Fatal Falls: Small Business and Residential Construction

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• Journal Article:
  Fatal falls: small business and residential construction
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  This infographic provides statistics about fatal falls in small business and residential construction. Small businesses (10 or fewer employees) account for 61% of fatal falls in construction. Fatalities caused by falls from elevation remain the leading cause of death for construction workers. Fall fatalities in residential construction more than doubled from 26 deaths in 2011 to 61 deaths in 2015 accounting for 370 of the 991 construction fatalities recorded in 2016 (BLS data). Join the Campaign to Stop Construction Falls! http://stopconstructionfalls.com/. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Falls; Fatalities; Traumatic injuries; Statistical analysis; Construction; Construction industry; Construction workers; Information dissemination; Hazard communication; Worker safety; Work environment; Safety education; Occupational hazards; Occupational safety; Accident prevention; Injury prevention; Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2020 Nov; :1
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:20062578
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:05baa2165f8884b285362e9bc42b1c5b5ed956a5844c9171cef6dda7e1e0d68ce5172bd84429c25c070448783a65426ed400cd7d937fcca72d293129c6381782
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53753/cdc_53753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]