This study focuses on improving pre-emptive risk recognition and safety checks to prevent workplace accidents. It underscores improvements by addressing existing research issues, suggesting potential … [Read more...] about Enhancing Individual Worker Risk Awareness: A Location-Based Safety Check System for Real-Time Hazard Warnings in Work-Zones
Simulation
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
Augmented Reality Warnings in Roadway Work Zones: Evaluating the Effect of Modality on Worker Reaction Times
Given the aging highway infrastructure requiring extensive rebuilding and enhancements, and the consequent rise in the number of work zones, there is an urgent need to develop advanced safety systems … [Read more...] about Augmented Reality Warnings in Roadway Work Zones: Evaluating the Effect of Modality on Worker Reaction Times
Impact of Platooning Connected and Automated Heavy Vehicles on Interstate Freeway Work Zone Operations
Work zones pose mobility issues to the traveling public and safety challenges to travelers and road maintenance workers. These safety and mobility issues may be exacerbated by the presence of heavy … [Read more...] about Impact of Platooning Connected and Automated Heavy Vehicles on Interstate Freeway Work Zone Operations
Simulation of Roadside LiDAR Applications: A Smart Work Zone Case Study
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) have the capability to detect 360-degree surrounding objects with high accuracy (centimeter level), high frequency (a tenth of a second), and long measuring … [Read more...] about Simulation of Roadside LiDAR Applications: A Smart Work Zone Case Study