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
  • Renewable Energy
  • Occupational Health
  • 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150426/cdc_150426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.61 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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