Hazard recognition and risk perception in construction

Perlman, Amotz; Sacks, Rafael; Barak, Ronen

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2013.11.019

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“…Results from an investigation done by Perlman and Sacks (2014) on hazard recognition highlighted that construction superintendents are better equipped to recognize site hazards in comparison to student participants in the same study.…”

Section: Heightened Focus On Risk Identificationmentioning

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“…The results indicated that as construction sites become more complex over time -as construction work progressesthe ability of learners to identify hazards decreases. This A multi-user virtual safety training system for tower crane dismantlement Li et al (2015) Proactive training system for safe and efficient precast installation Lin et al (2011) A pilot study of a 3D game environment for construction safety education Nakai et al (2014) The experience-based safety training system using VR technology for chemical plant Nazir et al (2013) Minimizing the risk in the process industry by using plant simulator: A novel approach Nickel et al (2013) A virtual reality pilot study towards elevating work platform Park and Kim (2013) A framework for construction safety management and visualization Perlman and Sacks (2014) Hazard recognition and risk perception in construction Sacks et al (2013) Construction safety training using immersive virtual reality Teizer et al (2013) Location tracking and data visualization technology to advance construction ironworkers' education and training in safety and productivity Visser et al (2012) Reducing the dangers of operator distraction through simulation training Wang and Dunston (2007) Design, strategies, and issues towards an augmented reality-based construction training platform Wang et al (2015) Applying building information modelling to support fire safety management Xie and Carr (2010) Ultrasonic sensor and 4D virtual reality simulation environment for safety training Xie et al (2006) Development of a virtual reality safety-training system for construction workers Zhang et al (2015) Ontology-based semantic modelling of construction safety knowledge: Towards automated safety planning for job hazard analysis Zhang et al (2013) Building Information Modelling (BIM) and safety: automatic safety checking of construction models and schedules Zhou et al (2013) Application of 4D visualization technology for safety management in metro construction is an indication of the importance of advancing the applications of serious games to complex site situations. Dickinson et al (2011) developed a serious game that can be adapted to several safety training scenarios.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results demonstrated that the system is effective in improving the identification of field safety risks amongst participants and consequently, in increasing their capacity of risk identification. Perlman and Sacks (2014) investigated whether the ability of identifying hazards by civil engineering students and construction superintendents can be improved through VE learning. The results showed that the ability of hazard identification of both the students and construction superintendents is positively affected through the effective identification of a significant number of hazards.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…VE learning and training increase the learning performance of participants (Sacks et al 2013). For example, in a virtual construction setting, training individuals on different safety techniques in a three-sided CAVE showed a relative improvement in hazard recognition compared to the control group (Perlman and Sacks 2014). A serious game to train participants to identify safety hazards contributed to improve the perception of hazards on site (Lin et al 2011).…”

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Virtual environments for safety learning in construction and engineering: seeking evidence and identifying gaps for future research

2017

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Background: Injuries and fatalities resulting from work place accidents remain a global concern within the construction and engineering sectors. Education and training of personnel are two of the primary approaches for establishing a safe work environment. Virtual Environments (VE) are being increasingly investigated as a complementary approach for safety learning. Despite the proliferation of VE studies for safety learning, there is still limited evidence about their effectiveness or benefits, extent of coverage of the risk management process, and limitations. Methods: This articles poses the following research questions: (1) are VE providing an effective learning means to address safety risks in construction and engineering sectors?, (2) what are the areas that require improvement?, and (3) to what extent are VE addressing the established risk management process (i.e., risk identification, risk evaluation, risk response planning, and risk monitoring and control)? To address these the research questions, this research employs: (a) a systematic literature review and analysis of VE studies for safety learning; and (b) a gap analysis technique. Results: The findings suggest: (a) the evidence of the effectiveness of VE as an intervention for safety learning across the entirety of the risk management process are still limited; (b) 'risk identification', where learners improve their abilities to spot hazards, is the most investigated phase in the risk management process, (c) VE applications in other risk management phases (i.e. 'risk evaluation', 'risk response planning', and 'risk monitoring and controlling') receive very limited attention compared to the risk identification phase. Conclusion: The areas of recommendations for future research included the need to: (a) intensify real-life observational studies to provide evidence about the comparative performance of learners in VE against those of learners by other means through the setting of control groups; (b) extend studies to, and concurrently address, all the risk management phases; (b) intensify studies in other sectors including chemical, oil and gas, and manufacturing; (d) address human factors such as communication, language and cognitive distraction. An analysis of the limitations of current VE studies in each of the recommendation areas accompanied with suggestions for future research is proposed.

