Construction projects require long hours where workers are subjected to intensive tasks such as hard manual labor, heavy lifting, and constrained working postures. Among the physiological metrics, … [Read more...] about Assessment of Safe Work Indicators in Transportation Construction Using Personal Monitoring Systems
Construction Safety
Exploring Construction Workers’ Attention and Awareness in Diverse Virtual Hazard Scenarios to Prevent Struck-By Accidents
Repetitive tasks in construction reduce workers' attentiveness of hazards on sites. This decline in attentiveness can be influenced by their situation awareness level. However, research on the … [Read more...] about Exploring Construction Workers’ Attention and Awareness in Diverse Virtual Hazard Scenarios to Prevent Struck-By Accidents
Improving Construction Site Safety by Incident Reporting Through Utilizing Virtual Reality
The construction industry consistently records one of the highest accident rates compared to other occupations, resulting in millions of workers suffering from construction-related injuries such as … [Read more...] about Improving Construction Site Safety by Incident Reporting Through Utilizing Virtual Reality
Identification of Safety Hazards in Highway Construction Projects
Despite a global emphasis on safety, construction personnel experience a sizable number of occupational injuries. The dynamic nature of construction sites makes it extremely challenging … [Read more...] about Identification of Safety Hazards in Highway Construction Projects
Construction Deaths on the Rise in Nearly Every Category
Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics sheds light on the dynamics of workplace fatalities, particularly in the construction sector. Despite a promising decline in non-fatal incidents, fatal … [Read more...] about Construction Deaths on the Rise in Nearly Every Category
A Sensor-Based Method to Detect Near-Miss Struck-By on Construction Site
As a precursor of serious accident, near-miss incidents are of great significance to construction safety management. A real-time detection method for near-miss incidents can improve the performance of … [Read more...] about A Sensor-Based Method to Detect Near-Miss Struck-By on Construction Site