Construction Hazard Prevention: The Need to Integrate Process Knowledge into Product Design

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• Personal Author:
  Blismas N ; Kleiner BM ; Lingard H ; McCoy A ; Mills T ; Pirzadeh P ; Saunders L ; Wakefield R
• Description:
  Social network analysis was used to model information exchange networks in construction case studies in the United States of America and Australia/New Zealand. For each case, the quality of work safety and health (WHS) risk control outcomes was measured. This measurement was based on an established "hierarchy of control" in which risk controls are classified in descending order of effectiveness. The construction contractors' degree centrality was examined as a proxy measure of the constructors' influence in decision making during the pre-construction stages of the project. Network metrics were compared for cases in which the risk control scores were higher and lower than average. The results showed a significant difference in constructors' degree centrality for cases with high and low risk control efficacy scores. Constructors had significantly higher degree centrality in cases with high compared to low quality OSH risk control outcomes. The results provide preliminary evidence that integrating construction process knowledge into pre-construction decision-making produces better OSH outcomes. The research also highlights the potential usefulness of social network analysis and network metrics in OSH performance measurement and benchmarking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Education Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work Safety And Health Construction Industry Construction Workers Hierarchy Of Controls Knowledge Integration Occupational Safety And Health Prevention Through Design Risk Control Risk Management
• ISBN:
  9789176230053
• Publisher:
  International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  399-409
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061988
• Citation:
  Proceedings of CIB W099 International Conference: Achieving Sustainable Construction Health and Safety, June 2-3, 2014, Lund, Sweden. Aulin R, Ek A eds. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, 2014 Jun; :399-409
• Editor(s):
  Aulin R; Ek A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of CIB W099 International Conference: Achieving Sustainable Construction Health and Safety, June 2-3, 2014, Lund, Sweden
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc626a4377a8d3b57c435a255d62b72d2a82ad69b90fb9869ffc1a73c4ee7326a57dbca30bdba1f3993a48b430b79bf82d00bc86ff02101597de4a7866216e29
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225316/cdc_225316_DS1.pdf
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