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http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2019.20.1.041

Effects of Weather Factors on the Work Loss Days of the Elderly Workers  

Choi, Jaewook (Department of Architectural Engineering, Graduate School, Incheon National University)
Kim, Taewan (College of Urban Architecture Engineering, Incheon National University)
Lee, Chansik (Colleage of Urban Architecture Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.20, no.1, 2019 , pp. 41-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the aging of the population and the slowdown of the job market, elderly workers make up a large portion of the construction workforce. Also, due to the nature of the construction industry, where outdoor work is frequent, the weather has a more sensitive impact on elderly workers than on younger ones. The study aims to analyze the degree of weather risks exposed to elderly workers in the construction industry using the measure of work loss days. To that end, construction accidents that affected 28,514 elderly workers in seven cities from 2012 to 2016 (a total of 12,789 days) were analyzed to calculate work loss days per different weather factors. The results show that the elderly workers were seriously affected when the temperature was between $-12^{\circ}C$ and $-10^{\circ}C$, humidity between 55% and 60%, precipitation between 128mm and 181mm, and wind speed between 5.5m/s and 6.5m/s, with the highest work loss days. The combined effects between the weather factors were also analyzed to identify the conditiosn that leaded to high work loss days of elderly workers. This study contributes to effective safety management and pleasant working environment between weather factors and shedding light on the relationship between weather factors and work loss days of elderly workers.
Keywords
Work Loss; Weather Factors; Elderly Worker; Safety Management; Construction Industry; Risk Management;
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