Fall Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Bunting, Jessica ; Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Katz, Rebecca ; Wang, Xuanwen ; West, Gavin H.
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Falls are a common cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in the construction industry. In response to the staggering number of fall-related injuries and fatalities, the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Construction Sector Council, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), launched the National Fall Prevention Campaign on Workers’ Memorial Day in April of 2012. The campaign is now entering its sixth year. To support the national campaign and increase public awareness of the risk of falls in construction, this Quarterly Data Report provides updated data on fatal and nonfatal fall injuries among construction workers, focusing on the recent economic recovery and high-risk worker groups. In addition to data obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this report contains data illustrated in the Construction Fatality Map (CFM) maintained by CPWR — an accompanying product from the national campaign. While the BLS data show the overall trends of fall injuries at the national level, the numbers from the CFM present geographic variations. New findings from the National Safety Stand-Down, the major annual event associated with the fall prevention campaign, are also included, which confirm that the campaign is reaching all construction subsectors, including small residential construction companies nationwide." - p. 1
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20050514
  
  publications_Quarter1-QDR-2017.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Employment Occupational Health Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement U60-OH009762 from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050514
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157895/cdc_157895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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