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Construction workers’ health and safety (CWHS) research in India has not gained much attention among researchers. This study aims to review articles related to CWHS research in India using a science mapping approach.
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A total number of 64 journal articles published between 2004 and 2019 were extracted from the Sc...
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... per year Figure 2 shows the number of articles related to workers' H&S in Indian constructionrelated fields over time. It should be noticed that no studies were found in this domain before 2004. ...
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... should be noticed that no studies were found in this domain before 2004. As shown in Figure 2, it is observed that there was no significant growth of articles published in 2004 and up to 2013. Then, there is a rise in number of articles from 2013 to 2016, with two publications in 2013 growing to ten publications in 2016. ...
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... OSH has emerged as a significant concern in human resource management due to the prevalence of construction accidents and their implications for workers, companies, and societies (Sánchez, Peláez, and Alís, 2017Addressing OSH concerns is crucial for preserving worker health, saving costs and adding value to infrastructure projects (Gonzalez-Delgado et al., 2015). Achieving zero workplace accidents is a challenging but essential goal, with OSH contributing to production efficiency in the construction industry (Chellappa et al., 2021). Overcoming challenges in OSH management, such as budget limitations and technical expertise shortages, is crucial for effective implementation (Enshassi, 2003). ...
Ensuring occupational safety and health (OSH) is paramount in infrastructure projects due to their inherently high-risk nature and the increased likelihood of accidents. Despite its importance, numerous obstacles impede the successful adoption of OSH measures in these settings. Addressing these challenges is key to not only implementing OSH protocols effectively but also to improving working conditions and managing other operational facets like quality and environmental concerns, ultimately resulting in better infrastructure developments. Adopting proactive OSH strategies is crucial for preventing significant accidents and fostering a safety culture within infrastructure projects. This review focuses on identifying the primary obstacles and barriers to effective OSH in infrastructure projects, laying the groundwork for improving safety performance in the sector. It highlights organizational and legislative issues as the foremost challenges due to their direct impact on safety culture, resource distribution, compliance, and accountability. Although factors related to environmental and safety practices are deemed less critical, they are nonetheless vital for comprehensive risk management and the promotion of a safe working environment. Tackling these issues is imperative for cultivating a strong safety culture and safeguarding the health of workers on infrastructure projects. It is also essential to acknowledge the distinct OSH challenges presented by different construction scenarios to devise customized safety measures and effectively reduce risks. This review emphasizes the necessity of recognizing the unique aspects of each construction project, addressing specific dangers, and meeting regulatory demands to achieve thorough safety management.
... Inferentially, keyword analysis identifies the areas of focus of existing studies and can offer research with further support. To probe the interconnections between terms to understand the knowledge facets and composition of a scientific field, a keyword co-occurrence analysis is performed [60]. ...
Circular economy (CE) has attracted considerable attention from governments, policymakers, and societies due to its potential to promote sustainable development goals while shifting away from linear economy models. Despite a growing body of research conducted in the CE, the barriers to its successful implementation for solid waste management (SWM) remain less explored especially in context of municipal solid wastes, and commercial and industrial wastes. The purpose of this current study is to identify the critical barriers to circular economy implementation in SWM. The scientometric analysis of literature is the research methodology in this study. A total of 1709 journal articles were searched and retrieved from Scopus database for the data analysis. The results show that circular economy has not gained much root in solid waste management in the global south. Countries such as China, United States, Australia, Italy, and United Kingdom (UK) are the topmost countries to fund research in this research area. The commonly used keywords in scholarly literature on this topic include sustainability, reuse, waste management and recycle. Further, the major findings of the study were grouped into clusters relating to challenges on macroeconomic policies, recycling and reuse of waste, stakeholder management, operation, and legal regulations, generated solid wastewater treatment, and construction and demolition waste. The contributions of this research are twofold: A comprehensive list of relevant gaps for further studies are provided for the scientific community to delve into this matter and proffer solutions. The findings could serve as a guide to understand and develop best practice framework on circular economy and its implementation in the SWM.
... Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases were used to obtain the documents in this review. This database was chosen based on its international reputation, document quality, and broader coverage of the scope of study [34][35][36][37][38][39]. This process produced 166 documents from Scopus and 235 documents from the WoS databases by using keywords "construction industry" OR "building design" OR "maintenance" OR "construction materials" OR "quality" OR "building failure" OR "factor defects" OR "building condition" OR "faulty construction" OR "defects occurrences" OR "construction" OR "building defects" OR "latent defects" OR "defects" OR "civil engineering" OR "architectural engineering" AND "residential buildings." ...
Building defects can lead to several issues, including financial burden, personal safety, and illness. This study investigated the factors influencing defects in residential buildings (FDRBs). A total of 56 articles were found after conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review method. The gathered documents were used to identify and categorize the factors influencing building defects. Twenty-nine variables were produced through three main factors—technical, human, and environmental. The findings indicated that technical factors have a greater influence than human and environmental factors. The key variables influencing the defects were poor maintenance, poor workmanship, and a faulty design. This study recommends conducting control programs throughout the project cycle to minimize or prevent numerous defects. The study findings could better understand owners and contractors on defects-related issues and assist practitioners in the future to reduce defects.
