A Practical Model for Measuring and Mitigating Safety Risks of Using UAS in Construction

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• Journal Article:
  A practical model for measuring and mitigating safety risks of using UAS in construction
• Personal Author:
  Turkan, Yelda ; Xu, Yiye
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have become very popular in the construction industry due to their versatility and ease of use in data collection. Other benefits of using UAS on job sites include cost savings and improved safety. As research has increasingly focused on how UAS can assist on multiple tasks during different construction phases, the potential negative safety outcomes for construction workers have not been studied adequately. This small study aimed to begin filling this gap by developing a practical model to establish, assess, and improve mitigation programs that construction companies have for controlling safety risks generated as a result of using UAS. The components of the model-including the safety factors and mitigation methods-were identified, verified, and quantified through a mixed approach that relied on a review of literature and a three-round Delphi process. Key Research Findings: This study identified potential safety risks of using UAS on construction job sites and derived and verified a hierarchical structure of the causal risk factors. It established the relative importance of verified causal risk factors. It identified and verified, through a Delphi process, safety practices to control each causal risk factors. It developed a practical assessment model for measuring and improving safety control programs for UAS-assisted construction projects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communication Construction Industry Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Risk management; Imaging techniques; Safety engineering; Mobile equipment
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2022 Feb; :1-20
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068469
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:27a7f859fa2920c33795d15af241deacbfa019577e27fecc5fd5219c363d592c2a9b2cd4569bbbfe85f8e41d11af6621c4254110c993ad8c1fb620ebd6791562
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137417/cdc_137417_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]