Use of association rules to explore cause-effect relationships in occupational accidents in the Taiwan construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-444

  Cheng, Ching Wu ^a,b   Lin, Chen Chung ^a,c   Leu, Sou Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Occupational Safety and Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Association rule; Construction industry; Data mining; Occupational accident; Safety management

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY POLICIES; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SMALL ENTERPRISE; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; UNSTABLE STRUCTURES;

ACCIDENTS; ASSOCIATION RULES; ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DATA MINING; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB EXPERIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77049119433     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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