Abstract
As one of the most high-risk sections, the construction industry has traditionally been the research hotspot. Yet little attention has been paid to macro-level accident situations of the entire industry. Therefore, this study develops a comprehensive assessment model on accident situations of Chinese building industry, aiming at assisting the government to better understand and improve accident situations of the entire industry. Based on China conditions, six indicators related to accident situations are firstly selected to establish an indicator system; then structure entropy weight method is proposed to determine indicator weighs, with dynamic classification method to explore the characteristics of accident situations. The results demonstrate that the provinces with poor accident situations account for 53% of all provinces, and they are mainly distributed in the central and western regions of China where there exist the underdeveloped economy. Meanwhile, some provinces experience poor accident situations that could be out-of-control, especially for Hebei. Provinces in the southeastern and northeastern regions of China perform relatively well, but they still have much improvement room for accident situations. The findings validate the rationality of the developed model and can provide valuable insights of safety regulation strategies for the government from the macro-level perspective.
Highlights
The construction industry always plays a significant role in promoting the development of national economy
This study aims to assess accident situations in China building industry from the macro-level perspective and provide valuable directions of safety regulation strategies for the government
Based on China’s national conditions, this paper aims to propose a comprehensive evaluation model on the accident situation of the building industry through selecting the composite accident situation indicator (CASI) from different perspectives and help improve the understanding of China accident situations in construction safety regulation strategies
Summary
The construction industry always plays a significant role in promoting the development of national economy 2017; Zhou, Goh, & Li, 2015), but it, as one of the most hazardous sections, is responsible for 30–40% of fatalities in the world As shown on the web of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development [MHURD] of China, the number of fatal accidents has a dramatic increase of 66.1% in the past few years, namely from 442 in 2015 to 734 in 2018 (MHURD, 2019a). Enormous socio-economic consequences are always caused by construction accidents (Forteza, Carretero-Gomez, & Sese, 2017; Wang et al, 2018a). The accident occurrence is highly connected with the construction enterprise’ effort in safety management and the government’s effort in safety regulation
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