Building Safer Sites: A Large-Scale Multi-Level Dataset for Construction Safety Research
This addresses a data gap for researchers in civil engineering and construction safety, though it is incremental as it builds on existing data sources.
The paper tackles the limited volume and diversity in construction safety datasets by introducing the Construction Safety Dataset (CSDataset), a comprehensive multi-level dataset from OSHA, and found that complaint-driven inspections reduced subsequent incidents by 17.3%.
Construction safety research is a critical field in civil engineering, aiming to mitigate risks and prevent injuries through the analysis of site conditions and human factors. However, the limited volume and lack of diversity in existing construction safety datasets pose significant challenges to conducting in-depth analyses. To address this research gap, this paper introduces the Construction Safety Dataset (CSDataset), a well-organized comprehensive multi-level dataset that encompasses incidents, inspections, and violations recorded sourced from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This dataset uniquely integrates structured attributes with unstructured narratives, facilitating a wide range of approaches driven by machine learning and large language models. We also conduct a preliminary approach benchmarking and various cross-level analyses using our dataset, offering insights to inform and enhance future efforts in construction safety. For example, we found that complaint-driven inspections were associated with a 17.3% reduction in the likelihood of subsequent incidents. Our dataset and code are released at https://github.com/zhenhuiou/Construction-Safety-Dataset-CSDataset.