A Model for Measuring and Reducing Risks from Drones in Construction: A Practical Model for Measuring and Mitigating Safety Risks of Using UAS in Construction

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Practical Model for Measuring and Mitigating Safety Risks of Using UAS in Construction
  
  Yelda Turkan and Yiye Xu. CPWR Small Study, 2021.
  
  In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have become popular in the construction industry due to their versatility and ease of use in data collection. Other benefits of UAS on job sites include cost savings and improved safety. Research has increasingly focused on how UAS can assist on multiple tasks during different construction phases, but the potential negative safety outcomes for construction workers have not been studied adequately. The researchers 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-methods approach that relied on a review of literature and a three-round Delphi process.
  
  KF2022-measure-mitigate-UAS-risks.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls/prevention & Control Accident Prevention Communication Construction Industry Safety Management Unmanned Aerial Devices
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• 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:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066210
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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