Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends

Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to...

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title Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
spellingShingle Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
Accident
Construction industry
Health
Occupational safety
Risk
title_short Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
title_full Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
title_fullStr Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
title_full_unstemmed Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
title_sort Occupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trends
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv Suárez Sánchez, F.A., Universidad de Nariño, Department of Civil Engineering, Colombia
Carvajal Peláez, G.I., Universidad de Medellín, Department of Civil Engineering, Colombia
Catalá Alís, J., Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects, Spain
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Accident
Construction industry
Health
Occupational safety
Risk
topic Accident
Construction industry
Health
Occupational safety
Risk
description Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH research in the construction sector has evolved over time, this article – in which articles published in English were studied – presents an analysis of research conducted from 1930 to 2016. The classification of documents was carried out following the Occupational Safety and Health Cycle which is composed of five steps: regulation, education and training, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis. With the help of tree diagrams we show that evolution takes place. In addition, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis were the research topics with the highest number of papers. The main objective of the study was to contribute to knowledge of the subject, showing trends through an exploratory study that may serve as a starting point for further research. © 2017 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
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dc.relation.references.spa.fl_str_mv Yoon, S.J., Lin, H.K., Chen, G., Yi, S., Choi, J., Rui, Z., Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Management System on Work-Related Accident Rate and Differences of Occupational Health and Safety Management System Awareness between Managers in South Korea’s Construction Industry (2013) Saf Health Work, 4, pp. 201-209
Pinto, A., Nunes, I.L., Ribeiro, R., Occupational risk assessment in construction industry – Overview and reflection (2011) Saf Sci, 49, pp. 614-624
Grant, A., Hinze, J., Construction worker fatalities related to trusses: An analysis of the OSHA fatality and catastrophic incident database (2014) Saf Sci, 65, pp. 54-62
Hola, B., Szóstak, M., Analysis of the Development of Accident Situations in the Construction Industry (2014) Procedia Eng, 91, pp. 429-434
Nyirenda, V., Chinniah, Y., Agard, B., Identifying Key Factors for an Occupational Health and Safety Risk estimation Tool in Small and Medium-size Enterprises (2015) Ifac-Papersonline, 48, pp. 541-546
Sousa, V., Almeida, N., Dias, L., Risk-based manage- ment of occupational safety and health (2014) Saf Sci, 66, pp. 75-86
Zhou, Z., Goh, Y.M., Li, Q., Overview and analysis of safety management studies in the construction (2015) Saf Sci, 72, pp. 337-350
Turner, J.R., (2009) The Handbook of Project-Based Management, pp. 209-231. , 3rd Ed, McGraw Hill, London, England
(2007) OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems-Specification, , British Standards Institution, London
(2008) ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems-Requirements, , International Organization for Standardization, Geneva
Carvajal, G.I., (2008) Modelo De cuantificación De Riesgos Laborales En La construcción: RIES-CO, p. 365. , (Tesis Doctoral). Valencia, España: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Geller, S., Ten principles for achieving a total safety culture (1994) Prof Saf, 39, pp. 18-24
Molenaar, K., Brown, H., Caile, S., Smith, R., Corporate culture: A study of firms with outstanding construction safety (2002) Prof Saf, 47, pp. 18-27
