Effects of COVID-19 on the Safety Procedures Implemented in the Construction Industry: A Survey

9 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Ammar Alzarrad, Haseeb Akbar, Ibukun Awolusi and Siyuan Song

Abstract

COVID-19 has significantly impacted the construction industry when it comes to the safety of workers. While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has come up with some requirements for improving workplace safety for COVID, no study has been done on its effects on construction companies. The guide provided by OSHA talks about topics such as which workers are more at risk, how to stop the spread, and what Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to use, but not about the overall effect it could have on workers. Also, as it is still quite a recent problem, there is not enough data for it. The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of COVID-19 on safety procedures in the construction industry. In this study, a questionnaire survey was used to collect important data about the safety-related issues faced by workers in the construction industry during COVID-19. The study mainly focused on the impacts of the virus on the safety of construction workers in the U.S. The collected data regarding the safety practices during COVID-19 provides some useful information that could be used to improve workers’ safety in construction while keeping the business running.

Keyphrases: construction safety, covid 19, osha regulations

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 10-18.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/CMZq
	https://doi.org/10.29007/jlp2

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Effects_COVID_19_Safety,
  author    = {Ammar Alzarrad and Haseeb Akbar and Ibukun Awolusi and Siyuan Song},
  title     = {Effects of COVID-19 on the Safety Procedures Implemented in the Construction Industry: A Survey},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/CMZq},
  doi       = {10.29007/jlp2},
  pages     = {10-18},
  year      = {2022}}

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