Abstract
Deaths resulting from falling accidents account for 40% of all labor-related deaths in the construction industry and outnumber deaths from any other cause at construction work sites. This paper presents the current data on accidental falls from “cliffs and slopes, ” the most common places from which falls occur on construction work sites in the civil engineering industry, and a survey and analysis of labor accidents (fatal accidents) performed to obtain basic data useful for establishing measures to prevent falling accidents. The results of the analysis were used to conduct a factor analysis with the m-SHEL model, an analytical approach in human factor engineering, in order to study necessary items and technology for preventing falling accidents during construction works on slopes.
