Evaluation of Accident Risk Level Based on Construction Cost, Size and Facility Type

Saemi Bang, Jaewook Jeong (), Jaehyun Lee, Jaemin Jeong and Jayho Soh
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Saemi Bang: Department of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
Jaewook Jeong: Department of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
Jaehyun Lee: Department of Architecture, Honam University, Gwangju 62399, Republic of Korea
Jaemin Jeong: Department of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
Jayho Soh: Hyundai Engineering and Construction, 75, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03058, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: Compared with other industries such as manufacturing, the construction industry has a higher danger of fatalities. In Korea, the risk level in the construction industry is managed using the fatality rate per 10,000 construction workers. However, this statistic is lacking in determining the exact risk level because it does not consider the exact number of workers and fails to reflect the specific characteristics of the construction industry. In this study, the fatality rate is deduced by considering the facility type and the project size based on total cost. From the results obtained, considering the facility type, “Assembly” is seen to be the most dangerous facility type. Considering the project size based on total cost, “Less than 0.008 billion dollars” is the most dangerous construction scale. Considering both the facility type and the project size based on total cost, it was confirmed that the overall fatality rate could exceed the fatality rate respective to each facility type and project size. Using the proposed method, it is possible to determine the quantitative risk level considering specific characteristics of the construction industry.

Keywords: construction safety; risk level; fatality rate; facility type; project size based on total cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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