Construction Safety

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li, Rita Yi Man. (Author), Poon, Sun Wah. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Risk Engineering,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35046-7
Table of Contents:
  • A literature review on the causes of construction accidents
  • Why do accidents happen? A critical review on the evolution of the construction accident causation models
  • Supply of safety measures in developing and developed countries: a global perspective
  • Effectiveness of safety measures in reducing construction accident rates
  • Senior and junior construction personnels point of view on construction safety
  • Case studies on safety measures implementation
  • Using Web 2.0 to share the knowledge of construction safety as a public good in nature among researchers: the fable of economic animals
  • Future motivation in construction safety knowledge sharing by means of Information Technology
  • Demand for construction safety
  • Workers compensation for non-fatal construction accidents: review of court cases in Hong Kong
  • Construction accident compensation in the United Kingdom
  • Job Burnout and Safety Performance in the Hong Kong Construction Industry.