Incidents Due to Aerial Work Platforms

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• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Fearn K ; Hoskin A ; Lin M ; McCann M ; Pan, Christopher S.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in collaboration with the National Safety Council (NSC), conducted a surveillance study of aerial platform falls/collapses/tipovers across all industry classifications. This collaborative study's objective was to establish a mechanism to determine research priorities for addressing fall incidents associated with aerial lifts. In respond to this surveillance findings, NIOSH developed an engineering evaluation project to determine the nature of the physical loadings, and environmental and ergonomic factors influencing aerial lift stability and potential for falls, and to determine possible design and engineering interventions to reduce the fall hazard potential. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Environmental Health Ergonomics Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Environmental-factors Injuries Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Safety-research Surveillance-programs Worker-health Workers
• Publisher:
  National Safety Council
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028979
• Citation:
  Proceedings of XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, September 16-20, 2005, Orlando, FL. Itasca, IL: National Safety Council, 2005 Sep; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, September 16-20, 2005, Orlando, FL
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:29ddbd321696b4f957cbacc964b759b1056c72187c2fb28913f3156d2b185bab04c79e3521d0e06648a571fed3b57ae26bed3feb5e36040b180625f6dd49350c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190065/cdc_190065_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 70.19 KB ]