Construction Safety

By Sun Wah Poon and Rita Yi Man Li

Book Overview

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 personnel's 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642429092
• ISBN13: 9783642429095
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"