PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS ON ENGINEER MANUAL 385 EFFECTIVENESS OF REDUCING NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF MISHAPS

The United States Army Corps of Engineering Manual 385 (EM 385) has become a vital part construction operations on all Department Defense (DOD) projects to create safer work environment. With tremendous effort developing and enforcing the EM 385, question whether EM385 provides any value for project safety is critical industry at large. This study looks causation between mishap reduction by isolating three dependent variables variety explanatory variables. data was compiled using both OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) Federal Spending Database. A structural equation developed conduct multiple regression analysis assuming will reduce number mishaps severity mishaps. However, result shows effectiveness reducing not significant.