... to benchmark and improve safety efforts in their firms. The relative importance index can help construction firms identify where to start with safety. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, 2019a) reported a 5% increase in fatalities in the private construction industry in 2019. A total of 1,061 construction...

...Ali A. Karakhan; Chukwuma A. Nnaji; Ziyu Jin Key Takeaways - This article explores ways to utilize emerging technology for OSH management in the construction industry. - It presents a study that identifies emerging technologies used in practice for OSH management in construction and summarizes...

..., construction workers in the U.S. still experience a noticeably high rate of fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses. The construction industry has experienced a fatality rate of 10.2 per 100,000 full-time employees, approximately three times higher than all other industries average (CPWR, 2018...

... in this article should inform organizations of the potential WSDs have in construction applications and provide manufacturers with information that could enhance the development of future WSDs. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, 2020), the construction industry witnessed a period of steady reduction...

...Nicholas Tymvios; Michael Behm; Andrea Yunyan Jia Key Takeaways Heat-related illness in the U.S. construction industry is an underreported and under-researched OSH hazard, and these workers are potentially exposed to extreme temperatures that can adversely affect their well-being. This study used...

...Jeremy Bethancourt In Brief Many in the residential and light commercial construction industry consider fall protection infeasible, impractical and overly burdensome to industry. By experimenting with equipment and procedures that meet ANSI and OSHA standards, it has been demonstrated that fall...

... to certain businesses and industries addressing employee safety in the workplace. The OSH Act is administered by OSHA (or OSHA-approved state plans) and divided into four parts: general industry, construction industry, maritime, long shoring operations and agriculture. The act specifically excludes mining...

... between the two regulations, potentially contributing to the superior safety performance in the U.K. construction industry. In 2012, the U.S. construction industry fatality rate was 9.9 per 100,000 full-time equivalent employees (BLS, 2013); the U.K.'s 2013 rate of fatal injuries in construction was 1.9...

...Sathy Rajendran; Brian Clarke; Michael L. Whelan The U.S. construction industry is a litigious industry, spending from $4 to $12 billion annually on dispute resolution (Gebken II, 2006). A recent study found that the average cost of individual disputes in the U.S. construction industry during 2011...

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...Angela T. DiDomenico; Raymond W. McGorry; Michael F. Blair; Yueng-Hsiang Huang The construction industry is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy, employing 7,439,000 people in 2009 (BLS, 2009). Although worksite safety has improved, incidents continue to occur, causing numerous fatalities...