Established assessment methods focusing on resource recovery from waste within a circular
economy context consider few or even a single domain/s of value, ie environmental …

The available literature on construction safety is not very optimistic about the chances of
evidence-based safety in the construction industry exerting a positive influence. Many …

INTRODUCTION: The research objective for this paper is to obtain a new extended and
updated insight to the likely causes of construction accidents in Spain, in order to identify …

The paper identifies frequent accident types in the construction industry, characterises the
accident sequence, and identifies barrier failures for the most frequent accident types. 176 …

Rapid expansion of urbanization in developing countries such as China brings explosive
growth of the construction industry. It is necessary to evaluate construction performance in …

Near misses are well-known for providing a major source of useful information for safety
management. They are more frequent events than accidents and their causes may …

Fundamental questions remain about the practical value and generalizability of accident
causation frameworks for explaining construction accidents. Relevant causality literature is …

This study is aimed at exploring the characteristics of fatal occupational injuries in Korea's
construction industry and comparing the causes in various occupations within that industry …

This paper presents the quantification of occupational risk of a building construction project.
Risk assessment is based on the Occupational Risk Model (ORCA) developed under the …

Accident case analysis has been widely adopted to promote construction safety. Learning
from past accidents is effective to avoid similar dangerous situations or accidents. An …