Toolbox Talk: Preventing Falls from Scaffolding [2017]

Details

• Journal Article:
  Toolbox talk: preventing falls from scaffolding
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  When scaffolds are not upright or used properly, falls can occur. Protecting workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent many deaths and more than 4,000 injuries each year. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction workers; Equipment operation; Scaffolds; Falls; Safety practices; Construction equipment
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2018 Jan; :1-2
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062549
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• 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-512:4ed543966d00321825073fd08ec14963f76b3789d8527926fd0cf536e638d389a50ae8c76710afd244e8ab3870664d60ab6da628972943b442307655db069fa6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/155031/cdc_155031_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 211.99 KB ]