Root Cause Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure Accidents Using Fault Trees

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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 study identifies the most frequent and severe accidents in transportation infrastructure projects and how they occur through creating fault trees and performing root cause analysis to identify the causes of these accidents. Fault tree analysis is then used to determine the major risk factors and the relationship between these risk factors and the severe accidents.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2016-06-16T21:05:39+00:00
Date Issued	2016-05-09
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Field	Civil Engineering
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2016
Advisor	Arocho, Ingrid
Committee Member	Dever, Edward Sillars, David Jiang, Duo
Academic Affiliation	Civil and Construction Engineering
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Subject	Transportation construction industry -- Accidents -- Risk assessment Transportation construction industry -- Accidents
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59222

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