New method for measuring the safety risk of construction activities: Task demand assessment

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-38

  Mitropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Namboodiri, Manoj ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Faithful and Gould ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Risk assessment methodology; Safety risk assessment; Task demands

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT POTENTIAL; ACTUAL OPERATION; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CONCRETE PAVING; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; KEY ISSUES; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION VARIABLES; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY RISKS; TASK DEMAND; TASK DEMANDS;

ACCIDENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PAVEMENTS; RATING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650351818     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000246     Document Type: Article

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