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http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2020.21.4.038

A Study on the Priority Safety Management Items in the Medium and Small sized Construction Sites  

Jang, Yun-Ra (Department of Architectural Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Go, Seong-seok (Department of Architectural Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.21, no.4, 2020 , pp. 38-49 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the quality of life has been improving, people are getting higher interest and higher expectation for safety. However, the accident rate at the construction site is still high. Therefore, it is urgent to secure the safety at the construction work. Due to the nature of the construction industry, construction sites are directly exposed to the external environment. The possibility of accident occurrence is increased due to various factors such as the always variable processes, the diversity of manpower input, the increase in vulnerable class, and the danger of construction equipment..Particularly, the disasters occurring at the small- or medium-sized construction sites (budget ≤ 12 billion KRW) account for 88.9% of the total disasters at construction sites (73.4% for casualty). It was due to the lack of management caused by the absence of supervisors and insufficient safety measures. Moreover, it is difficult for the small- or medium-sized construction sites to apply basic safety measures such as safety education and safety facility installation by themselves in order to prevent disasters because they don't have sufficient safety organizations. It is because they have relatively less safety personnel and poorer technology system than large-sized construction sites. Therefore, in order to reduce accidents in construction, it is necessary to prevent accidents at the small- and medium-sized construction sites. From this point of view, the objectives of this study were to identify the key risk items causing accidents frequently by analyzing the accidents at construction sites and identifying problems associated with safety management, and to secure the safety at the small- and medium-sized construction sites.
Keywords
Medium and Small Sized Construction Site; Safety Management; Risk Items; Priority Safety Management;
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