Analysis of Production Safety in the Construction Industry of China in 2018

Construction accidents are a significant hazard to the community, affecting sustainable development. This paper summarizes the safety situation of the construction industry in China over the past ten years. Detailed analysis is performed on fatal accidents that occurred in 2018 to reveal the spatiot...

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Published in:Sustainability 2019-09, Vol.11 (17), p.4537
Main Authors: Zhou, Xin-Hui, Shen, Shui-Long, Xu, Ye-Shuang, Zhou, An-Nan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Civil engineering
Construction accidents & safety
Construction industry
Construction management
Construction site accidents
Economic development
Environmental assessment
Environmental management
Environmental protection
Fatalities
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Poisoning
Safety
Safety management
Spatial distribution
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Temporal distribution
Trends
Tunnel construction
Tunneling shields
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Summary:Construction accidents are a significant hazard to the community, affecting sustainable development. This paper summarizes the safety situation of the construction industry in China over the past ten years. Detailed analysis is performed on fatal accidents that occurred in 2018 to reveal the spatiotemporal distribution pattern and characters of construction safety accidents. The construction failures are mainly attributed to management aspects rather than technical aspects. A case involving a major accident during shield tunnel construction in Foshan, Guangdong, in 2018 is investigated in detail. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is used to analyze the management issues of the Foshan metro project during planning, geological investigation, design, and implementation of construction works. The SEA result shows that the safety risk was very high with a low total SEA score. Based on the analysis, a guideline for safety construction management for sustainability is proposed.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su11174537