Meliá, J.L., Mearns, K., Silva, S.A., Lima, M.L., Safety climate responses and the perceived risk of accidents in the construction industry (2008) Saf Sci, 46, pp. 949-958
Pietroforte, R., Stefani, T.P., ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Review of the years 1983–2000 (2004) J Constr Eng Manage, 130, pp. 440-448
Crawford, L., Pollack, J., England, D., Uncovering the trends in project management: Journal emphases over the last ten years (2006) Int J Proj Manag, 24, pp. 175-184
Fine, W.T., Mathematical evaluation for controlling hazards (1971) J Safety Res, 3, pp. 157-166
Al-Bahar, J.F., Crandall, K.C., Systematic risk management approach for construction projects (1990) J Constr Eng Manage, 116, pp. 533-546
Mohamed, S., Safety climate in construction site environments (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 128, pp. 375-384
Koehn, E.E., Datta, N.K., Quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems for construction engineering (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 562-569
Sparer, E.H., Dennerlein, J.T., Determining safety inspection thresholds for employee incentives programs on construction sites (2013) Saf Sci, 51, pp. 77-84
Pinto, A., QRAM a Qualitative Occupational Safety Risk Assessment Model for the construction industry that incorporate uncertainties by the use of fuzzy sets (2014) Saf Sci, 63, pp. 57-76
Knab, L.I., Numerical aid to reduce construction injuries losses (1978) J Constr Div, 104, pp. 437-445
Jannadi, O.A., Almishari, S., Risk assessment in construction (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 492-500
Mitropoulos, P., Namboodiri, M., New method for measuring the safety risk of construction activities: Task demand assessment (2011) J Constr Eng Manage, 137
Liu, H.T., Tsai, Y.L., A fuzzy risk assessment approach for occupational hazards in the construction industry (2012) Saf Sci, 50, pp. 1067-1078
Kaplan, S., Garrick, B.J., On the quantitative definition of risk (1981) Risk Anal, 1, pp. 11-27
Cuny, X., Lejeune, M., Occupational risks and the value and modelling of a measurement of severity (1999) Saf Sci, 31, pp. 213-229
Gürcanli, G.E., Müngen, U., An occupational safety risk analysis method at construction sites using fuzzy sets (2009) Int J Ind Ergon, 39, pp. 371-387
Bowers, J.A., Data for projects risk analyses (1994) Int J Proj Manag, 12, pp. 9-16
Santoso, D.S., Ogunlana, S.O., Minato, T., Assessment of risks in high rise building construction in Jakarta (2003) Eng Construct Architect Manag, 10, pp. 43-55
Heinrich, H.W., Relation of accident statistics to industrial accident prevention (1930) Proceedings of the Casualty Actuarial Society, 16, pp. 170-174. , Arlington
Helander, M., Safety challenges in the construction industry (1980) J Occup Accid, 2, pp. 257-263
Jaselskis, E.J., Anderson, S.D., Russell, J.S., Strategies for achieving excellence in construction safety performance (1996) J Constr Eng Manage, 122, pp. 61-70
Baxendale, T., Jones, O., Construction design and management safety regulations in practice progress on implementation (2000) Int J Proj Manag, 18, pp. 33-40
Teo, A.L.E., Yeang, Y.L.F., Foot, W.C.A., Framework for project managers to manage construction safety (2005) Int J Proj Manag, 23, pp. 329-341
Hinze, J., Wiegand, F., Role of designers in construction worker safety (1992) J Constr Eng Manage, 118, pp. 677-684
Gambatese, J.A., Behm, M., Hinze, J., Viability of designing for construction worker safety (2005) J Constr Eng Manage, 131, pp. 1029-1036
Fonseca, E.D., Lima, F.P., Duarte, F., From construction site to design: The different accident prevention levels in the building industry (2014) Saf Sci, 70, pp. 406-418
Zhang, S., Sulankivi, K., Kiviniemi, M., Romo, I., Eastman, C.M., Teizer, J., BIM-based fall hazard identification and prevention in construction safety planning (2015) Saf Sci, 72
Hinze, J., Human aspects of construction safety (1981) J Constr Div, 107, pp. 61-72
Chi, S., Han, S., Analyses of systems theory for construction accident prevention with specific reference to OSHA accident reports (2013) Int J Proj Manag, 31
Laufer, A., Ledbetter, W.B., Assessment of safety performance measures at construction sites (1986) J Constr Eng Manage, 112, pp. 530-543
Burkart, M.J., Wouldn’t it be nice if…! (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 7, pp. 61-67
