Predictive assessment and proactive monitoring of struck-by safety hazards in construction sites: An information space approach
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Bobadilla, L, Mostafavi, A, Carmenate, T et al. (2014). Predictive assessment and proactive monitoring of struck-by safety hazards in construction sites: An information space approach
. 989-996. 10.1061/9780784413616.123
Bobadilla, L, Mostafavi, A, Carmenate, T et al. (2014). Predictive assessment and proactive monitoring of struck-by safety hazards in construction sites: An information space approach
. 989-996. 10.1061/9780784413616.123
Struck-by accidents are one of the major causes of fatalities in construction projects. The dynamic and complex nature of construction sites leads to layouts and motions that increase the vulnerability of workers and equipment to struck-by accidents. In this paper, we present our initial efforts towards a methodology based on information spaces for predictive assessment and proactive monitoring of struck-by safety hazards in construction sites. Our working hypothesis is that struck-by accidents occur due to undesirable states and trajectories in the physical state space that can be partially predicted and monitored in real time through efficient and robust algorithms. Our methodology includes multiple steps related to defining the physical state space and information spaces to compute filters for detecting hazardous states. In order to illustrate our methodology, we present three case studies of construction safety monitoring tasks related to: (1) worker-equipment collision avoidance; (2) falling/swinging load collision avoidance; and (3) distribution of workers in hazardous regions.
