Analysis of Text from Injury Reports Improves Understanding of Construction Falls

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bondy J ; Glazner J ; Guarini K ; Lezotte D ; Lipscomb HJ
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: We combined payroll data, coded workers' compensation (WC) data, and text descriptions of injuries from the construction of Denver International Airport to create a more comprehensive picture of falls from height (FFH) than is typically available from WC data. Text descriptions were coded to identify circumstances surrounding falls. Slips/trips preceded one third of FFH, often involving motor vehicles or heavy equipment. Another third involved movement or collapse of work surfaces, usually ladders or scaffolds. CONCLUSIONS: The significant contribution of motor vehicles and heavy equipment to FFH, particularly those preceded by slips/trips, was not apparent from coded data. Heavy equipment engineering modifications are called for and workers in street/roadway construction/site development need fall protection training. Text analyses allow exploration of factors not identified at the time of data collection and better understanding of the context in which injuries occur. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Aircraft
  • Construction Industry
  • Environmental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Occupational Injuries
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Injuries
  • Construction
  • Construction-industry
  • Construction-workers
  • Etiology
  • Airports
  • Airport-personnel
  • Risk-factors
  • Environmental-factors
  • Risk-factors
  More +
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029286
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2004 Nov; 46(11):1166-1173
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
• Email:
  hester.lipscomb@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Surveillance Research Methods
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20040831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190311/cdc_190311_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 264.03 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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