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<p>Managing safety in construction aims to ensure that buildings are safe for occupants and meet applicable safety standards. These actions help to mitigate potential hazards and provide protection for the lives and well-being of people within the building. This article analyzes the causes of construction disasters in Poland during the years 2020-2021, comparing them with data from 2015-2019. The disasters are categorized into two groups based on their causes: those triggered by random factors and those resulting from human error. Catastrophes arising from random factors account for 70 to 83% of all construction disasters.</p>
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Managing safety in construction aims to ensure that buildings are safe for occupants and meet applicable safety standards. These actions help to mitigate potential hazards and provide protection for the lives and well-being of people within the building. This article analyzes the causes of construction disasters in Poland during the years 2020-2021, comparing them with data from 2015-2019. The disasters are categorized into two groups based on their causes: those triggered by random factors and those resulting from human error. Catastrophes arising from random factors account for 70 to 83% of all construction disasters.

Analysis of the causes of construction accidents as a component of building safety management

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Managing safety in construction aims to ensure that buildings are safe for occupants and meet applicable safety standards. These actions help to mitigate...

Analysis of the causes of construction accidents as a component of building safety management

Published Online: Dec 02, 2023

Page range: 217 - 227

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2023.12.24

Keywords
safety management, structural failures, building industry

© 2023 Agnieszka Czajkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Analysis of the causes of construction accidents as a component of building safety management

Published Online: Dec 02, 2023

Page range: 217 - 227

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2023.12.24

Keywordssafety management, structural failures, building industry

© 2023 Agnieszka Czajkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
safety management, structural failures, building industry