Using Prevention Through Design to Improve Worker Safety During Installation of Solar Systems on Solar-Ready Houses: Prevention Through Design (PtD) to Make Solar-Ready Houses Safe for Solar Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Hyun Woo ; Gambatese, John ; Min, Yohan
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Prevention through Design (PtD) to Make Solar-Ready Houses Safe for Solar Workers
  
  Hyun Woo Lee, John Gambatese, and Yohan Min.
  
  Solar-ready designs have become a standard in new construction, and installations of residential rooftop solar systems have increased exponentially over recent years, surpassing 1 million by 2019. This kind of construction often exposes solar installers to hazards involving roofing, electrical and mechanical work, yet current research has rarely considered the safety of these workers.
  
  To help address those hazards, a previous Small Study by this research team identified seven key Prevention through Design (PtD) attributes: roofing material, roof slope, roof accessories, panel layout, fall protection system, lifting method, and electrical system. As an extension of the previous study, this new study used interviews and a survey with industry professionals, as well as case studies
  
  of existing solar-ready houses, to develop a PtD design checklist and Building Information Modeling models, which will help make solar-ready houses safer for solar workers.
  
  CPWR Small Study, 2020.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Construction Materials Engineering Environment Design Occupational Health Renewable Energy Safety Management Solar Energy
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research ; Small Study
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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