Heavy equipment and truck-related deaths on excavation work sites

McCann, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2006.08.005

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“…The DEW can be generated through the determination of the rotation radius for each bounding box (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ), a buffer (b), t s , the rotation angles and , and the bucket motion clearance (bc), as shown in Figure 5(b). …”

Section: Excavator In Swinging Statementioning

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“…The values of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are set to 20 cm, 25cm, 20 cm, and 25 cm, respectively. Also, in order to enable complete collision detection, DEWs of truck and crane are considered similar to DEW of excavator in traversal state ( Figure 7).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the U.K., of the total number of fatalities in a period of 7 years (1996-2003), 14% have been caused by being struck by a moving vehicle [3]. In the period between 1992 and 2002, struck by vehicles and struck by objects (e.g., vehicle parts, vehicle loads, or falling vehicles) were identified as the causes of 30% and 24% of deaths on excavations sites, respectively [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dynamic Equipment Workspace Generation for Improving Earthwork Safety Using Equipment Pose and State Data

Vahdatikhaki¹,

Hammad²

2015

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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In the period between 1992 and 2002, struck by vehicles and struck by objects (e.g., vehicle parts, vehicle loads, or falling vehicles) were identified as the causes of 30% and 24% of deaths on excavations sites, respectively. It is therefore of a paramount importance to improve the safety of construction sites by increasing the peripheral awareness of the operators of earthwork equipment. The existing collision avoidance systems often detect collisions based on the workspaces that only account for the geometry and the degrees of freedom of the equipment, and thus disregard the job-site-andstate-dependent characteristics of equipment. This results in reserving a large space for every piece of equipment. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel method for generating dynamic equipment workspaces based on the continuous monitoring of a spectrum of equipment-related information, i.e., the current pose/state of the equipment, and the speed characteristics of each movement. This method uses the required operation stoppage time to determine how much space needs to be reserved for each piece of equipment. A case study is conducted to validate the proposed method. It is shown that the proposed method has a strong potential in capturing the hazardous areas around the equipment and triggering warnings in view of the impending movements of various pieces of equipment.

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Section: Excavator In Swinging Statementioning

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Section: Implementation and Case Studymentioning

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Dynamic Equipment Workspace Generation for Improving Earthwork Safety Using Equipment Pose and State Data

Vahdatikhaki¹,

Hammad²

2015

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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“…The data based on the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) released by a United States Bureau of Labor Statistics database during1992 to1999 show that there are 54 deaths resulting from trenching and mining for all industries annually. Previous study found that there are 70 work zone deaths per year averagely, among which, 66 deaths are caused by vehicles or heavy equipment in work zones [4].…”

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The Effect of Different Rollover Conditions of the Vibrator on Human Injury

Li¹,

Liu²,

Huang³

et al. 2014

TOMEJ

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Vibrator, as a crucial vehicle of oil and gas exploration, is challenged by the complex terrains. The probability of rollover accident is therefore high in bumpy terrain in which the drivers' life is seriously threatened. Finite element numerical analysis was used to study the injury of the driver's head, neck and chest in the rollover accidents of domestic KZ-28 type vibrator on different conditions. The injuries of three parts were evaluated based on the human injury criteria. Driver's safety on different rollover conditions was comparatively analyzed. The results indicated that the injury degree of human head caused by vibrator rollover accident is at a low level. In comparison with head, the human neck is more likely to be injured than head and chest. In three different rollover accidents, the injury degree of drivers on the rollover condition of the vibrator colliding with slope multiply is most serious. Besides, the results demonstrated that the safety of driver can be enhanced by the rollover protective structures of KZ-28 type vibrator. This structure requires to be improved in energy absorption and isolation buffer. In addition, the safety belt and collision angle between the cab and the ground are also significantly associated with the injury degree. This research is of guiding significance to vibrator driver for taking safety protection measures.

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“…The construction industry is the most hazardous industry in many countries (McCann, 2006;Thomas, 2006;Al-Humaidi1 and Tan, 2010). The most well known code categories of on-site accidents are falls, struck-by, caught in/between, and electric shock (Hinze et al, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%