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Section: Overview Of the Identified Studiesmentioning

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Section: Overview Of the Identified Studiesmentioning

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“…AR is "an environment where data generated by a computer is inserted into the user's view of a real world scene" (Wang et al, 2013), while VR replaces the real world with a simulated one. These two exciting technologies have often been integrated with BIM, or used alone, for safety education and training (Pedro et al, 2015;Sacks et al, 2013), hazard identification (Perlman et al, 2014), and design for safety (Hadikusumo and Rowlinson, 2002). Game technology has also been applied with attempt to enhance safety training (Guo et al, 2012).…”

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Overview and Analysis of Digital Technologies Designed for Construction Safety Management

Guo¹,

Scheepbouwer²,

Yiu³

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EPiC Series in Education Science

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Digital technologies are increasingly used to support safety management in the construction industry. Previous efforts were made to identify digital technologies for safety in the construction industry. However, limited research has been done to conceptualize the roles played by digital technologies in safety management and accident prevention. This paper surveys state-of-the-art research between 2000 and 2016 in order to categorize digital technologies for construction safety, identify research trend, and analyze their roles in accident prevention. The research employs a systematic process to review the existing literature on digital technologies in the area of construction safety. Five academic databases, Science Direct, Taylor & Francis, the ASCE Library, Engineering village, and Web of Science, were selected for the survey due to the comprehensive coverage of relevant academic papers. The survey identified 15 digital technologies: real-time location system and proximity warning, building information modelling, augmented reality, virtual reality, game technology, e-safetymanagement-system, case-based reasoning, rule-based reasoning, motion sensor, action/object recognition, laser scanning, physiological status monitoring, virtual prototyping, geographical information system, and ubiquitous sensor network. Three emerging safety functions claimed and/or promoted by DTs were discussed: enhanced safety planning, real-time hazard management, and safety knowledge engineering. It is concluded that DTs have great potential to improve safety performance by engineering resilience and adaptiveness at the individual level, while how DTs embody safety values and how safety values in turn influence the adoption of DTs remain an open question.

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Effectiveness of safety training interventions for supervisors: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

Sinelnikov

Bixler

Kolosh

2020

American J Industrial Med

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A wealth of research demonstrates that work unit supervisors serve a critical function in protecting the safety and health of workers. A systematic review examined the effectiveness of workplace safety training interventions intended for various supervisor populations published from 2000 to 2019. A search of seven electronic databases was supplemented with hand searches from the reference lists of identified publications, relevant scientific journals, and the gray literature. This review included an assessment of the methodological quality using a modified version of the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. A total of 22 peer‐reviewed studies met a set of inclusion criteria and were subsequently assessed for methodological quality. Training interventions were grouped into five topical domains: ergonomics, leadership, supervisor‐worker interaction, injury, and disability management, and general safety education. Consistent evidence was found for the effectiveness of supervisory training interventions across several outcome measures. To our knowledge, this is the first study to synthesize the literature on supervisory training interventions in the area of occupational safety. While the results are encouraging, they must be viewed with caution due to the fact that the methodological rigor of the reviewed studies was low.

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Hazard recognition and risk perception in construction

Cited by 313 publications

References 19 publications

Virtual environments for safety learning in construction and engineering: seeking evidence and identifying gaps for future research

Virtual environments for safety learning in construction and engineering: seeking evidence and identifying gaps for future research

Overview and Analysis of Digital Technologies Designed for Construction Safety Management

Effectiveness of safety training interventions for supervisors: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

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