Health alert: top 5 OSHA violations in residential construction

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• Corporate Authors:
  Connecticut. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Approximately 40,000 workers are injured on residential construction sites each year. Framing contractors are at a particular risk for injuries, with a rate more than double the injury rate for residential construction workers overall (11% vs. 5%). Many of the injuries in residential construction could have easily been prevented if OSHA regulations were followed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Men Nervous System Occupational Health Protective Clothing Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Construction-industry Fall-protection Head-injuries Head-protective-equipment Headgear Humans Injuries Ladders Scaffolds Traumatic-injuries Workers

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• Publisher:
  State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040946
• Citation:
  Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, 2009 Aug; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Performing Organization:
  Connecticut Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Health alert: top 5 OSHA violations in residential construction
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8de98daab86177c0eae42b82c5ce606b348ec2eba056e905f9abfd2c12fcd9bdeb0f5a474dabef9dc3608ff3501fe80114dfedee5a72fd215f86e00d9e4f2a3d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193635/cdc_193635_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 67.90 KB ]