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Ballesteros-Pérez, P, Skitmore, M, Pellicer, E and Zhang, X (2016) Scoring Rules and Competitive Behavior in Best-Value Construction Auctions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Chan, A P C, Javed, A A, Lyu, S, Hon, C K H and Wong, F K W (2016) Strategies for Improving Safety and Health of Ethnic Minority Construction Workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Chen, Y, Dib, H, Cox, R F, Shaurette, M and Vorvoreanu, M (2016) Structural Equation Model of Building Information Modeling Maturity. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
De Jorge Moreno, J, De Jorge Huertas, V and Rojas Carrasco, O (2016) Assessment of the Efficiency of the Spanish Construction Industry Using Parametric Methods: Case Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Dursun, O and Stoy, C (2016) Conceptual Estimation of Construction Costs Using the Multistep Ahead Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Fang, D, Zhao, C and Zhang, M (2016) A Cognitive Model of Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Goodrum, P M, Miller, J, Sweany, J and Alruwaythi, O (2016) Influence of the Format of Engineering Information and Spatial Cognition on Craft-Worker Performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Govan, P and Damnjanovic, I (2016) The Resource-Based View on Project Risk Management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Hanna, A S (2016) Benchmark Performance Metrics for Integrated Project Delivery. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Hosseini, S M A, de la Fuente, A and Pons, O (2016) Multicriteria Decision-Making Method for Sustainable Site Location of Post-Disaster Temporary Housing in Urban Areas. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Nguyen, L D, Tran, D Q and Chandrawinata, M P (2016) Predicting Safety Risk of Working at Heights Using Bayesian Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Safety; Accidents; Risk management; Bayesian analysis; Construction management; Quantitative methods;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001154
- Abstract:
Although the construction industry has shown significant improvements in safety performance over the past 30 years, falls are still a leading cause of fatalities and serious injuries. Previous studies have focused on identifying factors affecting the risk of falls, but remained silent on investigating the evidential relationships among these factors to better prevent fall accidents. This research proposes a Bayesian network (BN) based approach to diagnose the accident risk of working at heights. The proposed approach consists of a conceptual and generic model with a protocol for assessing the risk of falls and a computational module. The generic BN model was developed on the basis of an extensive review and evaluation of causal factors leading to falls. The computational module was developed on the basis of Bayes’ rule for inference to customize model input and job site characteristics. The results of the proposed approach provide probabilities associated with different states of safety risk. Additionally, sensitivity analysis allows practitioners to identify appropriate preventive actions and safety strategies to reduce risk of fall. The proposed approach was verified and tested with a construction operation in a condo-hotel project. This study contributes to the construction safety body of knowledge by providing an effective quantitative risk assessment tool to predict the safety risk of falls from heights. Researchers and practitioners may customize the model to assess and benchmark the fall risk for different operations in the construction industry.
Ramsey, D, El Asmar, M and Gibson, G E (2016) Quantitative Performance Assessment of Single-Step versus Two-Step Design-Build Procurement. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Shealy, T, Klotz, L, Weber, E U, Johnson, E J and Bell, R G (2016) Using Framing Effects to Inform More Sustainable Infrastructure Design Decisions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Signor, R, Love, P E D and Olatunji, O (2016) Determining Overpricing in Brazilian Infrastructure Projects: A Forensic Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).
Wang, C, Zhang, S, Du, C, Pan, F and Xue, L (2016) A Real-Time Online Structure-Safety Analysis Approach Consistent with Dynamic Construction Schedule of Underground Caverns. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(09).