Investigation of Factors Contributing to Fatal and Nonfatal Roofer Fall Accidents

Cakan, Hulya; Kazan, Emrah; Usmen, Mumtaz

doi:10.1080/15578771.2013.868843

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“…Fall from agents includes fall from scaffolds/ladders [ 10 , 18 , 23 , 48 ]. Fall from surfaces contains falls from platforms, openings, walkways, skylights, and other frequently used objects [ 9 , 26 ]. Falls from buildings is the most hazardous when working at height due to the overlapping factors involved in falling (e.g., wind velocity, structure height, risky activities, workers’ attitudes) [ 4 , 26 ].…”

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“…To conclude, a critical review has been undertaken to summarise the existing FFH literature, highlight the inadequacies and provide future research directions. The reviewed FFH literature was mainly drawn from peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ,…”

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“… No. Analysed Categories Paper 1 Paper 2 1 References [ 26 ] [ 27 ] 2 Journal International Journal of Construction Education and Research Journal of Safety Research 3 Title Investigation of Factors Contributing to Fatal and Nonfatal Roofer Fall Accidents Construction workers’ falls through roofs: Fatal versus serious injuries 4 Keywords project management, quantitative research, roofer falls, safety management Occupation; Risk factor; Falls from heights; Personal protective equipment; and Descriptive analysis 5 Study type Analytical study Analytical study 6 Fall type fall from elevation Fall from roofs 7 fall causes 1-unguarded /improperly secured platforms, etc. 2-Roofers can fall from roof edges, roof openings, etc.…”

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Falls from Height in the Construction Industry: A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature

Nadhim

Hon

Xia

et al. 2016

IJERPH

194

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Globally, falls from height (FFH) are a substantial public health jeopardy and are among the important leading causes of serious and fatal injuries for construction workers. A comprehensive understanding of the causal factors in FFH incidents is urgently required; however, the literature appears to lack a scientific review of FFH. In this study, 297 articles that contribute to the topic of fall incidents were reviewed. Seventy-five (75) articles met the criteria for relevance and were aggregated in a database to support a critical review. A synthesis of macro-variables approach was adopted rather than a structured meta-analysis. Such a method of analysis provides the flexibility to combine previous studies' findings. The most common factors associated with FFH are risky activities, individual characteristics, site conditions, organizational characteristics, agents (scaffolds/ladders) and weather conditions. The outcomes contributed to identifying the most significant research area for safety enhancement by improving engineering facilities, behaviour investigations and FFH prevention methods.

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Falls from Height in the Construction Industry: A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature

Nadhim

Hon

Xia

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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“…It is also considered the most occurring type of construction accident compared to the other types [6,95,141]. Falls from structures are the most hazardous forms of construction injuries attributable to wind speed structural height, risky activities and the actions of the workers [4,152]. Rozenfeld, et al [153] analyzed about 700 accidents in construction and found that the most persistent type of incident is FREDA.…”

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Rate of Occurrence of Fatal Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry after BIM Implementation

Rafindadi¹,

Napiah²,

Othman³

et al. 2020

IJEMR

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Construction industry impacts the health and safety of its workers tremendously. This study is aimed to determine the rate of occurrence of fatal accidents after BIM implementation in Malaysia. The data used for the research was obtained from the Department of Safety and Health (DOSH) website, and it was validated by the relevant professionals through interview. This descriptive analysis was grounded in 796 fatal accidents over the period of 2010-2018. Of those accidents, 38.16% were related to fall-related, 30.39% struck-by, 17.67% caught in-between, 9.89% drowning/asphyxiation and 3.89% others. The results indicate that the types of accidents identified are similar to that of most countries in the world. The findings also revealed that the accidents had occurred because one or combination of the following: management's failure, unsafe site conditions, workers behavior, and environmental factors. Future work will concentrate on the use of BIM-based tools for job hazard identification and safety training.

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“…Logistic regression, which is a commonly used inferential statistics technique in medical and social science to develop statistical models and make predictions [13][14][15][16][17], is rarely utilized in occupational safety and health research [18][19][20], most likely, this study aims to fill this gap in occupational safety and health field by integrating inferential statistics, namely logistic regression technique, to develop a statistical model in identifying the factors that contribute most to the severity of occupational injuries. The study also benefited from traditional descriptive statistics techniques to analyze frequency distribution, which are discussed in the following sections.…”

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Identifying Factors that Contribute to Severity of Construction Injuries using Logistic Regression Model

Kale

Baradan

2020

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Majority of research in occupational safety and health area lean towards describing accidents with the aid of surveys and descriptive statistics, instead of using inferential statistical techniques. Therefore, an extensive archival study was performed in cooperation with Social Security Institute of Turkey, which included examination and reorganization of more than 2000 accident report forms to create a categorically identified data set, incorporating "Injury Severity Score" concept, followed by various statistical analysis techniques (univariate frequency, cross tabulation and binary logistic regression). As a result, a model was developed to identify the factors that contribute to severity. The findings of the analyses showed that four of the independent variables (work experience, accident type, unsafe condition and unsafe act) have statistically significant influence on workplace injury severity.

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Investigation of Factors Contributing to Fatal and Nonfatal Roofer Fall Accidents

Cited by 17 publications

References 20 publications

Falls from Height in the Construction Industry: A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature

Falls from Height in the Construction Industry: A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature

Rate of Occurrence of Fatal Accidents in Malaysian Construction Industry after BIM Implementation

Identifying Factors that Contribute to Severity of Construction Injuries using Logistic Regression Model

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