Measurement and risk scales of crane-related safety factors on construction sites

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 979-989

  Shapira, Aviad ^a   Simcha, Meir ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Plaza Centers Serbia and the Balkans ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Construction sites; Cranes; Hazards; Quantitative analysis; Safety factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS METHOD; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CRANE OPERATIONS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; INTEGRATED MODELS; KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SAFETY HAZARDS; SAFETY LEVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EMPLOYMENT; HAZARDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; TOWER CRANES; TOWERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349324677     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000066     Document Type: Article

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