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http://dx.doi.org/10.5345/JKIBC.2022.22.1.057

Study to Secure the Safety of Tower Cranes through Disaster Case Analysis at Construction Sites  

Son, Seunghyun (Department of Architectural Engineering, Mokpo National University)
Kim, Ji-Myung (Department of Architectural Engineering, Mokpo National University)
Ahn, Sungjin (Department of Architectural Engineering, Keimyung University)
Na, Youngju (Department of Architectural Engineering, U1 University)
Kim, Taehui (Department of Architectural Engineering, Mokpo National University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction / v.22, no.1, 2022 , pp. 57-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tower cranes have an unstable superstructure, which means that there is a very high risk of accidents. It is necessary to establish preventive measures to ensure the safety of tower cranes at a time when active efforts are being made to reduce safety accidents involving tower cranes. As such, the purpose of this study is to analyze disaster cases to ensure the safety of tower cranes. For this study, 260 cases of tower crane disasters filed with the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency from July 2012 to July 2020 were analyzed. Through this analysis, it was found that lifting work was the most common of the work types, at 45.3%; while of the types of disasters, accidents caused by falls were the most common type, at 35.8%. In addition, with regard to the cause of accidents, work method defects was found to be the highest, at 38.8%. In the future, the findings of this study will be used as basic data to guide the establishment of policy to prevent tower crane accidents.
Keywords
tower crane; disaster case; securing safety; construction site;
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