Laser scanning for safe equipment design that increases operator visibility by measuring blind spots

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1006-1014

  Marks, Eric D ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind spots; Construction equipment and machines; Equipment operators; Laser scanning; Proximity detection and alert; Safety; Skid steer loader; Worker

Indexed keywords

BLIND SPOTS; EQUIPMENT OPERATORS; LASER SCANNING; PROXIMITY DETECTION; SKID-STEER LOADERS; WORKER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINERY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; VISIBILITY;

DESIGN;

EID: 84880307639     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000690     Document Type: Article

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