Analyses of systems theory for construction accident prevention with specific reference to OSHA accident reports

To enhance workplace safety in the construction industry it is important to understand interrelationships among safety risk factors associated with construction accidents. This study incorporates the systems theory into Heinrich’s domino theory to explore the interrelationships of risks and break the chain of accident causation. Through both empirical and statistical analyses of 9,358 accidents which occurred in the U.S. construction industry between 2002 and 2011, the study investigates relationships between accidents and injury elements (e.g., injury type, part of body, injury severity) and the nature of construction injuries by accident type. The study then discusses relationships between accidents and risks, including worker behavior, injury source, and environmental condition, and identifies key risk factors and risk combinations causing accidents. The research outcomes will assist safety managers to prioritize risks according to the likelihood of accident occurrence and injury characteristics, and pay more attention to balancing significant risk relationships to prevent accidents and achieve safer working environments.

Evaluación de barandillas de madera según las normas EN-13374 y OSHA-1926.502

Se han evaluado analíticamente sistemas provisionales de protección de borde formados por barandillas de madera y postes de acero siguiendo las directrices de las normas EN-13374 y OSHA-1926.502. La primera norma tiene su ámbito de aplicación en Erupa y la segunda en Estados Unidos y numerosos países del centro y del sur de América.

Economic/social impact of occupational noise exposure regulations : testimony presented at the OSHA hearings on the Economic Impact of Occupational Noise Exposure, Washington, D.C.

Mode of access: Internet.

What every employer needs to know about OSHA recordkeeping /

Mode of access: Internet.

Selected occupational fatalities related to ship building and repairing as found in reports of OSHA fatality/catastrophe investigations.

"January 1990."

Selected occupational fatalities related to welding and cutting as found in reports of OSHA facility/catastrophe investigations.

Shipping list no.: 88-705-P.

The Federal OSHA program in California : questions and answers.

"OSHA 3101."

A preliminary listing of laboratory uses of the 14 carcinogenic chemicals regulated by CAL/OSHA (CAC, title 8, section 5209) /

Mode of access: Internet.

Proposed firing of Dr. Peter Infante by OSHA [microform] : a case study in science and regulation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventy Congress, first session, July 16, 1981.

"No. 21."

OSHA, employee workplace rights.

"OSHA 3021."

Prospects for an OSHA/ETIP project to facilitate technological innovation /

Includes bibliographical references.

Cal-OSHA : [hearing], Sacramento, California, December 12 and 13, 1973 /

Cover title.

Occupational fatalities related to roofs, ceilings and floors as found in reports of OSHA fatality/catastrophe investigations /

Report prepared by William W. Cloe under the direction of Patricia P. Breslin.

Occupational fatalities related to ladders as found in reports of OSHA fatality/catastrophe investigations /

Report prepared by Carol Mancini Vira.

Occupational fatalities related to fixed machinery as found in reports of OSHA fatality/catastrophe investigations /

Report prepared by Carol Mancini Vira and William W. Cloe under the direction of Patricia P. Breslin.