Risk factors and emerging technologies for preventing falls from heights at construction sites

M Khan, C Nnaji, MS Khan, A Ibrahim, D Lee… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Falls at construction sites account for approximately 50% of all accidents reported in the US
annually, making them the leading cause of injuries and fatalities. Although there have been …

Predicting fatal fall from heights accidents using random forest classification machine learning model

A Zermane, MZM Tohir, H Zermane, MR Baharudin… - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
The focus of this paper is to use machine learning to create a prediction model that detects
the probable factors impacting fatal falls from heights accidents at the Malaysia construction …

Risk assessment of fatal accidents due to work at heights activities using fault tree analysis: Case study in Malaysia

A Zermane, MZM Tohir, MR Baharudin, HM Yusoff - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Fatal falls from heights accidents represent a threat to any industry's development and
progress. It is crucial to understand how these accidents evolve from a simple 'near miss …

Identification of fall event and classification of the factors causing fall from height accidents in the construction industry

N Abd Samad, MF Hasmori… - IOP Conference Series …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Fall from height (FFH) accidents are common in the construction industry and cause many
negative effects. This paper aims to identify the events of falls and causes of FFH accidents …

Descriptive analysis and a proposal for a predictive model of fatal occupational accidents in Spain

JL Fuentes-Bargues, A Sánchez-Lite… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Accidents at work are a problem in today's economic structures, but if they result in the loss
of human lives, the economic and social cost is even higher. The development of prevention …

Investigating patterns of workplace fatal fall injuries: Case study of Malaysia

A Zermane, MZM Tohir, MR Baharudin… - Journal of safety research, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction: Falling from heights can be a serious and potentially life-threatening hazard. In
Malaysia, falls from heights are one of the leading causes of workplace accidents and …

Risk coupling analysis of causal factors in construction fall-from-height accidents

H Niu, X Yang, J Zhang, S Guo - Engineering, Construction and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Construction fall-from-height accidents are not only caused by a single factor but
also by the risk coupling between two or more factors. The purpose of this paper is to …

[HTML][HTML] Análisis técnico sobre protecciones provisionales de borde para prevenir riesgos de caídas en trabajos en altura en la construcción: el caso de Chile

C Valderrama-Ulloa, X Ferrada, A Serpell… - Información …, 2023 - SciELO Chile
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es presentar un análisis técnico de los distintos
sistemas de protección de borde (barandas) y aportar al desarrollo de normativa sobre su …

Analysis of lighting on exterior scaffoldings at different times of day

I Szer, J Szer - Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Lighting of the workplaces has a large impact on safety, proper vision comfort and visual
efficiency. The aim of this article is to present an analysis of the lighting of the workplaces of …

[HTML][HTML] Preventive measures of struck-by accidents at the construction site: Perspectives from construction personnel in Johor

YW Heong, NH Abas, MH Rahmat… - International Journal of …, 2022 - sbt-durabi.org
Struck-by accidents are among the main contributor to fatality number in the Malaysian
construction industry. From the standpoint of construction safety professionals, this study …