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The Structure of Near Misses and Occupational Accidents in the Polish Construction Industry by Zuzanna Woźniak; Bożena Hoła is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

Near misses are referred to in literature as precursors of occupational accidents. These events, and their relationships with occupational accidents in various economic sectors have been the subject of research in several countries around the world. In Poland, there has not been a lot of research with regards to near misses in the construction industry, and the published materials are of a very general nature. This article aims to fill the existing research gap regarding the relationship between near misses and occupational accidents in the Polish construction industry. The aim of the research presented in the article was to identify the qualitative and quantitative structure of hazardous events in the construction industry, and to estimate the a posteriori probability of the occurrence of such events. The research was carried out on the basis of information obtained from the hazardous event registration system from a large Polish enterprise that carried out construction works in Poland in the years 2015–2022. Identified dangerous events in the construction industry were divided into two generic groups, i.e. occupational accidents and near misses. Within each group, eight categorie

Author

Zuzanna Woźniak; Bożena Hoła

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2024

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Physical Sciences)