Hinze, J., Safety incentives: Do they reduce injuries? (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 7, pp. 81-84
Imriyas, K., An expert system for strategic control of accidents and insurers’ risks in building construction projects (2009) Expert Syst Appl, 36, pp. 4021-4034
Leplat, J., Accident analyses and work analyses (1978) J Occup Accid, 1, pp. 331-340
Kjellen, U., Larsson, T.J., Investigating accidents and reducing risks: A dynamic approach (1981) J Occup Accid, 3, pp. 129-140
Dejoy, D.M., Toward a comprehensive human factors model of workplace accident causation (1990) Prof Saf, 35, pp. 11-16
Abdelhamid, T.S., Everett, J.G., Identifying root causes of construction accidents (2000) J Constr Eng Manage, 126, pp. 52-60
Suraji, A., Duff, A.R., Peckitt, S.J., Development of causal model of construction accident causation (2001) J Constr Eng Manage, 127, pp. 337-344
Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., Rosenfeld, Y., Baum, H., Construction Job Safety Analysis (2010) Saf Sci, 48, pp. 491-498
Kisner, S.M., Fosbroke, D.E., Injury hazards in the construction industry (1994) J Occup Med, 36
Hinze, J., Pedersen, C., Fredley, J., Identifying root causes of construction injuries (1998) J Constr Eng Manage, 124, pp. 67-71
Huang, X., Hinze, J., Analysis of construction worker fall accidents (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 262-271
Cheng, C.W., Lin, C.C., Leu, S.S., Use of association rules to explore cause-effect relationships in occupational accidents in the Taiwan construction industry (2010) Saf Sci, 48, pp. 436-444
Irumba, R., Spatial analysis of construction accidents in Kampala, Uganda (2014) Saf Sci, 64, pp. 109-120
Leopold, E., Leonard, S., Costs of construction accidents to employers (1987) J Occup Accid, 8, pp. 273-294
Everett, J.G., Frank, P.B., Jr., Costs of accidents and injuries to the construction industry (1996) J Constr Eng Manage, 122, pp. 158-164
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With the help of tree diagrams we show that evolution takes place. In addition, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis were the research topics with the highest number of papers. The main objective of the study was to contribute to knowledge of the subject, showing trends through an exploratory study that may serve as a starting point for further research. © 2017 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.engNational Institute of Industrial HealthFacultad de Ingenieríashttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020382810&doi=10.2486%2findhealth.2016-0108&partnerID=40&md5=79ddf0788d1a6c0dfa2594468e32dc66Industrial HealthYoon, S.J., Lin, H.K., Chen, G., Yi, S., Choi, J., Rui, Z., Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Management System on Work-Related Accident Rate and Differences of Occupational Health and Safety Management System Awareness between Managers in South Korea’s Construction Industry (2013) Saf Health Work, 4, pp. 201-209Pinto, A., Nunes, I.L., Ribeiro, R., Occupational risk assessment in construction industry – Overview and reflection (2011) Saf Sci, 49, pp. 614-624Grant, A., Hinze, J., Construction worker fatalities related to trusses: An analysis of the OSHA fatality and catastrophic incident database (2014) Saf Sci, 65, pp. 54-62Hola, B., Szóstak, M., Analysis of the Development of Accident Situations in the Construction Industry (2014) Procedia Eng, 91, pp. 429-434Nyirenda, V., Chinniah, Y., Agard, B., Identifying Key Factors for an Occupational Health and Safety Risk estimation Tool in Small and Medium-size Enterprises (2015) Ifac-Papersonline, 48, pp. 541-546Sousa, V., Almeida, N., Dias, L., Risk-based manage- ment of occupational safety and health (2014) Saf Sci, 66, pp. 75-86Zhou, Z., Goh, Y.M., Li, Q., Overview and analysis of safety management studies in the construction (2015) Saf Sci, 72, pp. 337-350Turner, J.R., (2009) The Handbook of Project-Based Management, pp. 209-231. , 3rd Ed, McGraw Hill, London, England(2007) OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems-Specification, , British Standards Institution, London(2008) ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems-Requirements, , International Organization for