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Review
. 2017 Jun 8;55(3):210-218.
doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0108. Epub 2017 Feb 7.

Occupational safety and health in construction: a review of applications and trends

Fabián Alberto Suárez Sánchez  1 , Gloria Isabel Carvajal Peláez  2 , Joaquín Catalá Alís  3
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Review

Occupational safety and health in construction: a review of applications and trends

Fabián Alberto Suárez Sánchez et al. Ind Health. .

Abstract

Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH research in the construction sector has evolved over time, this article-in which articles published in English were studied-presents an analysis of research conducted from 1930 to 2016. The classification of documents was carried out following the Occupational Safety and Health Cycle which is composed of five steps: regulation, education and training, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis. With the help of tree diagrams we show that evolution takes place. In addition, risk assessment, risk prevention, and accident analysis were the research topics with the highest number of papers. The main objective of the study was to contribute to knowledge of the subject, showing trends through an exploratory study that may serve as a starting point for further research.

Keywords: Accident; Construction industry; Health; Occupational safety; Risk.

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Occupational Safety and Health Cycle. Adapted from Carvajal, G. I. (2008). Modelo de cuantificación de riesgos laborales en la construcción: RIES-CO. (Doctoral Thesis). Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, España.
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Trends in risk assessment.
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Trends in risk prevention.
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Trends in risk analysis.
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