Construction-Related Accidents in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Solís-Carcaño, Rómel G.; Arcudia-Abad, Carlos

doi:10.1061/(asce)cf.1943-5509.0000300

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“…The major limitation point is in regards to the use of a claims database to obtain injury data during heat waves and control periods [ 37 , 38 ]. Such data would not allow rigorous in-depth analyses compared to other tools such as case studies [ 24 , 39 , 40 , 41 ], questionnaire surveys [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ], or interviews [ 40 ]. Second, all variables associated with an accident cannot be included in the analysis due to the limited number of variables reported in a database.…”

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The Impact of Heat Waves on Occurrence and Severity of Construction Accidents

Rameezdeen

Elmualim

2017

IJERPH

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The impact of heat stress on human health has been extensively studied. Similarly, researchers have investigated the impact of heat stress on workers’ health and safety. However, very little work has been done on the impact of heat stress on occupational accidents and their severity, particularly in South Australian construction. Construction workers are at high risk of injury due to heat stress as they often work outdoors, undertake hard manual work, and are often project based and sub-contracted. Little is known on how heat waves could impact on construction accidents and their severity. In order to provide more evidence for the currently limited number of empirical investigations on the impact of heat stress on accidents, this study analysed 29,438 compensation claims reported during 2002–2013 within the construction industry of South Australia. Claims reported during 29 heat waves in Adelaide were compared with control periods to elicit differences in the number of accidents reported and their severity. The results revealed that worker characteristics, type of work, work environment, and agency of accident mainly govern the severity. It is recommended that the implementation of adequate preventative measures in small-sized companies and civil engineering sites, targeting mainly old age workers could be a priority for Work, Health and Safety (WHS) policies.

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The Impact of Heat Waves on Occurrence and Severity of Construction Accidents

Rameezdeen

Elmualim

2017

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“…For example, in the United States, the rates for fatal construction work-related accidents have been reported at 3.2 [4] for every 100,000 workers, respectively. Whereas in Singapore the rate is 9.4 [5], in México 20.6 [6] and in China 15.0 [7].…”

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A Case Study on Pit Failure Risk of Deep Diaphragm Wall

Feng

Guo

2014

AMM

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Temporary bracing is often viewed as an unnecessary step in the process of constructing a structural facility. Unfortunately, many times this often-neglected step becomes the subject of avoidable litigation and lawsuits. This paper presents a remedy case of a deep foundation pit during the construction of the bracing system located at the business center in HePing district, TianJin. Through frequent inspection and suitable countermeasures, the potential disaster was mitigated in time. There were some lessons learned from this case history.

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“…Thus, the Medium risk (not High) perception result for scaffolding and digging tasks is consistent with the results obtained by Hassan et al (2007) on building workers in Malaysia; since they obtained safety scores for these high tasks both for large and small-scale projects. However, this was not the case for construction workers in Mexico (Solís & Arcudia, 2013), in which one of the main hazards was the use of ladders and scaffolding. As for the 3 construction activities that stand out as having a High-risk probability, are consistent with a study on construction workers in Mexico (Solís & Arcudia, 2013), in which the main hazards identified were: the collapse of structural elements, the use of ladders and scaffolding, electric shocks and working in confined spaces.…”

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“…However, this was not the case for construction workers in Mexico (Solís & Arcudia, 2013), in which one of the main hazards was the use of ladders and scaffolding. As for the 3 construction activities that stand out as having a High-risk probability, are consistent with a study on construction workers in Mexico (Solís & Arcudia, 2013), in which the main hazards identified were: the collapse of structural elements, the use of ladders and scaffolding, electric shocks and working in confined spaces. In a study with construction workers in Spain (Rodríguez-Garzón & López-Alonso, 2013), it was observed that there were statistically significant differences between bricklayers and structural workers, with respect to what the workers thought about the risk knowledge of their work that those responsible for the company have (important risk perception factor), being higher in bricklayers.…”

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The Guatemalan Construction Characterizaton of the Perceived Risk by Managers of Suffering Work Accidents

Hernández-Arriaza

Pérez-Alonso

Gómez-Galán

et al. 2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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The construction industry is considered one of the highest risk production sectors, even more so in developing countries such as Guatemala. A characterization has been carried out on the perception of Guatemalan construction company managers regarding, the risk of accidents exist for the different activities they perform. The characterization has been carried out on a representative sample of the business population via a questionnaire. A preliminary data analysis was performed followed by a Descriptive and a Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Companies are characterized as “mediumsize” companies, with an average of 81.1 construction workers per year and average annual turnover of 1.29 million euros. 4 clusters of construction activities occur with similar accident weightings. Companies in Cluster 1 are associated to the variables grouped with a Low risk weighting, with a medium to high number of on-site workers and with a turnover of more than 100,000 euros. In contrast, those in Cluster 2 are associated with the variables grouped as having a Medium risk weighting, with a low number of on-site workers and a turnover of less than 100,000 euros. The companies in Cluster 3 are only associated with High risk weighted. And those of Cluster 4 with Not applicable risk-weighting variables.

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Construction-Related Accidents in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

The Impact of Heat Waves on Occurrence and Severity of Construction Accidents

The Impact of Heat Waves on Occurrence and Severity of Construction Accidents

A Case Study on Pit Failure Risk of Deep Diaphragm Wall

The Guatemalan Construction Characterizaton of the Perceived Risk by Managers of Suffering Work Accidents

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