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  • Establishing the link between construction fatalities and disabling injuries and the design for construction safety concept

    Creator:
    Behm, Michael
    Abstract:
    Construction remains the most hazardous industry in the United States in terms of the aggregate number of fatalities. Twenty percent of all occupational related fatalities occur in construction; approximately three construction workers die per calendar day. Moreover, this trend has been prevalent for too long. One method to reduce this...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    safety concept and accident causation in the construction industry. The literature review revealed

  • A formal model of construction safety and health risk management

    Creator:
    Hallowell, Matthew R.
    Abstract:
    Despite recent efforts to improve site safety, construction still accounts for a disproportionate injury and illness rate. According to the 2007 injury and illness data released by the National Safety Council, the construction industry has a fatality and disabling injury rate that is approximately three times higher than the all-industry...
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    Dissertation
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    released by the National Safety Council, the construction industry has a fatality and disabling injury

  • Design for construction safety : a case study with architect's perceptions

    Creator:
    Christianson, Carl R.
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    Designing for construction safety is a collaborative process that combines the field experience of builders with the design skills of architects to improve construction safety. Research studies have shown that the design of a project is a factor in approximately fifty percent of jobsite deaths. To reduce this problem it...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    . INTRODUCTION Safety Performance of the Construction Industry 1 The Role of the Constructor and the Designer

  • Root Cause Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure Accidents Using Fault Trees

    Creator:
    Yang, Rebecca
    Abstract:
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites construction as the most hazardous industry within the United States. The construction industry was responsible for 20% of all fatal occupational injuries in 2014. Approximately 20% of the construction injuries occur within Heavy Civil Engineering, in which there are 950,000 workers employed annually. This...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Ingrid Arocho The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites construction as the most hazardous industry