TY - CONF TI - Safety risk factors associated with a lean wood-framing prefabrication facility: a case study AU - Sharma, Vishal AU - Mah, Don AU - Sharma, Neetu AU - Al-Hussein, Mohamed AU - Bouferguene, Ahmed AU - Yu, Haitao AD - Instructor, J.R. Shaw School of Business, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada, vishals@nait.ca, orcid.org/0009-0004-9617-7640 AD - Instructor, Construction Engineering Technology, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada, dmah@nait.ca, orcid.org/0009-0004-5954-9273 AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance, MacEwan University, Canada, sharman52@macewan.ca, orcid.org/0009-0001-4723-4862 AD - Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, malhussein@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-9718 AD - Professor, Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ahmedb@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0003-4629-6620 AD - Research and Development director, Landmark Group of Companies, Canada, haitaoy@landmarkgroup.ca, orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-4867 ED - Hamzeh, Farook ED - Poshdar, Mani ED - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P. ED - Gan, Vincent PY - 2026 DA - 2026/06/22 T2 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34) C3 - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34) CY - Singapore, Singapore SP - 787 EP - 797 DO - 10.24928/2026/0216 SN - 2789-0015 (ISSN) AB - The construction industry in North America has a disproportionate share of job-site incidents. Numerous studies have been performed to identify a multitude of macro and micro factors that impact the safety in construction workplaces. Prefabricated construction in North America is experiencing significant growth, evolving from a niche approach to a mainstream construction method. Due to advances in prefabrication, the construction sector is beginning to undergo a transformation, with favourable impacts on the safety of the construction workforce. Prefabrication has improved the safety and lifestyle of construction workers by lowering fatigue and reducing short- and long-term disability claims. However, despite these improvements, worker safety in prefabrication facilities still lags behind that of other industries operating in highly controlled environments. This paper systematically gathers and analyses safety incident data to identify risk factors associated with a wood-framing prefabrication facility that operates under lean principles. Mitigation measures are recommended to address the identified critical risk factors. The findings of this paper can serve as guidelines for addressing risk factors in similar wood-framing prefabrication facilities operating under lean manufacturing principles. KW - Lean construction KW - prefabrication KW - off-site construction KW - safety KW - risk. L1 - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2516/pdf UR - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2516 DB - IGLC.net LA - English N1 - Export date: 04 October 2026 ER -