This report describes a study across various industries into the underlying factors that influence the occurrence and the prevention of falls from heights. Fall from height accidents reported via the (see CIS 95-1930) were analysed for the period 1996/2001. It was found that the construction sect...
Keywords: fall from height; construction accidents; construction activities and prevention strategies 1. Introduction The construction industry has grown over the last decades and resulted in improvements in company profits, financial accessibility and increased commodities demand in Australia [1], as it ...
The fall type of accidents, which can be defined as people falling from height or struck by falling object, has been identified as the most frequent accidents happened in the construction industry worldwide [2]. In China, falls from a high place are the dominant type of construction accident...
Based on the assessments from the senior fitness tests (SFTs) [32], a two-minute step test (2MST) was implemented. The participants had to raise their knees at a certain height, which Kinect computed during the in-place stepping exercise, to navigate into virtual Levada tracks. Additionally...
Fragility fractures, which are fractures that are incurred from falls from a standing height or lower are associated with osteoporosis and may contribute to a sharp decrease in mobility and quality of life [35]. In 2017, the total health burden of fragility fractures within the EU6 (France, ...
(Figure 1). The output dataset from a hybrid wave forecasting model [46,47] was used. This model is based on wind and bathymetric information, providing hourly significant wave height (HS), peak wave period (TP), and wave direction. Wave rose diagrams for regular and extreme wave ...