Perspectives of residential contractors on nail gun safety

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• Personal Author:
  Lipscomb HJ ; Nolan J ; Patterson D
• Description:
  Perspectives on nail gun safety were sought from residential contractors as part of an injury surveillance and prevention effort (2005-2008). Anonymous surveys inquired about tool use, training, injury risk, and awareness of the 2003 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard calling for shipment of pneumatic nail guns used in wood framing with sequential actuation. Despite some awareness of inexperience, lack of training, speed and tool design in injury causation, 55 percent consistently reported injuries resulted from worker carelessness. Contractors reported safety experiences of their employees were considerably better than those of other residential contractors. After five years, only 16 percent reported any awareness of the voluntary standard. These findings raise questions as to what gains can realistically be expected from passage of voluntary standards such as the one described here. Given that the epidemiology of acute injuries from pneumatic nail guns is now well-described, the safer sequential trigger should be required to protect workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Epidemiology Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-safety-programs Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Statistical-analysis Training Work-performance Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• 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:
  337-348
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038094
• Citation:
  New Solut 2010 Mar; 20(3):337-348
• Contact Point Address:
  Hester Lipscomb, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 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:
  New Solutions
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03e552c60af28002e8de71abe1b12c291d00b024e3a1d0c2fc11fdb27841c49859920b7ea684e64aa3c6d3ec34ba7869408241f0680e95c251a2eac335d126e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191910/cdc_191910_DS1.pdf
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