Work safety accidents that occurred in railway construction engineering could cause casualties and economic losses. Analyzing the trends causes of is helpful to reduce occurrence an accident. In this paper, 108 work accident cases from 2005 2020 are collected analyzed by statistical method. The complex network theory used construct causation model collapse analysis results show 2015 largest num...

This paper aims to determine the significant factors contributing construction site accidents in Malaysian industry. As party who carry out work on site, perception of Grade G7 contractors was gathered using questionnaire surveys. The 155 responses were obtained and analysed descriptive analysis. result reveals that there nine (9) causing namely lack training, safety culture, regular inspection...

Objectives: Because of the high rates of accidents, the construction industry has become a hazardous industry in Iran and therefore paying more attention is required. This paper investigates safety management in construction companies for improving workers’ safety as one of the ergonomics aims. Methods: In order to survey the safety management in construction companies a questionnaire was pr...

Irrespective of all the efforts made by the Department of Labour (DoL) and other relevant stakeholders to improve construction occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance, there is still a very high level of accidents and fatalities in South Africa. Injuries and accidents to workers help no community in any nation. A doctoral study was recently conducted with the aim of investigating the ...

We examine the relationship between cell phone use and traffi c accidents using a unique measure of cell phone coverage. The distance from an antenna tower accurately predicts whether or not an area has cellular coverage according to provider coverage maps in 2016. Cellular coverage between 2001 and 2011 is proxied for using the the distance between a road segment and the nearest antenna tower....

Hong Kong is notorious for her high construction accidents rates. Although the accidents rate has dropped from 350 per 1000 workers in mid 1980 to 60 per 1000 workers in 2007, it still accounted for nearly one-fifth of all the industrial accidents in Hong Kong. Contractors were economically pressed and battered by exorbitant compensation over the years. This paper presents a comprehensive study...