Occupational health risk assessment based on actual dust exposure in a tunnel construction adopting roadheader in Chongqing, China

Chen, Xiaofeng; Guo, Chun; Song, Junxiu; Wang, Xin; Cheng, Jianghao

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106415

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“…An assessment approach in terms of reliability indices is developed to predict the allowable design values and evaluate the ground movement by the displacement-controlled method. (Chen et al, 2019)…”

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Risk identification in tunnel construction project: A literature review

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Purba

2020

FACTA U SERIES ARCHI

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Every construction project is always faced with the possibility of various occurrence kinds of risks. The higher the level of complexity of a project, the greater the level of risk that might happen to the project. Based on historical data from tunnel construction many problems and even failure of tunnel construction caused by various factors has been noted and it can have an impact on project delays. A risk management is expected to reduce the adverse impact of risks faced during construction work. Tunnel construction needs management handling with high risk, so it is necessary to identify risks that can minimize bad risks. A risk management is expected to reduce the adverse effects of risks faced in a construction work. It is necessary to perform risk identification to manage the risks that we will face. To successfully improve the performance of tunnel projects, we need to identify various risk factors in a project for efficient project fulfillment. The research method begins with an extensive literature review by reviewing at least 48 journal, journal papers, review articles to provide a list of the main risk factors which are also added to the expertise to achieve a list of final risk factors that contain all risks that may be encountered during road construction. This analysis involves the identification, classification of various risks involved in the construction of a tunnel construction project.

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“…Risk factors influence the safety of shield tunneling construction at each stage (Cao & Kalinski, 2017). In this paper, a health risk assessment model in the field of public environmental health was employed to quantitatively assess the occu-pational exposure of tunnel construction workers (Chen et al, 2019).…”

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Risk identification in tunnel construction project: A literature review

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2020

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“…With regard to air pollution, migrant construction workers breath air containing excessive amounts of hazardous dust materials, such as silica [ 28 ]. The hazards of dust on physical health are mainly reflected in respiratory diseases, such as pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma [ 29 , 30 , 31 ].…”

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“…Other undesirable health outcomes include mental problems resulting from sleep disturbance [ 41 ]. In China, hearing protective equipment is rarely provided to migrant construction workers [ 28 ].…”

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“…To remind policy makers and employers the environmental risks migrant construction workers are exposed to, many published studies have objectively and quantitatively assessed the magnitude of environmental risks. These environmental risks include air pollution, industrial e-waste pollution, and occupational noise pollution at their working sites [ 20 , 25 , 28 , 54 , 55 ]. For example, a study taking currency as unit, quantitatively assessed workers’ health damage caused by construction dust, by employing a life cycle environmental impact assessment model and a disability adjusted life year model, and the results revealed the health damage caused by per unit earthwork construction approximate to $169 thousand every year [ 55 ].…”

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Influences of Migrant Construction Workers’ Environmental Risk Perception on Their Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

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2020

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Employing Chinese General Social Survey 2013 data (N = 678), this study examines the influences of migrant construction workers’ environmental risk perception (ERP) on their physical and mental health. The ERP of migrant construction workers is characterized by six dimensions: perceptions of air pollution, industrial waste pollution and noise pollution at working sites, and perceptions of domestic waste pollution, water pollution and food pollution at living sites. The results indicate that migrant construction workers with stronger ERP have better physical and mental health. The results also suggest the influences of ERP on the physical and mental health of migrant construction workers with different gender and age (<50 and ≥50 years) are heterogeneous. Perceptions of industrial waste pollution, noise pollution and domestic waste pollution significantly affect female workers’ physical health, but not that of male workers. The six dimensions of ERP all significantly influence male workers’ mental health, while except for domestic waste pollution perception, the other perceptions do not influence that of female workers. Perceptions of air pollution, domestic waste pollution, and water pollution significantly influence physical health of workers aged 50 and above, while those of ERP do not work on that of workers younger than 50. Perception of food pollution significantly influences mental health of workers younger than 50, but not that of workers aged 50 and above. The seemingly unrelated regression shows the results in this paper are robust.

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Global characteristics and trends of research on construction dust: based on bibliometric and visualized analysis

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Occupational health risk assessment based on actual dust exposure in a tunnel construction adopting roadheader in Chongqing, China

Cited by 56 publications

References 32 publications

Risk identification in tunnel construction project: A literature review

Risk identification in tunnel construction project: A literature review

Influences of Migrant Construction Workers’ Environmental Risk Perception on Their Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Global characteristics and trends of research on construction dust: based on bibliometric and visualized analysis

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