A real-time location-based construction labor safety management system

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 724-736

  Lee, Kwang Pyo ^a   Lee, Hyun Soo ^a   Park, Moonseo ^a   Kim, Hyunsoo ^a   Han, Sangwon ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

alarm technology; construction safety; radio frequency identification; real time locating system (RTLS); risk assessment; South Korea; tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LOSSES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

COMPLEX PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; LOCATION MONITORING; REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME LOCATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84961289982     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2013.802728     Document Type: Article

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