Construction accident causation models

Why Do Accidents Happen A Critical Review on the Evolution of the Construction Accident Causation Models... 

Acknowledgments This chapter is a revised version of the paper The evolution of construction accident causation models , presented in CIB Congress 2010, 10-14 May, 2010, Manchester. The authors would like to thank CIB for granting the right to republish. 

A new theory of construction accident causation has been introduced by Suraji and Duff, which includes a much wider range of features than previous models. These features include project conception, design, management and construction. The various deficiencies are classed as proximal (nearby) and distal (further away), which allows the incorporation of the influences of designers and their designs into the construction activity. Fundamental concepts of the theory as It relates to designers are ... 

Fig. 2.3 Accident causation models, distribution of year of construction ftn- the 50 taiiest buildings in the world, procurement method and technology Timeline (Toole 2002 Zhu et aL 2010 Rowlinson 1997 Kim and Rhee 2009)...

Mitropoulos, P., Abdelhamid, T. S., Howell, G. A. (2005). A systems model of construction accident causation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(1), 816-825. 

Manu, R, Ankrah, N., Proverbs, D. and Suresh, S. (2010) The contribution of construction project features to accident causation and health and safety risk a conceptual model. In C. Egbu (ed.). Proceedings of the 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, pp. 261-9. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Leeds. 

Chua, D.K.H. and Goh, Y.M. (2004) Utilising the modified loss causation model for the codification and analysis of accident data. In S. Rowlinson (ed.). Construction Safety Management Systems, pp. 443-63. Spon Press, London. 

Suraji, A., Duff, A. R., Peckitt, S. J. (2001). Development of causal model of construetion accident causation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 127(4), 337-344. 

This book suggests a new approach to engineering for safety that changes the focus from prevent failures to enforce behavioral safety constraints, from reliability to control. The approach is constructed on an extended model of accident causation that includes more than the traditional models, adding those factors that are increasingly causing accidents today. It allows us to deal with much more complex systems. What is surprising is that the techniques and tools described in part 111 that are built on STAMP and have been applied in practice on extremely complex systems have been easier to use and much more effective than the old ones. 

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