Continued Progress in the Prevention of Nail Gun Injuries Among Apprentice Carpenters: What Will It Take to See Wider Spread Injury Reductions

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• Personal Author:
  Dement, John M. ; Lipscomb HJ ; Nolan J ; Patterson D
• Description:
  Problem: Nail guns are a common source of acute, and potentially serious, injury in residential construction. Method: Data on nail gun injuries, hours worked and hours of tool use were collected in 2008 from union apprentice carpenters (n = 464) through classroom surveys; this completed four years of serial cross-sectional data collection from apprentices. A predictive model of injury risk was constructed using Poisson regression. Results: Injury rates declined 55% from baseline measures in 2005 with early training and increased use of tools with sequential actuation. Injury rates declined among users of tools with both actuation systems, but the rates of injury were consistently twice as high among those using tools with contact trip triggers. Discussion and impact: Nail gun injuries can be reduced markedly through early training and use of tools with sequential actuation. These successful efforts need to be diffused broadly, including to the non-union sector. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Nail Gun Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury Injury-prevention Injury Intervention Injury Prevention Residential Construction Training Traumatic-injuries Work-Related

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• ISSN:
  0022-4375
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  241-245
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037138
• Citation:
  J Safety Res 2010 Jun; 41(3):241-245
• Contact Point Address:
  Hester J. Lipscomb, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3834, Durham, NC 27710
• Email:
  hester.lipscomb@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Safety Research
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ae8cb44e27ceda13391c59e757134bb69523de87dad97d8a000d4e7207a54f0f823a0d82d9ce5f81d3cb31bd668f001343491e736774a4ab4d1314259c8b369
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188287/cdc_188287_DS1.pdf
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