Quarterly Data Report: Fall Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry

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• Journal Article:
  Fall injuries and prevention in the construction industry
• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Wang, Xuanwen ; Katz, Rebecca ; West, Gavin H. ; Bunting, Jessica
• 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Employment Geographic Information Systems Hazardous Substances Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Falls; Fall protection; Fatalities; Construction; Construction industry; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Safety research; Accident potential; Accident prevention; Mortality data; Mortality rates; Injuries; Injury prevention; Surveillance; Occupational hazards; Work environment; Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS; Information systems; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA; Accident analysis; Accident rates; Accident statistics; Risk factors; Statistical analysis; National Occupational Research Agenda; NORA; Construction Sector Research Program; Geographic information systems; Small businesses; Hazard communication; Information dissemination; Racial factors; Roofers
• Source:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2017 May; :1-21
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement U60-OH009762 from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050514
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• 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/157895/cdc_157895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB ]