Knowledge and recommendations of sales personnel regarding pneumatic nail gun safety

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lipscomb H
• Description:
  Background and Specific Aims: In this small project we collected data from points of sale or rental of framing nail guns to document knowledge of staff regarding the safety mechanisms on the tools they sell or rent and their recommendations for use. Because contractors typically buy power tools such as these for the workers they employ, and because of growing consumer access, the knowledge of the sales personnel is potentially very important. Specific aims included the following: 1) To assess the knowledge level regarding safety mechanisms and injury risks among personnel selling pneumatic nailers, as well as their recommendations for use made to contractors, workers, and consumers. 2) To contrast findings among sales personnel at primary construction tool/material vendors (lumber yards, tool or building supply sources) versus general supply sources (large home improvement or hardware stores. 3) To make recommendations to vendors and manufacturers as well as the Consumer Products Safety Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding training needs of sales personnel so that purchasers are appropriately informed regarding available risk control strategies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-design Equipment-operators Pneumatic-equipment Pneumatic-tools Power-tools Retail-workers Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-research Safety-valves Tools Training

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• 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:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039903
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2010 Aug; :1-3
• Contact Point Address:
  The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Knowledge and Recommendations of Sales Personnel Regarding Pneumatic Nail Gun Safety
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c993ed04188ca5e9b56fd1186096d382f4d0e2be5d1f3d45f5be360c534fa92cfb9a942f61efd26b6ac7872cdc3e7b4e7092a3011ca62564a451aad542d143c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192962/cdc_192962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 44.56 KB ]