How High Is Deadly?

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  You may not be very high off the ground, but if you fall, it could be deadly. Almost 1 out of 5 deadly falls are from heights under 10 feet! Between 2015-2017, 1,005 construction workers died from falls, with 199 fatalities occurring at 10 ft or less. 139 deaths without height information were excluded. Join the campaign to stop construction falls! stopconstructionfalls.com. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Workers Falls Fatalities Injury Prevention
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065742
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2022 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4dff6ccd767bfe9e0313e800e4763e85afc9567a23e0e6c63f72a65bcc619303248efc2f6e9457884225a0636d8e7808dc833e3634df463b3dfc353e9bbb227
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212927/cdc_212927_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 134.42 KB ]