Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Construction and Worker Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Branche CM ; Howard J ; Murashov V
• Description:
  Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for military, recreational, public, and commercial uses have expanded significantly in recent years. In the construction industry, UAVs are used primarily for monitoring of construction workflow and job site logistics, inspecting construction sites to assess structural integrity, and for maintenance assessments. As is the case with other emerging technologies, occupational safety assessments of UAVs lag behind technological advancements. UAVs may create new workplace hazards that need to be evaluated and managed to ensure their safe operation around human workers. At the same time, UAVs can perform dangerous tasks, thereby improving workplace safety. This paper describes the four major uses of UAVs, including their use in construction, the potential risks of their use to workers, approaches for risk mitigation, and the important role that safety and health professionals can play in ensuring safe approaches to the their use in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Construction Construction Equipment Construction Industry Drone FAA Part 107 Remote Control Robotics Worker Safety
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3-10
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050493
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2018 Jan; 61(1):3-10
• Contact Point Address:
  John Howard, MD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 395 E Street, S.W., Suite 9200, Washington 20201, DC
• Email:
  jhoward1@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210812/cdc_210812_DS1.pdf
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