Evaluation of pile driving accidents in geotechnical engineering.

Pile driving accidents that occurred between the years 1984-2018 were selected from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration database with 84 cases. To evaluate the causes of accidents, pile driving stages were presented and the potential hazards were discussed. Two models were necessary to link the accidents with workers' behavior. Accident type model and workers' behavior model were developed. While accident type model was related to physical factors leading to accidents, workers' behavior model figured out the occupational behavior under the act of the incident, respectively. Among fatal accidents, unsafe site conditions had the highest frequency of 26.9%. Among nonfatal accidents, both poor attitudes towards safety, and unsafe methods had the highest frequency of 28.1%. Furthermore, a map that gave work specific accident frequencies in pile driving operations was created. Consequently, project-specific countermeasures should be taken regarding the root causes of accidents, leading to vigorous strategies to develop safety measures.

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