Design, development, and deployment of a rapid universal safety and health system for construction

Details

• Personal Author:
  Haro E ; Hills TH III ; Kleiner BM ; O'Brien M ; Smith-Jackson TL
• Description:
  Rapid construction projects and processes will become increasingly important as customers demand better project management performance and globally, as countries plan for and respond to the aftermath of natural and/or unnatural disasters. For use in expedited projects (as well as traditional projects), a rapid universal safety and health system (RUSH) was designed, developed, deployed, and evaluated. For its inaugural application, the RUSH was applied to a construction project. Results from an initial application included a safe build in approximately without recordable incidents. More importantly, lessons were learned by a multidisciplinary team of researchers who observed safety for the life of the project. Lessons learned and recommendations for future research are provided as a result of this experience. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Health Promotion Men Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Women
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-industry Health-programs Humans Safety-measures Safety-programs
• ISSN:
  0733-9364
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  273-279
• Volume:
  134
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043273
• Citation:
  J Constr Eng Manage 2008 Apr; 134(4):273-279
• Contact Point Address:
  Brian M. Kleiner, Director, Center for Innovation in Construction Safety and Health, Virginia Tech., and Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Whittemore Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
• Email:
  bkleiner@vt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• End Date:
  20080831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c3bcdbc3ce8a17b85bee307ad00feed348528d09af3191c7441b99522ec960a3cfdacd7bb7f29841380908567bf06fab8a22919b0a909bbdd83ce34d3c32734d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195206/cdc_195206_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 482.67 KB ]