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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).

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Decision making; Workplace safety; Electrocution; Feature of work; Risk management; Classification tree; Chi-square automatic interaction detection (CHAID); IDEF0;
ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001037
Abstract:
Electrocution is one of the four leading causes of worker deaths in the construction sector, and thus it is paramount to identify its mechanisms. This work interprets the mechanisms of an electrical accident as a chain of decision mistakes throughout the entire task process. The objective of this paper is to visualize the decision-making chains in workplace electrical safety for construction workers. Because of construction’s “one-off” nature, the researchers narrow the decision-making chain for specific “features of work” (FOW), a group of distinct activities possessing higher occupational safety and health (OSH) risks and requiring particular attention. By analyzing National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) electrocution reports, the authors identify five features of work and illustrate their decision-making chains. This work promotes electrical safety and injury prevention through the decision-making lens and contributes to the scholarly body of knowledge by introducing a comprehensive approach to the decision-making chain that is applicable to other safety research.

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).