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Barrett, P S and Barrett, L C (2003) Research as a kaleidoscope on practice. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 755-66.
Cho, Y (2003) The organizational boundaries of housebuilding firms in Korea. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 671-80.
Dainty, A R J and Edwards, D J (2003) The UK building education recruitment crisis: a call for action. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 767-75.
Kaka, A P and Lewis, J (2003) Development of a company-level dynamic cash flow forecasting model (DYCAFF). Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 693-705.
Perttula, P, Merjama, J, Kiurula, M and Laitinen, H (2003) Accidents in materials handling at construction sites. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 729-36.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction industry; occupational accident; manual materials handling; mechanical materials handling
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619032000087294
- Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine those occupational accidents at construction sites that are related to materials handling as compared with all reportable occupational accidents at construction sites. The main concern is to define the kinds of accidents that occur in materials handling. The data were gathered from two sources: a large Finnish construction company and the database of reports of serious occupational accidents (Sammio). One third of all the reported accidents in the studied construction company occurred during materials transfer and 36% of the absenteeism days resulted from these accidents. Materials handling thus caused more serious accidents than other work activities (t = -2.44, df = 351, p < 0.005). Minor accidents were mostly due to over-exertion whereas serious accidents were mostly falling from a height and injuries caused by falling and collapsing objects. The manual transfer of materials caused most of the materials transfer accidents in the company and mechanical transfer most of the serious materials handling accidents. Over-exertion can, therefore, be decreased by reducing manual materials handling. On the other hand, replacing manual transfers with mechanical transfers means that there arises a risk of serious accidents.
Phua, F T T and Rowlinson, S (2003) Cultural differences as an explanatory variable for adversarial attitudes in the construction industry: the case of Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 777-85.
Pongpeng, J and Liston, J (2003) A multicriteria model's survey: state of the art and some necessary capabilities of future models. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 665-70.
Shohet, I M (2003) Building evaluation methodology for setting maintenance priorities in hospital buildings. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 681-92.
Su, C-K, Lin, C-Y and Wang, M-T (2003) Taiwanese construction sector in a growing 'maturity' economy, 1964-1999. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 719-28.
Tam, C M, Fung, I W H, Yeung, T C L and Tung, K C F (2003) Relationship between construction safety signs and symbols recognition and characteristics of construction personnel. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 745-53.
Wanous, M, Boussabaine, A H and Lewis, J (2003) A neural network bid/no bid model: the case for contractors in Syria. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 737-44.
Zhi, M, Hua, G B, Wang, S Q and Ofori, G (2003) Total factor productivity growth accounting in the construction industry of Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 21(07), 707-18.