Standardization, GenevaCarvajal, G.I., (2008) Modelo De cuantificación De Riesgos Laborales En La construcción: RIES-CO, p. 365. , (Tesis Doctoral). Valencia, España: Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaGeller, S., Ten principles for achieving a total safety culture (1994) Prof Saf, 39, pp. 18-24Molenaar, K., Brown, H., Caile, S., Smith, R., Corporate culture: A study of firms with outstanding construction safety (2002) Prof Saf, 47, pp. 18-27Meliá, J.L., Mearns, K., Silva, S.A., Lima, M.L., Safety climate responses and the perceived risk of accidents in the construction industry (2008) Saf Sci, 46, pp. 949-958Pietroforte, R., Stefani, T.P., ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Review of the years 1983–2000 (2004) J Constr Eng Manage, 130, pp. 440-448Crawford, L., Pollack, J., England, D., Uncovering the trends in project management: Journal emphases over the last ten years (2006) Int J Proj Manag, 24, pp. 175-184Fine, W.T., Mathematical evaluation for controlling hazards (1971) J Safety Res, 3, pp. 157-166Al-Bahar, J.F., Crandall, K.C., Systematic risk management approach for construction projects (1990) J Constr Eng Manage, 116, pp. 533-546Mohamed, S., Safety climate in construction site environments (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 128, pp. 375-384Koehn, E.E., Datta, N.K., Quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems for construction engineering (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 562-569Sparer, E.H., Dennerlein, J.T., Determining safety inspection thresholds for employee incentives programs on construction sites (2013) Saf Sci, 51, pp. 77-84Pinto, A., QRAM a Qualitative Occupational Safety Risk Assessment Model for the construction industry that incorporate uncertainties by the use of fuzzy sets (2014) Saf Sci, 63, pp. 57-76Knab, L.I., Numerical aid to reduce construction injuries losses (1978) J Constr Div, 104, pp. 437-445Jannadi, O.A., Almishari, S., Risk assessment in construction (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 492-500Mitropoulos, P., Namboodiri, M., New method for measuring the safety risk of construction activities: Task demand assessment (2011) J Constr Eng Manage, 137Liu, H.T., Tsai, Y.L., A fuzzy risk assessment approach for occupational hazards in the construction industry (2012) Saf Sci, 50, pp. 1067-1078Kaplan, S., Garrick, B.J., On the quantitative definition of risk (1981) Risk Anal, 1, pp. 11-27Cuny, X., Lejeune, M., Occupational risks and the value and modelling of a measurement of severity (1999) Saf Sci, 31, pp. 213-229Gürcanli, G.E., Müngen, U., An occupational safety risk analysis method at construction sites using fuzzy sets (2009) Int J Ind Ergon, 39, pp. 371-387Bowers, J.A., Data for projects risk analyses (1994) Int J Proj Manag, 12, pp. 9-16Santoso, D.S., Ogunlana, S.O., Minato, T., Assessment of risks in high rise building construction in Jakarta (2003) Eng Construct Architect Manag, 10, pp. 43-55Heinrich, H.W., Relation of accident statistics to industrial accident prevention (1930) Proceedings of the Casualty Actuarial Society, 16, pp. 170-174. , ArlingtonHelander, M., Safety challenges in the construction industry (1980) J Occup Accid, 2, pp. 257-263Jaselskis, E.J., Anderson, S.D., Russell, J.S., Strategies for achieving excellence in construction safety performance (1996) J Constr Eng Manage, 122, pp. 61-70Baxendale, T., Jones, O., Construction design and management safety regulations in practice progress on implementation (2000) Int J Proj Manag, 18, pp. 33-40Teo, A.L.E., Yeang, Y.L.F., Foot, W.C.A., Framework for project managers to manage construction safety (2005) Int J Proj Manag, 23, pp. 329-341Hinze, J., Wiegand, F., Role of designers in construction worker safety (1992) J Constr Eng Manage, 118, pp. 677-684Gambatese, J.A., Behm, M., Hinze, J., Viability of designing for construction worker safety (2005) J Constr Eng Manage, 131, pp. 1029-1036Fonseca, E.D., Lima, F.P., Duarte, F., From construction site to design: The different accident prevention levels in the building industry (2014) Saf Sci, 70, pp. 406-418Zhang, S., Sulankivi, K., Kiviniemi, M., Romo, I., Eastman, C.M., Teizer, J., BIM-based fall hazard identification and prevention in construction safety planning (2015) Saf