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COVID-19 Prevention in Construction Sites: A Case Study in a Railway Project

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Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance (AHFE 2021)

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The COVID-19 pandemic demands additional measures from organizations. This is particularly challenging for construction sites where it is already difficult to apply any sort of preventive measures under normal circumstances. This study aimed at recommending measures to prevent the transmission of the Coronavirus in a construction site. The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle was followed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention. The current scientific knowledge about the COVID-19 disease as well as the legal requirements on this subject were taken into account. The Job Safety Analysis method was applied to assess the risk factors of transmission of the Coronavirus on 46 daily job tasks and proved to be a suitable method for it. However, some of the legal requirements were found difficult to apply in the construction sector. The way a set of tasks is performed needs to be reconsidered to raise awareness on COVID-19 among employees in the construction environment.

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  1. ErgoLAB - Laboratório de Ergonomia, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal

    Christiane N. Gomes & Rui B. Melo

  2. CIAUD - Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Design, Faculdade de Arquitetura, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Sá Nogueira, 1349-063, Lisboa, Portugal

    Rui B. Melo

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    Pedro M. Arezes

  2. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    Ronald L. Boring

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Gomes, C.N., Melo, R.B. (2021). COVID-19 Prevention in Construction Sites: A Case Study in a Railway Project. In: Arezes, P.M., Boring, R.L. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 262. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_22

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