Construction-related deaths Oklahoma, 1998-2008

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Oklahoma. Department of Health
• Description:
  Construction and renovation of homes and buildings results in many injuries and deaths each year in the United States. From 1998 to 2008, 82 people were killed in construction-related incidents in Oklahoma. Construction-related deaths accounted for 7% of all work-related deaths in Oklahoma during this time. More than half of all construction-related deaths were fall-related. All fatal injuries involved male workers; ages ranged from 13 to 80. Fatal injuries were most common in June and August and least common in January and December. More than half of all fatal injuries occurred between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-practices
• Publisher:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038665
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2010 Jun; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Construction-related Deaths Oklahoma, 1998-2008
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b544a256edd75bc5c2a54a41aacc703c9c0d8549d4da4488af03a2504fde44bfb8999b52ba731445ab2331758b8a02d90ca6762afef204e132feb11e820b93b1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192304/cdc_192304_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 57.71 KB ]