Activity-based safety risk quantification for concrete formwork construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 990-998

  Hallowell, Matthew R ^a   Gambatese, John A ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete construction; Occupational health; Risk management; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; ACTIVITY-BASED; AVERAGE FREQUENCY; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DELPHI METHOD; FORMWORK; FORMWORK CONSTRUCTION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RISK CLASSIFICATION; RISK PROCESS; SAFETY; SAFETY RISKS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 70349324675     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000071     Document Type: Article

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