Reducing Construction-Related Injuries and Illnesses Through Education

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• Personal Author:
  Becker P ; Bryant, Charles J. ; Palassis, John ; Sweeney, Marie H.
• Description:
  In the United States, construction workers experience one of the highest occupational fatality rates as well as rates of injuries and illnesses resulting in lost work days. Young workers, particularly those under 18 years and those with less than two years of experience in the trade are at high risk for injury or death. Training programs in occupational health and safety are seen as an effective means of increasing the awareness of workers and managers alike of work hazards and of methods of preventing injuries and illnesses. A variety of approaches are being used to develop training programs to address the many health and safety risks encountered on the construction site. Programs to prevent falls, musculoskeletal disorders and respiratory diseases, three principal causes of morbidity and mortality among construction workers are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Construction Industry Demography Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Demographic-characteristics Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Training Traumatic-injuries Workers

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• ISBN:
  9789058090362
• Publisher:
  A. A. Balkema Publishers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  273-276
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027846
• Citation:
  Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB Working Comission '99, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24-27, 1999. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema Publishers, 1999 Feb; :273-276
• Editor(s):
  Singh A; Hinze J; Coble RJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB Working Comission '99, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24-27, 1999
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:40d91c2e6581e5c5aa2135f22661dccfbc89b2fe41524e57ddfd594d6eabb8af258d4e22daa18547d3bd52de7186314e5381425c9d76d55833bb635dfd66a4df
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197687/cdc_197687_DS1.pdf
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