Technological Intervention to Eliminate Deaths During Pipe-Installation

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• Personal Author:
  Bernold LE ; Li B
• Description:
  Even though diverse support systems such as shoring, shielding, and sloping are to be applied to protect workers from cave-ins in trench excavating and pipe laying operations, accidents still happen. Tele-operation, which enables the control of a mechanical device from a safe distance provides a technical alternative making OSHA regulations non-applicable. This paper will present two remotely controlled manipulators able to install large and small pipes. 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. Not having to observe OSHA regulation results in many cost savings such as a reduction in excavation volume, less material to be backfilled and compacted, and a reduction in man-hours. The paper will discuss not only the technologies that were integrated into the system but also show the use of the system in the construction environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Excavation-equipment Ground-control Ground-stability Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Safety-measures

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• ISBN:
  1886431094
• Publisher:
  IeJC
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• 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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029399
• Citation:
  Trends and current best practices in construction safety and health. Hinze J, ed. Gainesville, FL: IeJC, 2005 Aug; :1-10
• Editor(s):
  Hinze J
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Trends and current best practices in construction safety and health
• End Date:
  20050531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:275563308d8516cc5a98d8102c4f67acc2fbde1408494c45414af626e43bd59c8c814a559ee188853b42a0d83520cca634e83775207dec7fee1a84d7ac436a75
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190385/cdc_190385_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB ]