U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors

Siddiqui, Sohaib

doi:10.25148/etd.fi14040808

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“…The findings were also similar to many other statistics and studies all over the world: in the USA, fall accidents are considered as the first cause of work-related injuries and fatalities in the construction industry throughout time, where falls from scaffolds, roofs, and ladders represent a major part of fall accidents in the US construction industry 29 , 30 ) . A recent study with similar findings showed that falls from heights had contributed to more than half of the serious injuries (requiring hospitalization) and being struck by objects was ranked as the second cause of serious and moderate injuries 31 ) .…”

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Prevalence, source and severity of work-related injuries among “foreign” construction workers in a large Malaysian organisation: a cross-sectional study

2018

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Malaysian construction sector is regarded as critical in the field of health because of the high rates of accidents and fatalities. This research aimed to determine the prevalence, sources and severity of injuries and its association with commitment to safety among foreign construction workers. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 323 foreign construction workers from six construction projects of a large organization in Malaysia, using a simple random sampling method. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire to assess work-related injuries and safety commitment. The collected data was analysed by SPSS 22.0 using descriptive statistics and χ2 test. The prevalence of work-related injuries in a one year period was 22.6%, where most of the injuries were of moderate severity (39.7%) and falls from heights represented the main source (31.5%). The majority of the foreign construction workers had perceived between moderate and high safety commitment, which was significantly associated with work-related injuries. The results also showed a significant association of work-related injuries with the company’s interest in Safety and Health, Safety and Health training, and safety equipment. Thus, the implementation of new procedures and providing relevant trainings and safety equipment; will lead to a decrease in injury rates in construction sites.

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Prevalence, source and severity of work-related injuries among “foreign” construction workers in a large Malaysian organisation: a cross-sectional study

2018

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“…This result is almost identical to the proportion of fall accidents in low-cost projects reported by Huang and Hinze [63] and Kang et al [3] and underscores the importance of appropriate safety training, culture, supervision, and equipment in preventing construction accidents, especially among smaller companies. To address this issue, Siddiqui [65] recommended stricter enforcement of regulations and standards to control the non-compliance problem among low-budget residential projects to improve the overall safety among small specialty contractors.…”

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Nature of Occupational Incidents among Roofing Contractors: A Data Mining Approach

Onuchukwu,

Gholizadeh,

Liko

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Given that roofing contractors in the construction industry have the highest fatality rate among specialty contractors, understanding the root cause of incidents among roofers is critical for improving safety outcomes. This study applied frequency analysis and decision tree data-mining techniques to analyze roofers’ fatal and non-fatal accident reports. The frequency analysis yielded insights into the leading cause of accidents, with fall to a lower level (83%) being the highest, followed by incidence sources relating to structures and surfaces (56%). The most common injuries experienced by roofing contractors were fractures (49%) and concussions (15%), especially for events occurring in residential buildings, maintenance and repair works, small projects (i.e., $50,000 or less), and on Mondays. According to the decision tree analysis, the most important factor for determining the nature of the injury is the nonfragile injured body part, followed by injury caused by coating works. The decision tree also produced decision rules that provide an easy interpretation of the underlying association between the factors leading to incidents. The decision tree models developed in this study can be used to predict the nature of potential injuries for strategically selecting the most effective injury-prevention strategies.

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“…Yu, Ding, Zhou, and Luo (2014) found that fatal accidents occurred more than 20 times from 2008 to 2012 in China and verified that workers' high mobility is one of the main reasons. Siddiqui (2014) pointed out that more than 21,000 construction workers in the US lost their lives from occupational injuries between 1992 and 2010, because high mobility prevents workers from accumulating experience and specific knowledge in the job. Therefore, there is an increasing need to understand the major critical variables affecting the job mobility of Chinese construction workers.…”

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Research on the mobility behaviour of Chinese construction workers based on evolutionary game theory

Sun

Wang

Liangfa

2018

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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The Chinese construction industry is characterised by the frequent job changes of lower-level workers, which has been identified as one of the principal causes of poor performance, quality and safety accidents, and high technology loss in the construction industry. Assuming that each party has incomplete market information about the other, we can thus define a dynamic game relationship between employers' incentives to retain workers and workers' mobility behaviour. By using evolutionary game theory, in this study we analyse various conditional evolutionary stable strategies and explore how employer behaviour influences the mobility of the workers in this industry in China. The results show that under the prevailing employment model, construction workers are bound to change jobs regardless of whether their employers adopt incentives to retain them or not. This finding suggests that the government, as the market regulator, should reform its employment model to ensure that construction workers switch jobs in an orderly and rational manner.

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U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

Prevalence, source and severity of work-related injuries among “foreign” construction workers in a large Malaysian organisation: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence, source and severity of work-related injuries among “foreign” construction workers in a large Malaysian organisation: a cross-sectional study

Nature of Occupational Incidents among Roofing Contractors: A Data Mining Approach

Research on the mobility behaviour of Chinese construction workers based on evolutionary game theory

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