... The impact of SL on the safety climate in the CI in India is an area that has not received enough attention from researchers. Given the lack of literature and knowledge on SL and safety climate in the Indian CI, it is time to investigate the interplay between CSL styles and the factors that shape the organization's safety climate from an occupational health and safety perspective [43]. The specific objectives of the study were as follows: (i) to identify the leadership elements necessary for the safety of the construction site safety; (ii) to identify the most influential factors in the given context by administering the RII analysis, which provides a ranking of the importance of different indicators; and (iii) to examine how various safety-focused leadership philosophies impact the organizational safety culture. ...
This study identifies safety leadership factors affecting construction site safety and organizational safety climate, offering suggestions for adopting optimistic leadership styles and a zero-accident vision. The literature review is done exclusively for identifying factors and improving core knowledge. This study developed a questionnaire to examine the relationships between the organizational safety climate and the safety leadership styles. The questionnaire was distributed to construction companies from all over India. The statistical analysis encompassed 396 verified responses from the survey, yielding an impressive 79.20 percent response rate. The valid responses collected were analysed to find the relative importance index and the association between the categorical variables. The results showed that “personal safety knowledge” ranked the highest while performing the relative importance index analysis. Furthermore, the chi-square analysis found two pessimistic leadership styles, namely “laissez-faire leadership” and “management-by-exception”, significantly associated with the safety climate. The study implies that the target audience must avoid adopting the two pessimistic leadership styles to improve the organizational safety climate. This study examines the various safety leadership styles practised among construction professionals for the first time in India. Specifically, it identifies critical factors that affect the organizational safety climate and pessimistic leadership styles that diminish the safety outcomes of the construction site. The results act as an eye-opener for the targeted audience (like senior and middle-level management professionals, academicians, and upcoming researchers) to enhance the safety of construction sites by adopting optimistic leadership styles with an idea of a ‘zero accident’ construction premises.
... Due to the broader coverage of studies [16], the Scopus database was chosen to collect documents for review in this study. Also, the Scopus database was widely used in construction management and built environment review studies such as falls from height [17], thermal comfort [18], health and safety [19], corporate social responsibility [20], and MCDM (multiple-criteria decision making) [21] to retrieve data for literature review. The keywords used to retrieve documents were "construction industry" OR "safety training" OR "virtual reality" OR "augmented reality" OR "BIM" OR "building information modeling" OR "mixed reality" OR "workers safety" OR "digital technologies" OR "design for safety" OR prevention through design" OR "computer-aided design" AND "health and safety in construction". ...
Digital technologies have been adopted to train and educate employees and workers in the construction
industry for the better safety performance of organizations. This study aimed to understand the state-of-art digital
technologies adopted for safety training in construction since 2000. A total of 59 journal articles were retrieved from the
Scopus database using keywords such as “virtual reality” OR “augmented training” OR “safety training,” etc. From this
study, Virtual reality (VR) was found to be the most widely used method followed by augmented reality (AR) for safety
training in construction. In terms of research areas, most of the digital technologies focused on hazard recognition (HR),
safety awareness (SA), and safety operations (SO). It is expected that the research findings could assist construction
practitioners and academicians in selecting the best digital-based training methods to enhance the performance of safety
training.
... Due to time constraints, SAFEFORM was designed only for a traditional vertical formwork focusing on fall from height (FFH). FFH in construction accounts for a large number of fatalities and injuries in many countries [9] in which vertical formwork frequently has work-at-height and contributes a large number of falls among other activities [10,11]. In daily life, safety heads/managers may require using SAFEFORM. ...
The Cognitive Walkthrough (CW) method was used to evaluate the usability of the SAFEFORM interface
design. SAFEFORM is a web-based tool designed specifically for Indian construction industry safety experts to facilitate
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provision of an interactive learning environment is a critical ingredient in facilitating safety experts' safety knowledge in
understanding particular activities' safety information. The SAFEFORM prototype was created based on the user
requirements of safety experts, emphasizing cognitive, psychomotor, and behavioral aspects. A small group of
construction professionals, faculty, and designer was involved in this CW method used on the SAFEFORM interface
design. The findings revelated 5 usability issues and indicated that SAFEFORM interface should be re-designed based on
these issues to reduce the ambiguity to the users.
... India also adopted many risk-control practices. However, the average fatal accident rate in the construction industry is still 50 times higher than in the USA [26]. Many scholars still do risk assessments using qualitative methods because they are more flexible, easier to estimate, and require less information. ...
