Fatal falls in the U.S. residential construction industry

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• Personal Author:
  Cain CT ; Choi SD ; Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Largay, Julie A. ; Platner JW ; Strafford E ; Wang X
• Description:
  Background: Falls from heights remain the most common cause of workplace fatalities among residential construction workers in the United States. Methods: This paper examines patterns and trends of fall fatalities in U.S. residential construction between 2003 and 2010 by analyzing two large national datasets. Results: Almost half of the fatalities in residential construction were from falls. In the residential roofing industry, 80% of fatalities were from falls. In addition, about one-third of fatal falls in residential construction were among self-employed workers. Workers who were older than 55 years, were Hispanic foreign-born, or employed in small establishments (1-10 employees) also had higher proportions of fatal falls in residential construction compared to those in nonresidential construction. Conclusions: The findings suggest that fall safety within the residential construction industry lags behind commercial construction and industrial settings. Fall prevention in residential construction should be enhanced to better protect construction workers in this sector. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Age Factors Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Self-employed Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Exposure-limits Fall-protection Fall Prevention Foreign-born Hazards Hispanic Humans Information-retrieval-systems Injuries Mortality-rates Racial-factors Risk-factors Roofers Roofing-industry Small-businesses Small Establishment Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044912
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Sep; 57(9):992-1000
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, CPWR, The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:328e8985d0dc6f608ce6e30db63de1ea9de46bffbadad86e1dee671a542b5a4ed8d8c9dad11fd01c6b8252704a11066c6869b513caa698f27b6b345d264eccec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200502/cdc_200502_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 173.61 KB ]