The utilization of CCTV based on computer vision technology for safety management on construction sites enables supervisors to monitor the unsafe behaviors of workers from office settings and transmit information to on-site managers. However, the conv...
The utilization of CCTV based on computer vision technology for safety management on construction sites enables supervisors to monitor the unsafe behaviors of workers from office settings and transmit information to on-site managers. However, the conventional use of CCTV for construction site safety management has limitations, requiring supervisors to be stationed in offices for continuous screen monitoring to identify workers' unsafe behaviors. To address these limitations, this study developed a skeleton-based video analysis technique capable of observing unsafe behaviors of construction workers at the level of localized body parts. The research focused on scaffolding installation sites and validates the performance of the developed technology through a comparison with existing artificial intelligence techniques. The validation involved testing the skeleton-based localized detection algorithm and detecting unsafe behaviors of workers in scaffolding installation sites under conditions such as worker presence, localized body exposure, and upper body exposure. Experimental results showed that the YOLO-based object recognition model achieved an accuracy of 86.4%, with 89.5% accuracy in detecting the trunk region of workers exposed outside the scaffold. In addition, it represented lower accuracy(53.8%) when detecting localized body parts. However, the skeleton-based object recognition model represented 94.9% accuracy, recognizing all instances of body exposure outside the scaffold and exhibiting a higher performance(76.9%) in detecting localized body parts. This study also analyzed the influence of brightness changes on worker and localized body part exposure detection, revealing that as brightness decreases, the accuracy of object recognition decreased. The YOLO model showed low accuracy in detecting localized body parts when obscured by objects like structures, while the skeleton model successfully detects exposed localized body parts and triggers exposure alerts. The skeleton-based object detecting technique was effective in detecting localized body parts, such as hands and arms, during work. Setting up danger detection zones along scaffold boundaries successfully triggers emergency alerted when a worker's body part was exposed outside the scaffold. Therefore, the utilization of skeleton-based object detecting technique in construction sites with scaffolding can reduce accidents and minimize fatalities by automatically observing and detecting unsafe behaviors of construction workers, even with limited safety management personnel.