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Statistical Approach To Design For Fall Prevention In Construction, Kyunghwan Kim

Wayne State University Theses

During the past decades, the construction industry has been considered as one of the most vulnerable field to work-related injuries and fatalities, and fall accidents are the leading causes accounting for about one-third of the total fatal injuries happened in construction. Furthermore, more than 30% of fall fatal cases occurred in the projects under $ 300K in Korea where construction workers' safety and health are not usually considered as top priorities because the contractors, who are normally small sized construction firms or self-employed, do not have safety budget to deal with construction workers' safety.

In this respect, this study focused …