Comparative Injury and Fatality Risk Analysis of Building Trades

Baradan, Selim; Usmen, Mumtaz

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2006)132:5(533)

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“…All past safety risk researchers have assumed that the work can be decomposed into its constituent parts to address the variability of work activities and environments (Lingard 2013). The decomposition has resulted in a great variety of units ranging from highlevel studies that compare risk among trades (Baradan andUsmen 2006, Fung et al 2010) and injury types (Hinze et al 2005) to detailed studies looking at specific work activities and the risk associated with specific tasks (Everett 1999, Jannadi and Almishari 2003, Hallowell and Gambatese 2009b. The limitations arise from the fact that the units either so overly broad that they have limited has stifled empirical risk analysis, predictive analytics and the practical assessment of the criticality of work.…”

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Energy-based safety risk assessment: does magnitude and intensity of energy predict injury severity?

Hallowell

Alexander

Gambatese

2017

Construction Management and Economics

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Although the quantity and quality of safety risk data have improved in recent years, available data do not link directly to natural principles and are, therefore, limited in their application and scientific extension. The present study aims to test the hypothesis that the quantity and intensity of energy observable prior to an incident predicts the severity of the incident. The hypothesis is built upon the theory that energy is translated to an injury through uncontrolled release of the energy, transfer of the energy to the human body and the vulnerability of the body and associated protective equipment. To test the hypothesis, a multi-phase experiment was conducted. First, over 500 injury reports were gathered from national databases and private companies. For each report, the leading information describing the work operations and environment and the lagging information describing the injury were extracted, separated and isolated. Second, the magnitude of the energy was estimated using only leading information. Once energy magnitude was quantified, the distribution was compared across injury severity levels using analysis of variance tests. As hypothesized, energy magnitude is a strong predictor of injury severity. Although computationally intensive, energy intensity, defined as the magnitude of energy divided by the area of contact between an object and the human body, showed strong predictive validity. This research indicates that energy-based safety risk analysis has predictive validity and is a promising line of scientific inquiry with the potential to increase our understanding of the natural phenomena that contribute to injuries.

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“…Based on the generally acceptable definition, a safety risk is considered to be the likelihood of an injury or illness of a given severity level (Baradan and Usmen 2006). When modelling the safety risk of a work environment, risk is quantified by finding the product of the frequency or probability of an incident (i.e.…”

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Energy-based safety risk assessment: does magnitude and intensity of energy predict injury severity?

Hallowell

Alexander

Gambatese

2017

Construction Management and Economics

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“…One of the most important points of safety issues in the construction sites is that all working groups such as workers, technicians, foremen, and supervisors who are responsible for project management and control, are directly exposed to the dangers of work (Baradan and Usmen, 2006;Pinto et al, 2011). Therefore, analyzing and troubleshooting these types of occupational accidents is very important (Asan and Akasah, 2015;Li et al, 2015).…”

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Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Soltanzadeh¹,

Mohammadfam²,

Moghimbeigi³

et al. 2016

J. Civ. Eng. Constr. Technol.

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There are many human injuries induced by occupational accidents in construction industries. Determination and analysis of construction accidents' contributing factors is a good way to accidents' prevention and reduction. Therefore, this study was done in view of identification and analyzing factors related to frequency and severity of construction accidents and injuries in the big construction industries. This analytical-cross sectional study was implemented on 500 occupational accidents during five years in the Iraninan big construction sites. Data gathering was done based on accident report form and information were related to all the reviewed construction accidents. Data analysis was carried out using statistical tests such as linear regression, independent sample T-test and One-way ANOVA, including statistical software of SPSS v22.0. The results revealed average values of accidents indices including accident frequency rate (AFR) and accident severity rate (AFR and ASR) respectively were 4.71 and 216.28. The findings showed that almost all factors including demographics, organization, accident type, work conditions and equipment, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, nature of accidents, Health, safety and environment (HSE) training and control measures, and finally accident time and place were significantly related to the AFR and ASR (p<0.05). Conclusively, the results indicated that the frequency and severity of occupational accidents in construction industries were due to failures in combination of different contributing factors. Therefore, to promote HSE in the construction fields and reduce frequency and severity of the construction accidents, all these factors were considered.

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“…In the construction industry, workers perform various kinds of activities each of which has its own dangers. One of the most important facts about safety issues in the construction industry is that all working-class, including workers, technicians, foremen, and supervisors who are responsible for project management and control, are exposed to work hazards either directly or indirectly (7,8). Some researchers have found various factors of safety performance in the construction industry which can be used for the occupational accidents analysis and assessment of the construction industry (1,(9)(10)(11).…”

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Factors affecting occupational accidents in the construction industry (2009-2013)

Mohammadfam

Soltanzadeh

Moghimbeigi

et al. 2014

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Received: August 2015, Accepted: September 2015Background: There is a high prevalence of occupational injuries due to accidents in construction industries which affect human health. Therefore, the exploration and analysis of contributing factors of such accidents can lead to their prevention and the reduction of their consequences. This study was conducted with the aim to identify factors related to occupational injuries and the severity of their consequences on large construction sites in Iran. Materials & Methods:This study was a cross-sectional investigation on five-sequential-year accidents on large construction sites. Data included the information of 500 human injuries due to accidents. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS statistical software and statistical tests such as linear regression, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Results: The mean accident frequency rate and accident severity rate was 4.71 and 216.28, respectively. The average age and job experience of injured workers were 29.18 ± 7.67 and 4.67 ± 3.9 years, respectively, and had significant statistical difference with accident frequency rate and accident severity rate (P < 0.05). The association between accident indices and all factors related to accident type, equipment-related factors, unsafe condition and act, and accident nature was found to be significant (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the results showed that accident frequency rate and accident severity rate had a significant association with all factors related to health, safety, and the environment (HSE) training, housekeeping, and HSE control measures (P < 0.05). Conclusions:The results indicate that the occurrence and severity of construction accidents were due to the combination of failures in a collection of different contributing factors including demographical and organizational factors, accident type, factors related to work conditions and equipment, unsafe actions and conditions, nature of accidents, HSE training and control measures, and accident time and place. Therefore, to prevent and reduce the rate of such accidents, all these factors should be regarded.

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Comparative Injury and Fatality Risk Analysis of Building Trades

Cited by 105 publications

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Energy-based safety risk assessment: does magnitude and intensity of energy predict injury severity?

Energy-based safety risk assessment: does magnitude and intensity of energy predict injury severity?

Analysis of occupational accidents induced human injuries: A case study in construction industries and sites

Factors affecting occupational accidents in the construction industry (2009-2013)

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