The purpose of this paper is to clarify the failure mechanism and how workers died due to trench failures with close examination of the situations surrounding these accidents. We carried out a statistical analysis of various factors obtained from fatal accident data which were reported by the Labour Standard Office to the Ministry of Labour. This examination revealed some important characteristics of fatal accidents due to trench failures
Inclusive in the engineering factors of growth of the economy of any country is the construction ind...
[[abstract]]The competition pressure in the construction industry has increased greatly because we h...
On December 3, 2002, a 30-year old Hispanic laborer died when an unsupported 8-foot wall of a trench...
A study was performed by the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center at The University of T...
This paper presents case histories of slope and trench failure accidents in Japan during the period ...
Trenching related accidents account for a large percentage of accidents in the construction industry...
About 15 to 20 workers die annually in labor accidents attributed to slope failure or rock fall duri...
This paper presents a case study on the collapse accident of a temporary earth support structure. Th...
This paper presents a case history of trench collapse occurred during trench excavation in soft grou...
World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium (WMCAUS) -- JUN 12-1...
Slope failures are disasters that happen all around the world. Occurrence of slope failures depends ...
This article deals with the failure of a railway embankment in North Peloponese. The geotechnical in...
Purpose - The paper analyses the nature and causes of fatal incidents involving excavators occurring...
During the construction of Contract C824 of the Circle Line in Singapore, on 20th April 2004 an 80 m...
On November 3, 2003, a 38-year-old male construction laborer died when the unprotected 8-foot high w...
Inclusive in the engineering factors of growth of the economy of any country is the construction ind...
[[abstract]]The competition pressure in the construction industry has increased greatly because we h...
On December 3, 2002, a 30-year old Hispanic laborer died when an unsupported 8-foot wall of a trench...
A study was performed by the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center at The University of T...
This paper presents case histories of slope and trench failure accidents in Japan during the period ...
Trenching related accidents account for a large percentage of accidents in the construction industry...
About 15 to 20 workers die annually in labor accidents attributed to slope failure or rock fall duri...
This paper presents a case study on the collapse accident of a temporary earth support structure. Th...
This paper presents a case history of trench collapse occurred during trench excavation in soft grou...
World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium (WMCAUS) -- JUN 12-1...
Slope failures are disasters that happen all around the world. Occurrence of slope failures depends ...
This article deals with the failure of a railway embankment in North Peloponese. The geotechnical in...
Purpose - The paper analyses the nature and causes of fatal incidents involving excavators occurring...
During the construction of Contract C824 of the Circle Line in Singapore, on 20th April 2004 an 80 m...
On November 3, 2003, a 38-year-old male construction laborer died when the unprotected 8-foot high w...
Inclusive in the engineering factors of growth of the economy of any country is the construction ind...
[[abstract]]The competition pressure in the construction industry has increased greatly because we h...
On December 3, 2002, a 30-year old Hispanic laborer died when an unsupported 8-foot wall of a trench...