The construction industry ranks high in the rates of severe and fatal occupational injuries due to complexity and unpredictable nature of the tasks. Decades long efforts to combat occupational accidents by using various safety improvement approaches have reached a plateau. Figures published by Bureau of Labor Statistics show an improvement in the safety of the construction industry, yet a close...

The nature of most accidents at the construction sites shows that the construction industry is unique. Factor involved include human behaviour, different construction sites, the difficulties of works, unsafe safety culture, dangerous machinery and equipment being used, and non-compliance to the various set procedures. Study shows that an accident and injury at the worksite is often the result o...

To investigate the long term effect of heavy construction work on the back the occurrence of postures, lifting, carrying, and accidents in concrete reinforcement work and in maintenance house painting were measured. The 32 620 observations covering 272 work hours showed that reinforcement work necessitated stooped postures and heavy lifting more often than did painting. Reported minor back acci...

With the development of subway engineering, according to uncertain factors and serious accidents involved in the construction of subways, implementing risk assessment is necessary and may bring a number of benefits for construction safety. The Kent index method extensively used in pipeline construction is improved to make risk assessment much more practical for the risk assessment of disastrous...

Currently, improving the quality of repair-construction works is an important complex problem, insufficient attention to which inevitably leads increase in cost works, operating costs, number current and overhaul repairs, as well a decrease time between worsening life consumers. In worst cases, low level repair construction work can lead accidents, become source threat health, leading accidents.

BACKGROUND The Middle East construction sector is heavily reliant on a migrant workforce that predominantly originates from South Asia. It is common practice for migrant construction workers to pay a local labour recruiter the equivalent of one or more years' prospective overseas salary to secure employment, work and travel permits and transportation. The occupational health and safety implicat...

Construction is a hazardous industry in which accidents occur frequently. Occupational accidents at construction sites are a serious public health issue in Korea. Construction site conditions often create dangerous situations by requiring workers and heavy equipment to work in close proximity to each other. In 2015, approximately 11% (46) of the 437 occupational fatalities in the construction i...

Health and Safety in construction sites is a paramount issue that hunts the construction industry for the last two decades. In the local Qatar construction industry, and particularly the building construction, hazards are causing fatal accidents and local experts suggest a rate of four to five facilities per 100,000 workers is a common phenomena. Therefore, early identification of hazards and p...

Occupational accidents are wasteful and non-value-adding (NVA) events in any form of production system. Since Lean principles aim to reduce NVA elements of work processes, it follows that safeguarding construction workers from occupational hazards would be a natural outcome of the Lean Construction ideal of waste elimination. A literature review of the conference proceedings of the Internationa...