Construction Workers Injury Risk Assessment in Relation to their Experience and Age

Mučenski, Vladimir; Peško, Igor; Dražić, Jasmina; Ćirović, Goran; Trivunić, Milan; Bibić, Dragana

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.205

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“…However, researchers looked at the effect of age on the risk perceptions (RPs) of construction workers in Hong Kong and found that age had no influence [46]. However, in other studies, the RPs of Chinese construction workers have been reported to be influenced by their age [14], which is consistent with the findings of Mučenski et al [47]. Some researchers reported that young workers have low RPs [16,17,44,47].…”

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Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Construction Fieldworkers’ Safety Risk Assessments

2021

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Construction operations are hazardous, leading to thousands of accidents, injuries, and fatalities annually. Safety risk assessment (SRA) is a key component necessary to respond to hazards effectively. Individuals have different perceptions of the riskiness of construction hazards, and studies have shown that different sociodemographic factors among employees can alter their SRA skills. However, their role in the US construction industry has been understudied, and this analysis investigates this topic further. Following a detailed systematic review of the relevant literature, quantitative data were collected from 181 construction fieldworkers in the United States using images integrated into an interactive questionnaire survey. Responses on the severity and frequency of seven potential accident causes were captured and analyzed. Findings from the literature review revealed six key sociodemographic factors—age, education, training, gender, ethnicity, and work type—that could impact fieldworkers’ SRA. However, a quantitative analysis suggests that only education is a significant influence, and sociodemographic factors had a statistically significant impact on less than five percent of the assessments. Therefore, the present study proposes that future investigation within the SRA domain should complement sociodemographic factors with critical behavioral factors that are rarely discussed, such as cognitive biases, personality traits, and safety behavior. As a foundational study for safety researchers and practitioners, the results provide information on SRA that can help enhance the safety and workforce sustainability of construction companies with a diverse workforce.

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Section: Influence Of Age Of Workerssupporting

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Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Construction Fieldworkers’ Safety Risk Assessments

2021

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“…Through the analysis it is known that workers of age (20-34, > 4 years' experience) contributes one fifth of the total injury. The workers of age 25-29 shows there is an increase in injury rate from 3 to 6 times as compared to the age group of 20-24 & 30-34.It is also revealed that the workers of age group (50-54, > 9 and < 20 years of experience) records about 70% injury rate [12]. The contributing factors for construction accidents are unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, unavailability of Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE), lack of risk management and unsuitability of the materials are the main contributing factors [13].…”

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Examination the Influence of Human Factors in Indian Building Construction Sites

2019

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This research intends to explore the human factors which lead to non-fatal accidents (i.e. first aid case, near miss, lost time injury) and assessing safety supervision factors in building construction sites. A total of hundred non – fatal accident data is collected for the analysis. Human factors such as age, experience, language, education level and competency of the worker are explored using data analysis method. The root causes for the accidents are also determined and it is found that 22% of the construction site accidents are due to improper supervision. Furthermore a questionnaire survey is conducted among the Safety Engineers, Site Engineers, Supervisors and Workers to elicit the actual happenings about the safety supervision in the site. The questionnaire mainly focused on safety supervision factors and Relative Importance Index (RII) is used to rank the safety factors. As a result, monitoring hoist operation (0.73), moving vehicle (0.72) and checking the stability of scaffolds (0.69) shows higher level of disagreement which means that these factors have been given least priority. In order to measure the strength of relationship between the respondents, Spearman’s Rank Correlation is done. Through the Spearman’s correlation it is known that Safety Engineers vs Supervisors (0.83) and Safety Engineers vs Site Engineers (0.81) has high correlation values which indicates that these respondents have provided similar rankings.

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“…Prema analizi koju su sproveli Mučenski et al u odnosu na razmatrane izveštaje o povredama na radu na gradilištima u Srbiji, najveći broj povreda zabeležen je kod radnika starosti 25-34 godine kao i kod radnika starosti 40-54 godine. Prema analizi istih autora, najveći stepen rizika od povreda na radu u građevinskom sektoru, identifikovan je kod radnika starosti 20-34 godine sa radnim iskustvom od 0-4 godine [8].…”

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Hazards that cause occupational injuries at a construction site

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2019

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Fakultet zaštite na radu, Niš U većini zemalja, građevinska delatnost spada u jedan od značajnijih pokretača zapošljavanja radnika. Prilikom obavljanja građevinskih radova, usled dinamičnih i otežanih uslova rada, dolazi do velikog broja povreda na radu koje zahtevaju preduzimanje adekvatnih mera zaštite na radu. U radu je dat pregled povreda do kojih dolazi na gradilištima i pregled opasnosti koje dovode do povreda na radu na gradilištu. Kroz identifikaciju opasnosti na gradilištima moguće je upravljati rizicima od povrede na radu i smanjiti ih ili ublažiti njihove posledice.

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Construction Workers Injury Risk Assessment in Relation to their Experience and Age

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Construction Fieldworkers’ Safety Risk Assessments

Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Construction Fieldworkers’ Safety Risk Assessments

Examination the Influence of Human Factors in Indian Building Construction Sites

Hazards that cause occupational injuries at a construction site

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