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The anguish, the affliction and the sadness suffered by a wife, mother, family and friends in losing a husband or a son or a friend in an accident in construction are traumatic and touch feelings strongly. An image of a person who died or was seriously wounded while working provokes interrogations and perplexities for those who, in a modern world, have no answer or comforting comment from the moral or social point of view.
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Soeiro, A. (2017). The Importance of Design in the Prevention of Accidents in Construction. In: Abrantes, V., Rangel, B., Amorim Faria, J. (eds) The Pre-Fabrication of Building Facades. Building Research: Design, Construction and Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22695-8_4
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