581.2021.1908899

Cited by 26 publications

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“…Task complexity, for example, has been associated with reduced performance and SA and increased mental workload (Fang et al 2018), which may require specific training scenarios to mitigate the reduction of the operator's SA levels during more complex tasks (Choi et al 2020). Finally, for similar levels of task complexity, construction workers' SA is significantly affected by different levels of MWL, with SA decreasing for higher levels of MWL (Kim et al 2021).…”

Section: Situational Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of VR-Based Training on Human–Robot Interaction for Remote Operating Construction Robots

Adami

Rodrigues

Woods

et al. 2022

J. Comput. Civ. Eng.

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Despite the increased interest in automation and the expanded deployment of robots in the construction industry, using robots in a dynamic and unstructured working environment has caused safety concerns in operating construction robots. Improving Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) can increase the adoption of robots on construction sites; for example, increasing trust in robots could help construction workers to accept new technologies. Confidence in operation (or self-efficacy), mental workload, and situational awareness are among other key factors that help such workers to remote operate robots safely.However, construction workers have very few opportunities to practice with robots to build trust, selfefficacy, and situational awareness, as well as resistance against increasing mental workload, before interacting with them on job sites. Virtual Reality (VR) could afford a safer place to practice with the robot, thus we tested if VR-based training could increase these four outcomes during the remote operation of

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Section: Situational Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of VR-Based Training on Human–Robot Interaction for Remote Operating Construction Robots

Adami

Rodrigues

Woods

et al. 2022

J. Comput. Civ. Eng.

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“…On the other hand, concerns such as tight project budget and time constraints lead construction personnel to be production-oriented, which puts field employees under mental pressure (Mitropoulos et al, 2005). Moreover, workers face mental fatigue and stress due to poor working conditions, which cause unsafe acts (Jebelli et al, 2019;Kim et al, 2022). Furthermore, improving the physical conditions of workers is an effective means of promoting safe behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing the impact of peripheral vision on construction site safety

Kiral

Demirkesen

2022

ECAM

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PurposeThis study aims to observe the impact of peripheral vision on construction safety. The study further intends to create awareness of eye diseases in construction safety, an important root cause for most construction-related hazards and accidents.Design/methodology/approachThis study focuses on the impact of peripheral vision in terms of construction site safety. Experiments were conducted with construction employees with different qualifications, ages, expertise and previous safety training experience. The experiments were conducted with an experiment set consisting of a tangent screen to measure the peripheral angle of the participants. The study measured peripheral vision, which helped determine the vision field accordingly. In this context, a total of 32 participants were investigated in terms of their peripheral visual angle and the field of vision. The data collected were analyzed in terms of several statistical tests such as One-Sample t-test, multivariate ANOVA and multiple linear regression.FindingsThe results of the study indicated that there are significant differences in peripheral vision in terms of age of participants, work qualification, work experience, area of expertise and previous safety training experience. The study further revealed that most of the participants failed to satisfy both OSHA requirements about peripheral vision, and normal limits defined in the previous literature. The study further implies that participants, who reported previous sight problems or eye diseases are more vulnerable to construction site accidents.Originality/valueConstruction site safety remains a major concern for most construction companies despite the latest developments in technology. Several companies are struggling with poor safety performance, occupational injuries and illnesses, and work-related accidents resulting in fatalities. However, the root causes behind several construction accidents are still vague due to different dynamics in the construction industry. Among these root causes, poor sight, vision and or eye diseases constitute an important part. Hence, the study provides empirical evidence with the workers checked for eye health to help policymakers and industry practitioners in terms of developing awareness for eye-related injuries and accidents and review their safety programs accordingly.

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“…Furnham [25] developed an accident causal process model showing that incomplete cognition of hazards can cause multiple human errors. Previous research revealed that keeping good SA is even harder for people who work in a dynamic and less organized environment, such as military, construction, and road environments [26][27][28]. Salmon et al [29] identified some implications of the theory of SA regarding the use of road environments and explained accident causation based on the theory.…”

Section: Construction Worker Hazard Recognition and Risk Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beacon-Based Individualized Hazard Alarm System for Construction Sites: An Experimental Study on Sensor Deployment

et al. 2021

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Researchers have proposed several forms of beacon sensor-based hazard alarm systems for increasing construction workers’ awareness of site hazards, but research on how to deploy beacon sensors so that the system is adequate for achieving timely individualized hazard alarms is scarce. Against this background, this research investigates the impact of different beacon sensor locations in a construction site on how quickly a worker can receive the individualized hazard alarms. This research took an experimental study approach to address this objective. After a prototype of a beacon-based hazard alarm system was developed, the system was tested in a concrete structure building under construction. In the experiment, the locations where the experimenter received the first hazard alarm were recorded in repetitive trials while the beacon sensor was located in four different locations, such as (1) at the entrance of the room, (2) behind the front side wall, (3) on the internal wall facing the access point, and (4) on the internal wall not facing the access point and in a partially enclosed room in the concrete structure. The rate of successful alarm notification (i.e., the rate that the person received the hazard alarm before arriving at the target location) was 89%, 68%, 48%, and 19%, respectively, for the four locations of the beacon sensor. Meanwhile, the heat maps indicating where the hazard alarm notification was received show that the “behind the front side wall” setting yielded the most desired pattern of notification reception, wherein the person received the hazard alarm just before arriving at the room. These results show that the hazard alarm function of the system could be severely affected by the beacon sensor’s location and implies that the locations of beacon sensors should be decided carefully based on the type of hazard involved and the workers targeted for receiving the alarms.

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Construction workers’ awareness of safety information depending on physical and mental load

Cited by 26 publications

References 44 publications

Impact of VR-Based Training on Human–Robot Interaction for Remote Operating Construction Robots

Impact of VR-Based Training on Human–Robot Interaction for Remote Operating Construction Robots

Assessing the impact of peripheral vision on construction site safety

Beacon-Based Individualized Hazard Alarm System for Construction Sites: An Experimental Study on Sensor Deployment

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