Abstract: Despite improvements in safety performance over the past 30 years, the construction industry still accounts for an injury-and-illness rate that is approximately five times greater than the all-industry average. This ...

Abstract: The costs of construction injuries can have a substantial impact on the financial success of construction organizations and increase the overall costs of construction up to 15%. Following the Occupational Safety and Health ...

Abstract: In construction engineering and management (CEM) research, conducting field studies often is infeasible because of resource constraints, limited access to sites, practicality, confounding factors, and ethical limitations. ...

Abstract: Proper hazard recognition and communication are fundamental to injury prevention in construction. When construction hazards remain unrecognized, the likelihood of injuries in the workplace increases. Therefore, construction ...

Abstract: Safety performance in the construction industry has improved significantly in the past four decades. This improvement has been attributed in part to the increased implementation of injury prevention strategies. Although ...

Abstract: Most of safety risk research focuses on high-severity safety risks for large-scale construction processes. Such studies help firms identify the highest risk processes so they may be targeted for improvement. However, few ...

Abstract: Construction engineering and management (CEM) researchers often rely on alternative research techniques when traditional methods fail. For example, surveys, interviews, and group-brainstorming techniques may not be appropriate ...

Abstract: Construction safety and health management has improved significantly following the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. In response to this legislation, contractors began implementing safety programs to reduce ...

Abstract: Preventing injuries to workers is essential to effective organizational management in the construction industry. It is generally accepted that achieving a high level of safety performance requires the implementation of an ...

Abstract: The transient, unique, and complex nature of construction projects makes safety management exceptionally difficult. Most construction safety efforts are applied in an informal fashion under the premise that simply allocating ...