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Ahmadian, F F A, Akbarnezhad, A, Rashidi, T H and Waller, S T (2016) Accounting for Transport Times in Planning Off-Site Shipment of Construction Materials. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Anvuur, A M and Kumaraswamy, M M (2016) Effects of Teamwork Climate on Cooperation in Crossfunctional Temporary Multi-Organization Workgroups. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Colin, J and Vanhoucke, M (2016) Empirical Perspective on Activity Durations for Project-Management Simulation Studies. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

El Asmar, M, Hanna, A S and Loh, W (2016) Evaluating Integrated Project Delivery Using the Project Quarterback Rating. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Lu, W, Ye, M, Flanagan, R and Ye, K (2016) Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures in International Construction Business: Trends and Prospects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Park, J, Marks, E, Cho, Y K and Suryanto, W (2016) Performance Test of Wireless Technologies for Personnel and Equipment Proximity Sensing in Work Zones. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Plebankiewicz, E and Kubek, D (2016) Multicriteria Selection of the Building Material Supplier Using AHP and Fuzzy AHP. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Shahata, K and Zayed, T (2016) Integrated Risk-Assessment Framework for Municipal Infrastructure. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Siu, M F, Lu, M and AbouRizk, S (2016) Resource Supply-Demand Matching Scheduling Approach for Construction Workface Planning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Zhao, D, McCoy, A P, Kleiner, B M, Du, J and Smith-Jackson, T L (2016) Decision-Making Chains in Electrical Safety for Construction Workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Zhao, D, McCoy, A P, Kleiner, B M, Smith-Jackson, T L and Liu, G (2016) Sociotechnical Systems of Fatal Electrical Injuries in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(01).

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Sociotechnical system; Macroergonomics; Workplace safety; Electrical injury; Risk management; Electrocution; Latent class; Multiple correspondence; Labor and personnel issues;
ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001036
Abstract:
The construction industry experiences the greatest proportion of workplace electrical injuries globally. Much research effort has gone toward analyzing this phenomenon, yet a majority of which focused on isolated elements while ignored the work system. Modern work systems are complex, within which humans interact with technology, social structures, and environments. Outcomes (including accidents and injuries) resulting from such a complex system are not attained by any system element in isolation. As a result, effective risk management requires the control over the whole sociotechnical system (STS). This work demonstrates such an effort in investigating STSs. The work uses a triangulation approach in examining construction-fatality reports. The findings identify three typical STSs, reveal their system weaknesses, and provide remedial recommendations. The work contributes to the knowledge body of risk management, electrical safety, and research methodologies. The introduced triangulation approach in injury analysis and intervention is grounded in the broad concept of workplace safety, namely, organizational, social, political, and psychological contexts.