Resilience skills used by front-line workers to assemble precast concrete structures: an exploratory study

Besides increasing productivity, prefabricated building systems can also contribute to the reduction of the levels of risk exposure by workers. However, there are several hazards that can be faced by workers involved in the assembly of prefabricated components, such as being struck by objects during...

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Main Authors:	Peñaloza, Guillermina Andrea, Formoso, Carlos Torres, Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu
Format:	Online
Language:	eng
Published:	ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2017
Online Access:	https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73634
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spelling	ojs-article-736342018-01-08T18:52:38Z Resilience skills used by front-line workers to assemble precast concrete structures: an exploratory study Peñaloza, Guillermina Andrea Formoso, Carlos Torres Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu resilience skills; precast concrete building systems; resilience engineering Besides increasing productivity, prefabricated building systems can also contribute to the reduction of the levels of risk exposure by workers. However, there are several hazards that can be faced by workers involved in the assembly of prefabricated components, such as being struck by objects during lifting and handling of large components, and falls from height. This paper is focused on the assembly process of precast concrete building systems, widely used in Brazil. It is uses the Resilience Engineering theoretical framework, which has been pointed out as the new paradigm to manage health and safety, being concerned with the abilities of a system to adjust its functioning prior to, during, or following changes and disturbances, so that it can sustain required operations under unexpected conditions. The aim of this paper is to propose guidelines to design preventive measures, based on the identification of resilient skills used by front-line workers involved in the process of assembling precast concrete structures. Those skills were identified in a case study carried out in a construction site in Brazil, in which some critical assembly processes were analyzed at a fine level of detail. ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2017-10-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73634 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 4 (2017): Edição Especial sobre Sustentabilidade Ambiental e Melhoria das Condições do Trabalho em Canteiros de Obras; 25-43 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 4 (2017): Edição Especial sobre Sustentabilidade Ambiental e Melhoria das Condições do Trabalho em Canteiros de Obras; 25-43 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 4 (2017): Edição Especial sobre Sustentabilidade Ambiental e Melhoria das Condições do Trabalho em Canteiros de Obras; 25-43 1678-8621 1415-8876 eng https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73634/43967 https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/downloadSuppFile/73634/41036 Direitos autorais 2017 Ambiente Construído https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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title	Resilience skills used by front-line workers to assemble precast concrete structures: an exploratory study
title_short	Resilience skills used by front-line workers to assemble precast concrete structures: an exploratory study
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description	Besides increasing productivity, prefabricated building systems can also contribute to the reduction of the levels of risk exposure by workers. However, there are several hazards that can be faced by workers involved in the assembly of prefabricated components, such as being struck by objects during lifting and handling of large components, and falls from height. This paper is focused on the assembly process of precast concrete building systems, widely used in Brazil. It is uses the Resilience Engineering theoretical framework, which has been pointed out as the new paradigm to manage health and safety, being concerned with the abilities of a system to adjust its functioning prior to, during, or following changes and disturbances, so that it can sustain required operations under unexpected conditions. The aim of this paper is to propose guidelines to design preventive measures, based on the identification of resilient skills used by front-line workers involved in the process of assembling precast concrete structures. Those skills were identified in a case study carried out in a construction site in Brazil, in which some critical assembly processes were analyzed at a fine level of detail.
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Resilience skills used by front-line workers to assemble precast concrete structures: an exploratory study

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