Quarterly Data Report: Deaths and Injuries Involving Elevators or Escalators in Construction and the General Population

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• Journal Article:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report
• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Wang, Xuanwen ; Katz, Rebecca
• Description:
  Elevators and escalators are potential sources of serious injuries and deaths to the general public and workers installing, repairing, and maintaining them. Workers are also at risk when cleaning elevator shafts, conducting emergency evacuations of stalled elevators, or performing construction work near open shafts. This Quarterly Data Report provides updated statistics on elevator- and escalator-related fatal and nonfatal injuries using the most recent data and information on injury prevention from multiple sources. KEY FINDINGS: 1. There is an upward trend in elevator-related fatalities in construction, as the number of deaths and rate has doubled from 2003 to 2016. 2. Between 2011 and 2016, 145 construction workers died due to elevator-related injuries, accounting for more than half of such fatalities in all industries. 3. The majority (53.5%) of elevator-related fatalities in construction were caused by falls to a lower level, nearly half (47.9%) of which were falls from 30 feet or more. 4. About 46% of construction workers with elevator-related nonfatal injuries required 31 days or more off of work to recover. 5. Elevator- or escalator-related injuries treated at hospitals among members of the public jumped by more than 30% from 2007 to 2017. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Body Height Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction; Employees; Fatalities; Injuries; Statistical analysis; Falls; Mobile equipment; Traumatic injuries; Construction workers; Lost work days; Height factors; Public health
• Source:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2019 Jan; :1-26
• 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:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055369
• 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:
  2019
• 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-512:960d28cbe7e5e38a7ee3e0422cc0addaf9106a1e2f61d29c449421671b3fb5af71a1bae8d65443be58af36229df69f046af3c778df5f61708a82ed224aec373c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/158534/cdc_158534_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]