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Agbulos, A, Mohamed, Y, Al-Hussein, M, AbouRizk, S and Roesch, J (2006) Application of Lean Concepts and Simulation Analysis to Improve Efficiency of Drainage Operations Maintenance Crews. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 291–9.
El Wardani, M A, Messner, J I and Horman, M J (2006) Comparing Procurement Methods for Design-Build Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 230–8.
El-Diraby, T E (2006) Web-Services Environment for Collaborative Management of Product Life-Cycle Costs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 300–13.
Ellis, R D and Lee, S (2006) Measuring Project Level Productivity on Transportation Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 314–20.
Hinze, J, Devenport, J N and Giang, G (2006) Analysis of Construction Worker Injuries That Do Not Result in Lost Time. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 321–6.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction industry; Injuries; Accidents; Occupational safety; Productivity;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:3(321)
- Abstract:
Attempts to examine the root causes of injuries in the construction industry have been largely focused on fatalities and other serious injuries. These efforts were undertaken with the assumption that the root causes of serious injuries could lead to identifying approaches that could prevent the recurrence of similar injuries in the future and that these approaches would also be successful in eliminating many minor injuries. While some injuries may be either minor or serious depending on small differences in worker position, etc., that assumption does not appear to be valid for most injuries. The trends of causes leading to minor injuries are often quite different from those resulting in serious injuries. With this assumption, an examination was conducted to profile nearly 136,000 construction worker injuries, most of which did not result in lost time. Results indicate that these injuries, not resulting in lost time, generally do not fit the profile of injuries that result in fatalities or that are serious. Over half of the injuries in the present study were associated with lacerations (usually of the fingers and hand) and injuries sustained by the lumbar spine, upper extremities, or eyes. The percentage of injuries that involved lacerations was considerably higher for construction than for all other industries. The costs of injuries were found to be quite varied, depending on the part of the body that was injured.
Kaiser, M J (2006) Offshore Decommissioning Cost Estimation in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 249–58.
Lee, D and Arditi, D (2006) Automated Statistical Analysis in Stochastic Project Scheduling Simulation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 268–77.
Soetanto, R, Dainty, A R, Glass, J and Price, A D (2006) Empirical Evaluation of Structural Frame Performance Criteria: Realizing the Potential of Hybrid Concrete Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 278–90.
Tang, W, Duffield, C F and Young, D M (2006) Partnering Mechanism in Construction: An Empirical Study on the Chinese Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 217–29.
Wibowo, A (2006) CAPM-Based Valuation of Financial Government Supports to Infeasible and Risky Private Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 239–48.
Zhang, H, Li, H and Tam, C M (2006) Particle Swarm Optimization for Preemptive Scheduling under Break and Resource-Constraints. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(03), 259–67.