As urbanization continues to grow around the world, the risks associated with construction are increasing. Scientific and practical risk assessments help reduce safety risks and achieve healthy, long-term growth, so there has been much research in this field. Through a review of the literature, this study aims to reveal the state and trends of research in the field of safety risk assessment. We searched 473 articles on construction risk assessment from the Web of Science (WoS) in the last decade, bibliometrically analyzed them, and then uncovered their significance using CiteSpace software (6.1. R6 (64-bit) Basic). The primary topics of conversation are countries, institutions, authors, and keywords, followed by references. According to the co-authorship analysis, the current research in this field is mainly from China, the USA, and Australia. Most influential authors currently have teaching or research positions at educational institutions; the most notable of which include Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Tsinghua University. They form a relatively close network of institutional cooperation. Based on the results of the co-term analysis, this study found that the current research hotspots are mainly focusing on “multi-objective optimization”, “risk management”, “mechanical characterization”, “mental fatigue”, “accident prevention”, and many others. Data-driven, AI-assisted, and multi-stakeholder participation are the future trends in this field.
... The VOSviewer software, developed by Van Eck and Waltman (2010), was used for bibliometric analysis using the Scopus and WoS database search results. Phrase identification was automated using the VOSviewer software, which also created bibliometric maps based on network data (Chellappa et al., 2021). A CSV file was made using the downloaded data from the databases. ...
... A good indicator of the performance of a research area and a reflection of developments in its field of specialty is the volume of scholarly articles published on a particular subject (Vigneshkumar et al., 2022). According to Chellappa et al. (2021), plotting the number of publications over time will explain the amount of research and potential development trend in a topic. Recently, interest in implementing MCDM methods for construction safety has significantly increased. ...
... Academic journals are essential for communicating and disseminating scientific knowledge (Chellappa et al., 2021). Overall, 52 articles were retrieved from different journals. ...
Decision-making is critical to the success of safety management in construction projects. Due to the simultaneous evaluation of numerous criteria and objectives, multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) is essential for decision problem-solving. Several MCDM methods are continuously being developed and are progressively used to solve real-world construction safety challenges. This study aimed to understand the progress of the MCDM methods and their application in construction safety. A total of 52 articles were found after conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review method. The research trend is then described using bibliometric analysis in terms of the number of publications per year, sources of documents, influential authors and countries, highly cited articles, and research areas. The findings indicated that AHP (analytic hierarchy process), and its fuzzy version, FAHP, were applied mainly in construction safety research. The key areas where MCDM methods were focused on are safety risk assessment, safety culture, and safety programs. The study findings are expected to assist construction practitioners by allowing them to use the best and optimal MCDM method for problem-solving related to safety.
... For example, Zheng et al. summarized the intellectual structure and evolution model of partnership research in the construction industry using Citespace [47]. Chellappa et al. analyzed the status of research on the safety of Indian construction workers through VOSviewer [48]. Therefore, Citespace and VOSviewer are selected in this paper to conduct author cooperation analysis, analysis of countries/territories and institutions, keyword co-occurrence and cluster analysis on the selected literature, in order to study the research status in the field of C&D waste and sustainable development. ...
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste is steadily increasing as both urbanization and the construction industry advance. Therefore, numerous studies on C&D waste have been conducted. In this paper, the literature published in the field of C&D waste and sustainable development from 2002 to 2022 was utilized to examine the current state of research and potential future research hotspots via the bibliometric method. Herein, 3550 studies found in the literature were analyzed using Citespace and VOSviewer, two efficient visual analysis programs, for the annual quantitative distribution, contribution and cooperation of authors, influential and productive countries/regions and institutions, keyword co-occurrence analysis, literature co-citation analysis and identification of research frontiers. The findings show an exponential rise in publications on construction waste and sustainable resource development, while the research focus has clearly shifted from recycling and reduction of C&D waste to harmless and resourceful treatment in the last five years. The keywords “optimization”, “implementation” and “strategy” also indicate that more emphasis is being placed on the research of management method realization mechanisms, technological optimization schemes and policy strategies. The research results of this paper will help participants in the construction industry to grasp the current research hotspots and development trend in the field of C&D waste and the sustainable development of resources. It also plays a positive role in formulating relevant regulations and policies, reducing resource waste and construction project costs.
... Safety in the workplace should be enhanced by worker behaviour (B. O. Wang et al., 2021;Chellappa et al., 2021;Khan et al., 2022). Most technicians' behaviour are usually not predicted since they are influenced by the nature of their job instructions, condition of the work environment, equipment used, personality traits and physiological and psychological stresses (Brauer, 2016). ...
Several technicians have been exposed to danger and varying degree of risk, exposed to diverse grades of occupational and health hazard, injuries and death which may arise from accidents. Several factors that cause these accidents range from inadequate experience, short job tenure, insufficient training, etc. Therefore, this study harmonizes safety and health practices at work towards technician’s productivity in the workplace. A total of 1,080 registered technicians in workplaces in Lagos State, South-West region, Nigeria, were used as sample in this study. The samples were selected using purposive sampling technique. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used during the empirical analysis to achieve the model fits. The study shows that there is a significant influence of the health and safety practice constructs (job safety, coworker’s safety, supervisor’s safety and management of safety practices) on the construct of theory of planned behaviour (attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and intentions) to further enhance technician safety and health practices/safety behaviour. The result from the study indicates that school-based occupational safety and health education may contribute to future reduction in job-related injury, to ensure that safe and healthy work becomes important to the student experience.
