Data Bulletin: Trenching Injuries, Citations and Penalties in Construction

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• Journal Article:
  Trenching injuries, citations and penalties in construction
• Personal Author:
  Yohannes, Thomas ; Harris, William ; Hooper, Jacob ; Trueblood, Amber B.
• Description:
  Trenching and excavation activities expose workers to multiple hazards, such as cave-ins, inhalation exposures, and struck-by and/or caught-in between injuries. Despite trench collapses being preventable through planning, engineering controls, safety equipment, and safe work practices, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported 39 workers across all industries died while performing trench or excavation work in 2022 compared to 15 in 2021. Additionally, more than 80% of all trenching fatalities from 2003 to 2017 occurred in construction, highlighting the need to protect the industry's workers from these hazards. This Data Bulletin examines trenching injuries in construction and in all industries by nature of injury, demographics (age and ethnicity), and time of day. It also analyzes injuries where the primary source of injury was trenches, ditches, or excavations, and explores OSHA citations and penalties for violating OSHA CFR 1926 Subpart P- Excavations (trenching standard). Fatal injury estimates for private industry were obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) public tool. Estimates for nonfatal injuries resulting in days away from work (DAFW) among private, wage-and-salary workers were from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) public tool, based on employer logs. Nonfatal injury data are shown for two-year periods due to SOII changing from annual to biennial estimates in 2021. Full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) for rate calculations were obtained using the BLS Current Population Survey (CPS), compiled monthly and downloaded through IPUMS. Fatal injury rates were calculated per 100,000 FTEs, while nonfatal injury rates were calculated per 10,000 FTEs. Citation and penalty estimates were obtained from OSHA Enforcement Data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Trenching; Excavations; Epidemiology; Lost work days; Demographic characteristics; Injuries
• Source:
  CPWR Data Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 May; :1-7
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069640
• Contact Point Address:
  Data Center, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  datacenter@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/155151/cdc_155151_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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