Technology for the Tele-Robotic Laying of Large and Small Pipes

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• Personal Author:
  Bernold LE ; Bin L
• Description:
  The labor intensive construction industry has a very high accident rate. One of the key reasons for this is the exposure of workers to a hazardous environment such as heights, confined narrow spaces, and exposure to health threatening fumes, dust, and noise. Teleoperation, which allows a construction worker to control a mechanical tool from a safe location provides a technical alternative. Because of the need to be competitive on every project-bid, contractors have to be assured that new technologies not only work in the rugged environment of a construction site but that they also reduce cost. This paper will present one example of such a technology, a remotely controlled manipulator that allows the installation of large concrete pipes. It is apparent that eliminating the presence of humans in danger zones makes OSHA regulations mute. The resulting cost savings had three sources: 1) reduction in excavation volume, 2) reduction in material to be backfilled and compacted, and 3) reduction in man-hours. While successful, the field tests also highlighted opportunities for improvements which led to a new development phase. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Models Occupational-accidents
• Publisher:
  American Society of Civil Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  400-407
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029358
• Citation:
  New Pipeline Technologies, Security, and Safety. International Conference on Pipeline Engineering and Construction, July 13-16, 2003, Baltimore, Maryland. M Najafi, ed., Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003 Jul; :400-407
• Editor(s):
  Najafi M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  New Pipeline Technologies, Security, and Safety. International Conference on Pipeline Engineering and Construction, July 13-16, 2003, Baltimore, Maryland
• End Date:
  20050531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17b38fcdc7060a7f6aa9f0016321f9bacc1fb4750fbf23b136f7ee1835f450f0830ec434b644da07c9b482e8006ab5fcd462838d8ecef4519c4c56f141e9e9fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190349/cdc_190349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 180.02 KB ]