Falls in Residential Carpentry and Drywall Installation: Findings from Active Injury Surveillance with Union Carpenters

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• Personal Author:
  Cameron W ; Dement, John M. ; Li L ; Lipscomb HJ ; Nolan J ; Patterson D ; Cameron W ; Dement, John M. ; Li L ; Lipscomb HJ ; Nolan J ; Patterson D
• Description:
  Active injury surveillance was conducted with a large, unionized workforce of residential and drywall carpenters over a 3-year period. Injured carpenters were interviewed by trained carpenter investigators and sites were visited where falls occurred. Qualitative information was collected on exposures, risk perception, training, and mentoring. Falls accounted for 20% of injuries. Same-level falls were often related to weather, carrying objects-sometimes with an obstructed view-housekeeping, terrain of the lot, and speed of work. Falls from height occurred from a variety of work surfaces and involved ladders, scaffolding, roofs, work on other unsecured surfaces, unprotected openings, speed, and weather conditions. Recognized fall protection strategies, such as guardrails, toe boards, tying off to appropriate anchors, and guarding openings, would have prevented many of these falls; these practices were not the norm on many sites. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Occupational-hazards Qualitative-analysis Risk-analysis Risk-factors Surveillance-programs Training Work-environment Worker-health Workers Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029213
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2003 Aug; 45(8):881-890
• Email:
  hester.lipscomb@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries ; Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74bae88e0d2e8ecfc5e21239414373e5b53bdf43ddf0753ba58a30d6ba606a4dddec73388fb863a46e3173653b0964faaeef4a5771a23f67ae9eab156330ba9c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190247/cdc_190247_DS1.pdf
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