Sci, 72Hinze, J., Human aspects of construction safety (1981) J Constr Div, 107, pp. 61-72Chi, S., Han, S., Analyses of systems theory for construction accident prevention with specific reference to OSHA accident reports (2013) Int J Proj Manag, 31Laufer, A., Ledbetter, W.B., Assessment of safety performance measures at construction sites (1986) J Constr Eng Manage, 112, pp. 530-543Burkart, M.J., Wouldn’t it be nice if…! (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 7, pp. 61-67Hinze, J., Safety incentives: Do they reduce injuries? (2002) J Constr Eng Manage, 7, pp. 81-84Imriyas, K., An expert system for strategic control of accidents and insurers’ risks in building construction projects (2009) Expert Syst Appl, 36, pp. 4021-4034Leplat, J., Accident analyses and work analyses (1978) J Occup Accid, 1, pp. 331-340Kjellen, U., Larsson, T.J., Investigating accidents and reducing risks: A dynamic approach (1981) J Occup Accid, 3, pp. 129-140Dejoy, D.M., Toward a comprehensive human factors model of workplace accident causation (1990) Prof Saf, 35, pp. 11-16Abdelhamid, T.S., Everett, J.G., Identifying root causes of construction accidents (2000) J Constr Eng Manage, 126, pp. 52-60Suraji, A., Duff, A.R., Peckitt, S.J., Development of causal model of construction accident causation (2001) J Constr Eng Manage, 127, pp. 337-344Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., Rosenfeld, Y., Baum, H., Construction Job Safety Analysis (2010) Saf Sci, 48, pp. 491-498Kisner, S.M., Fosbroke, D.E., Injury hazards in the construction industry (1994) J Occup Med, 36Hinze, J., Pedersen, C., Fredley, J., Identifying root causes of construction injuries (1998) J Constr Eng Manage, 124, pp. 67-71Huang, X., Hinze, J., Analysis of construction worker fall accidents (2003) J Constr Eng Manage, 129, pp. 262-271Cheng, C.W., Lin, C.C., Leu, S.S., Use of association rules to explore cause-effect relationships in occupational accidents in the Taiwan construction industry (2010) Saf Sci, 48, pp. 436-444Irumba, R., Spatial analysis of construction accidents in Kampala, Uganda (2014) Saf Sci, 64, pp. 109-120Leopold, E., Leonard, S., Costs of construction accidents to employers (1987) J Occup Accid, 8, pp. 273-294Everett, J.G., Frank, P.B., Jr., Costs of accidents and injuries to the construction industry (1996) J Constr Eng Manage, 122, pp. 158-164ScopusOccupational safety and health in construction: A review of applications and trendsReviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reviewhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_efa0Suárez Sánchez, F.A., Universidad de Nariño, Department of Civil Engineering, ColombiaCarvajal Peláez, G.I., Universidad de Medellín, Department of Civil Engineering, ColombiaCatalá Alís, J., Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects, SpainSuárez Sánchez F.A.Carvajal Peláez G.I.Catalá Alís J.Universidad de Nariño, Department of Civil Engineering, ColombiaUniversidad de Medellín, Department of Civil Engineering, ColombiaUniversidad Politécnica de Valencia, Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects, SpainAccidentConstruction industryHealthOccupational safetyRiskDue to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH research in the construction sector has evolved over time, this article – in which articles published in English were studied – presents an analysis of research conducted from 1930 to 2016. The classification of documents was carried out following the Occupational Safety and Health Cycle which is composed of five steps: regulation, education and training, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis. With the help of tree diagrams we show that evolution takes place. In addition, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis were the research topics with the highest number of papers. The main objective of the study was to contribute to knowledge of the subject, showing trends through an exploratory study that may serve as a starting point for further research. © 2017 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec11407/4333oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/43332020-05-27 19:16:11.307Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co

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