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November 20, 2025
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Key predictors of injury severity in occupational accidents involving construction-site vehicles

Publicated to: Results in Engineering. 28 107762- - 2025-01-01 28(), DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107762

Authors:

Sánchez-Lite, A.; Fuentes Bargues, José Luis; Geijó-Barrientos, J.M.; González-Gaya, C.; Sampaio, A. Z.
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Affiliations

Natl Distance Educ Univ UNED, Construct & Mfg Engn Dept, C Juan del Rosal 12, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Lisbon, Higher Tech Sch, Dept Civil Engn & Architecture, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Project Management Innovat & Sustainabil Res Ctr P, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
Univ Valladolid, Sch Ind Engn, Express Engn Cartog Engn Geodesy & Photogrammetry, Mech Engn & Mfg Engn,Dept Mat Sci & Met Engn, P del Cauce 59, Valladolid 47011, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Across national statistics, construction repeatedly ranks among sectors with the highest injury and fatality rates. Vehicle-related accidents constitute a modest share of minor injuries yet contribute a significant fraction of construction fatalities. This study analysed 16,781 Spanish construction vehicle-related accidents recorded from 2009 to 2022 (2.5% severe-fatal) to identify determinants of injury severity and develop predictive models. Records were retrieved from Delt@, the compulsory national electronic occupational injury reporting platform. Variables were structured into two domains (organisational, contextual) and five categories. Methods combined descriptive profiling, chi 2 association tests, mutual-information ranking and three machine-learning classifiers (Random Forest, XGBoost, multilayer perceptron). Seven predictors-hour block, worker age, job tenure, site zone, deviation pattern, injury type and body region-showed the strongest association with severity. Separate models were trained on contextual and organisational feature sets. The contextual model detected 87.1% of severe/fatal cases (balanced accuracy 88.1.%), while the organisational model detected 59.3% (balanced accuracy 62.1%). The findings emphasise the importance of scheduling (time-of-day exposure), targeted training for short-tenure and at-risk age groups (30-59 years old), and control of the site zone. These results provide practical guidance for managers, regulators, engineers and safety practitioners seeking to reduce the number of vehicle-related accidents on construction sites, particularly those with a high level of severity.
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Keywords

Accident statisticsConstructionContributing factorsFallsIndustryInformationMaterial agentModelOccupational accidentsPreventionSafety managementStruck-bySystemVehiclesWorkers

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Results in Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 6/179, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 14 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

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Project objectives

Esta aportación persigue los siguientes objetivos: analizar los determinantes de la gravedad de las lesiones en accidentes laborales relacionados con vehículos en obras de construcción; evaluar la asociación entre variables organizativas y contextuales con la severidad de las lesiones; desarrollar modelos predictivos mediante técnicas de aprendizaje automático para identificar casos graves y fatales; caracterizar los principales predictores de severidad, incluyendo bloque horario, edad del trabajador, antigüedad laboral, zona del sitio, patrón de desviación, tipo de lesión y región corporal; comparar la eficacia predictiva de modelos basados en características contextuales y organizativas; y proporcionar recomendaciones prácticas para la gestión y prevención de accidentes graves en el sector de la construcción.
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Most relevant results

El estudio analizó 16,781 accidentes laborales con vehículos en construcción en España entre 2009 y 2022, identificando los principales predictores de la gravedad de las lesiones. Los resultados más relevantes son: 1) Siete variables mostraron la asociación más fuerte con la gravedad: bloque horario, edad del trabajador, antigüedad en el puesto, zona del sitio, patrón de desviación, tipo de lesión y región corporal afectada. 2) El modelo predictivo basado en variables contextuales detectó el 87.1% de los casos graves/fatales con una precisión equilibrada del 88.1%. 3) El modelo basado en variables organizativas detectó el 59.3% de casos graves con una precisión equilibrada del 62.1%. 4) La exposición temporal y la capacitación dirigida a grupos de riesgo (30-59 años, poca antigüedad) resultaron factores clave para la prevención.
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Awards linked to the item

This research in this paper is supported in part by Consejeria de Educacion de la Junta de Castilla y Leon, funded by the Subvenciones Destinadas al Apoyo a Grupos de Investigacion Reconocidos (GIR) de las Universidades Publicas de Castilla y Leon (2024), grant number 777,441
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