Exploring Empirical Rules for Construction Accident Prevention Based on Unsafe Behaviors

Han-Hsiang Wang, Jieh-Haur Chen, Achmad Muhyidin Arifai and Masoud Gheisari
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Han-Hsiang Wang: Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan 320317, Taiwan
Jieh-Haur Chen: Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan 320317, Taiwan
Achmad Muhyidin Arifai: Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan 320317, Taiwan
Masoud Gheisari: Rinker School of Construction Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: This paper is aimed at exploring rules for construction accident prevention based on unsafe behaviors. The literature review demonstrates a clear connection between construction accident prevention and unsafe behaviors, followed by a 2-year field investigation resulting in 2207 observations based on convenient sampling with 95% confidence and 5% limit of errors in the 50–50 category. There are 80.43% unsafe behaviors categorized into “Regulations for the Occupational Safety and Health Equipment and Measures”, where there are 66.37% of regulations and law VII violations, linking fall prevention with the most cases (94.48%) of Fall Protection and Structure Strengthening. The Apriori yields 13 association rules, where the top 3 rules show that 44.11% of the Passage and lighting category is linked to construction equipment inspections; 29.41% of the high-pressure gas category is linked to construction equipment inspections; 100% of the fire prevention category is linked to fire protection unsafe behavior. The findings clarify the association rules that can prevent workers from accidents in construction sites.

Keywords: construction safety; association rules; unsafe behavior; data mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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