AHP-based analysis of the risk potential of safety incidents: Case study of cranes in the construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 298-309

  Raviv, Gabriel ^a   Shapira, Aviad ^a   Fishbain, Barak ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accidents; Analytic hierarchy process; Construction; Near misses; Safety; Tower cranes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRANES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOWER CRANES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; HOMOGENEOUS CLUSTER; NEAR-MISSES; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURED DATABASE;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84985940845     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2016.08.027     Document Type: Article

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