Science Mapping to Visualize the Factors Influencing Workers’ Fall from Height in Construction Projects

Abstract

Science mapping is an essential application of visualization technology widely used in safety, psychology, and environmental science. This study used the VOSviewer tool to visualize factors influencing workers’ falls in the construction industry. Based on Scopus Index articles published between 2000 and 2019, 343 documents on FFH studies were retrieved, and a total of 96 met the relevance and quality criteria. Using keyword co-occurrence analysis in the VOSviewer tool, the keywords were clustered into different subjects and used to describe the causal factors in the fall from height (FFH) domain. Workers’ attitudes, workplace conditions, dangerous tasks, organizational characteristics, agents, and workplace environment were associated with falls. This study's findings will help research into the causes of falls in construction, the development of policy, engineering controls, and intervention design to minimize the risk of falls in the future.