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Chan, A P C, Wong, F K W, Chan, D W M, Yam, M C H, Kwok, A W K, Lam, E W M and Cheung, E (2008) Work at Height Fatalities in the Repair, Maintenance, Alteration, and Addition Works. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 527–35.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction industry; Occupational safety; Fatalities; Hong Kong;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:7(527)
- Abstract:
Hong Kong’s construction industry has shown significant improvement in safety performance since the turn of the century. The number of industrial accidents in the construction industry has decreased from 11,925 in 2000 to 3,833 in 2004, which is an encouraging drop of almost 68%. However, the category “fall of person from height” has always represented a large proportion of the industrial accidents, particularly fatal accidents. In 2004, fall of person from height represented just over 47% of the total number of fatal accidents in the construction industry. The statistics show that although the overall number of accidents has dropped immensely, the same does not apply for fall from height accidents. According to statistics provided by the Labor Dept. of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, there were a total of 22 fatal industrial accidents associated with fall of persons from height in repair, maintenance, alteration, and addition works during 2000–2004. When analyzing these case studies, 12 common factors were identified for analyzing these case studies and strategies were suggested to prevent recurrence of similar accidents in each case. The top five strategies were: (1) provide and maintain a safe system of work; (2) provide a suitable working platform; (3) (tier) provide safety information/training/instruction/supervision; (4) (tier) provide suitable fall arresting system/anchorage; and (5) maintain safe workplace.
Damnjanovic, I and Zhang, Z (2008) Risk-Based Model for Valuation of Performance-Specified Pavement Maintenance Contracts. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 492–500.
Eastman, C M and Sacks, R (2008) Relative Productivity in the AEC Industries in the United States for On-Site and Off-Site Activities. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 517–26.
Goedert, J D and Meadati, P (2008) Integrating Construction Process Documentation into Building Information Modeling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 509–16.
Hyun, C, Cho, K, Koo, K, Hong, T and Moon, H (2008) Effect of Delivery Methods on Design Performance in Multifamily Housing Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 468–82.
Nguyen, L D and Ibbs, W (2008) FLORA: New Forensic Schedule Analysis Technique. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 483–91.
Salem, O and Mohanty, S (2008) Project Management Practices and Information Technology Research. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 501–8.
Sanad, H M, Ammar, M A and Ibrahim, M E (2008) Optimal Construction Site Layout Considering Safety and Environmental Aspects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 536–44.
Tam, V W Y, Le, K N and Le, H N (2008) Using Gaussian and Hyperbolic Distributions for Quality Improvement in Construction: Case Study Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 555–61.
Tang, W, Qiang, M, Duffield, C F, Young, D M and Lu, Y (2008) Incentives in the Chinese Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 457–67.
Zhang, H, Li, H and Lu, M (2008) Modeling Time-Constraints in Construction Operations through Simulation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(07), 545–54.