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http://dx.doi.org/10.5345/JKIBC.2022.22.3.293

New Construction Accident Index Based on Number of Accident and Progress Payments  

Yi, Kyoo-Jin (School of Social Safety System Engineering, Hankyong National University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction / v.22, no.3, 2022 , pp. 293-303 More about this Journal
Abstract
In construction work, it can be difficult to know the exact number of full-time workers, so the accident rate is calculated using the approximate number of full-time workers. In addition, as the accident rate calculation is performed based on the assumption that the number of accidents is proportional to the approximate number of workers, the reliability of the calculation result may be questionable. This study proposed a new indicator for accident level based on the progress payment and the number of injuries. The accident-progress ratio, which can be calculated by simply dividing the number of injuries by progress payment, can replace the existing accident rate index or be used as an auxiliary indicator of the accident level. The correlation coefficient between the number of injuries and the progress payment was higher than that between the number of injuries and the number of construction workers. In addition, over the past 10 years, the accident rate has been increasing, whereas the accident-progress ratio has showed a decreasing tendency. This might leave room for different interpretations of the annual variation in the accident level in the construction industry.
Keywords
accident rate; progress payment; construction safety;
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