Mitigating construction safety risks using prevention through design

Gangolells, Marta; Casals, Miquel; Forcada, Núria; Roca, Xavier; Fuertes, Alba

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2009.10.007

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“…DfS, which is also referred to as Designing for Construction Safety (DfCS) (Behm, 2005a), Prevention through Design (PtD) (Schulte, et al, 2008;Ku, 2014), safe design (Safe Work Australia, 2012) and Construction Hazards Prevention through Design (CHPtD) (Toole and Gambatese, 2008;Gangolells, et al (2010), is the deliberate consideration of construction site safety in the design phase of a project (Behm, 2005a). The main notion is that, by addressing safety during the design process, hazards will be eliminated or reduced during construction (Behm, 2005a).…”

Section: Design For Safety With Consass Assessmentmentioning

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Design for safety: theoretical framework of the safety aspect of BIM system to determine the safety index

Teo¹,

Ofori²,

Tjandra³

et al. 2016

CEB

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Despite the safety improvement drive that has been implemented in the construction industry in Singapore for many years, the industry continues to report the highest number of workplace fatalities, compared to other industries. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theoretical framework of the safety aspect of a proposed BIM System to determine a Safety Index. An online questionnaire survey was conducted to ascertain the current workplace safety and health situation in the construction industry and explore how BIM can be used to improve safety performance in the industry. A safety hazard library was developed based on the main contributors to fatal accidents in the construction industry, determined from the formal records and existing literature, and a series of discussions with representatives from the Workplace Safety and Health Institute (WSH Institute) in Singapore. The results from the survey suggested that the majority of the firms have implemented the necessary policies, programmes and procedures on Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) practices. However, BIM is still not widely applied or explored beyond the mandatory requirement that building plans should be submitted to the authorities for approval in BIM format. This paper presents a discussion of the safety aspect of the Intelligent Productivity and Safety System (IPASS) developed in the study. IPASS is an intelligent system incorporating the buildable design concept, theory on the detection, prevention and control of hazards, and the Construction Safety Audit Scoring System (ConSASS). The system is based on the premise that safety should be considered at the design stage, and BIM can be an effective tool to facilitate the efforts to enhance safety performance. IPASS allows users to analyse and monitor key aspects of the safety performance of the project before the project starts and as the project progresses.

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Section: Design For Safety With Consass Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design for safety: theoretical framework of the safety aspect of BIM system to determine the safety index

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Ofori²,

Tjandra³

et al. 2016

CEB

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“…If human error in the construction industry can be effectively reduced, the occurrences of construction accidents can be minimized [3,4]. Previous studies revealed that if the factors of facilities, work methods and operations, processes, equipment, tools, products, new technologies, and work organization that lead to human error in the work environment can be eliminated by an effective workplace environment, the probability of human error can be greatly reduced, and the occurrence of accidents can be controlled [5,6]. "Workplace environment" ordinarily refers to the environment of workplace in a location during the construction itself, that is, structural and product workplace environments.…”

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Estimating the Influence of Improper Workplace Environment on Human Error: Posterior Predictive Analysis

Liu

Shi

et al. 2018

Advances in Civil Engineering

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A model for identifying, analyzing, and quantifying the mechanisms for the influence of improper workplace environment on human error in elevator installation is proposed in this study. By combining a modification of a human error model with realworld inspection data collected by an elevator installation company, the influence paths of improper workplace environment on the conditional probability of human error were quantified using a Bayesian network parameter-learning estimation method and posterior predictive simulation. Under the condition of an improper workplace environment, the probability of human error increased by 80% of its original value, a factor much higher than that resulting from improper management. e most probable influence was found to be improper workmanship and changes in the information required by the worker, thus triggering cognitive failure and consequent unsafe actions by workers. e proposed methodology (posterior predictive simulation) provides a new approach in construction studies for quantifying the probabilistic levels of various causal paths, and the results show the key mechanism for the influence of improper workplace environment on human error using real-world mechanical installation data.

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“…A matter of special interest lies in the consideration of prevention right from the project stage (Lorent, 1987;Haslam et al, 2005;Behm, 2005;Gangolells, Casals, Forcada, Roca & Fuertes, 2010). Previous studies highlight the relationship between design and safety, and that the consideration of safety already from the design phase is an effective technique to reduce or eliminate risk situations.…”

Section: Risk Assessmentmentioning

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Critical analysis of risk assessment methods applied to construction works

Pinos

González

2017

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This paper studies the possibility of using the following occupational risk assessment methods for construction works: INSHT, ANACT, THREP, SHERPA, RNUR, EVENT TREE, LEST, FINE, ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS and PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS. Of these methods, INSHT, ANACT, RNUR and FINE have been selected with the objective of applying them to real building works, in order to determine the discrepancies in the results obtained compared to the risks analyzed. The results make it possible to ascertain the types of risk which each method most reliably detects, there being methods which are not able to detect extreme or very low risks. It is concluded that if a single risk assessment method is used, the results do not entirely reflect reality, as such it is necessary to establish a new risk assessment methodology for construction works.Key words: Prevention, safety at work, methodology, risk assessment, construction. ResumenEn este trabajo se ha estudiado la posibilidad de emplear para obras de construcción los siguientes métodos de evaluación de riesgos laborales: INSHT, ANACT, THREP, SHERPA, RNUR, ÁRBOL DE SUCESOS, LEST, FINE, ANÁLISIS ERGONÓMICO Y FACTORES PSICOSOCIALES. De estos métodos se han seleccionado: INSHT, ANACT, RNUR y FINE con el objetivo de aplicarlos en obras reales para comprobar las discrepancias en los resultados obtenidos frente a los mismos riesgos analizados. Los resultados permiten comprobar los tipos de riesgo que cada método detecta con más fiabilidad, existiendo métodos que no son capaces de detectar riesgos extremos o muy bajos. Se concluye que si se emplea un único método de evaluación de riesgos los resultados no reflejan en su totalidad la realidad, por lo que es necesario establecer una nueva metodología de evaluación de riesgos en obras de construcción.Palabras clave: Prevención, seguridad en el trabajo, metodología, evaluación de riesgos, construcción.

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Mitigating construction safety risks using prevention through design

Cited by 132 publications

References 22 publications

Design for safety: theoretical framework of the safety aspect of BIM system to determine the safety index

Design for safety: theoretical framework of the safety aspect of BIM system to determine the safety index

Estimating the Influence of Improper Workplace Environment on Human Error: Posterior Predictive Analysis

Critical analysis of risk assessment methods applied to construction works

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