Health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry ? Code of practice

Abstract We aim to draw in-depth insights into the current literature in construction health and safety and provide perspectives for future research efforts. The existing literature on construction health and safety is not only diverse and rich in sight, but also complex and fragmented in structure. It is essential for the construction industry and research community to understand the overall development and existing challenges of construction health and safety to adapt to future new code of practice and challenges in this field. We mapped the topic landscape followed by identifying the salient development trajectories of this research area over time. We used the topic modeling algorithm to extract 10 distinct topics from 662 abstracts (filtered from a total of 895) of articles published between 1991 and 2020. In addition, we provided the most cited references and the most popular journal per topic as well. The results from a time series analysis suggested that the construction health and safety would maintain its popularity in the next 5 years. Research efforts would be devoted to the topics including “Physical health and disease”, “Migrant and race”, “Vocational ability and training”, and “Smart devices.” Among these topics, “Smart devices” would be the most promising one.

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Addressing Health And Safety Concerns For Tradeswomen In The Construction Industry

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e508402017-001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Hannah M. Curtis ◽

Hendrika Meischke ◽

Nancy Simcox ◽

Sarah Laslett ◽

Noah Seixas

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Safety Concerns

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Occupational health and safety: a comment on Mullen

New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.26686/nzjir.v16i2.3109 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

Author(s):

D. W. Farlow

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Code Of Practice ◽

Safety Committees ◽

Interpretation Of Results

The paper by Elizabeth A. Mullen (1990) contains a number of assumptions and assertions that cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. In addition, the survey itself seems to be based on an inappropriate sample with the particular interpretation of results creating a potentially false impression. The debate concerning the Code of Practice for Health and Safety Representatives and Health and Safety Committees has often been plagued with confusion and misunderstanding and, regrettably, Mullen's paper continues these problems.

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