Capturing Safety Knowledge Using Design-for-Safety-Process Tool
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130, Issue 2
Abstract
An organization must strive to maintain its most valuable resource, knowledge, in order to be more productive and competitive. One of the steps to manage the knowledge is to capture contents of the knowledge. In construction site safety, success in capturing the tacit knowledge of safety officers is of paramount importance; however without a good mechanism, this process might be difficult due to time and hazard perception constraints. This paper discusses research in a design-for-safety-process tool, which aims at: (1) capturing safety knowledge from safety engineers about construction safety hazards and the safety measures required; (2) assisting a safety engineer to identify safety hazards in construction projects and determine the safety measures required; and (3) training students and inexperienced safety engineers in identifying safety hazards and the measures required. In this paper, the first objective is discussed.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130 • Issue 2 • April 2004
Pages: 281 - 289
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 4, 2002
Accepted: Feb 26, 2003
Published online: Mar 15, 2004
Published in print: Apr 2004
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