The 10th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2024), Jul. 29-Aug.1, 2024, Sapporo, Japan
Safety|구충완
Impact of repeated virtual reality safety training on the construction worker risk habituation
2024International Conference
Research AreaSafety
Professor구충완
AuthorsUmair, M., Seo, J., and Koo, C
Publication Year2024
Journal (Volume, Issue, Pages)The 10th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2024), Jul. 29-Aug.1, 2024, Sapporo, Japan
AbstractConstruction is considered one of the most hazardous industries because of fatalities on site due to workers' unsafe behaviour. Occupational Health and Safety Practitioners are providing safety training through modern technologies like immersive and non-immersive Virtual Reality (VR). Workers are repeatedly exposed to construction hazards and thus become accustomed to underlying hazards. Providing simulated accidents in VR safety training aims to minimize worker risk habituation but repeated exposure to accidents can affect risk habituation toward the underlying construction risk. To this end, this study proposes a simulated accident VR safety training environment that exposes workers to repeated construction hazards and simulates a fall accident when workers don't follow the safety procedure. Longitudinal experiments were conducted, and participants' risk perception was measured using questionnaires. The results revealed that simulated accident safety training has potential effects on construction workers. The outcomes of this study lay the foundation for further studies to employ a VR safety training environment that enables workers to experience simulated accidents. This contributes to the development of an improved VR safety training design, taking into account the appropriate interval at which it should be provided. Such an approach can help workers become more sensitized to construction risks.
Accident ExperienceWorker SafetySafety TrainingRisk PerceptionRisk Habituation