Evaluating fall safety compliance among skilled trades in construction

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• Personal Author:
  Kim SS ; McQueen A ; Perry M
• Description:
  Falls are one of the leading causes of workplace death, lost work time, and costs to the construction industry. The goal of this study was to develop an assessment tool to evaluate fall safety in general construction among five construction trades and among five types of equipment throughout different stages of construction. The GW Audit of Fall Risk (GAFR) was developed by modifying three existing assessment tools (according to applicable OSHA standards), validated by a panel of experts, tested during a two-week pilot study, and used during a 12-month observation period. The overall mean safety compliance was 98.9%. Lowest mean safety compliance was found with ironworkers (97.0%), the use of personal fall arrest systems (96.3%), and during the concrete pouring/placement phase (97.3%). The findings indicate there was a high level of safety compliance throughout the project and across the skilled trades. Ironworkers may be at higher risk and deserve increased attention and support on the job. Use of personal fall arrest systems, especially during the earlier phases of construction was also a context that emerged deserving continued and heightened attention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Health-programs Injury-prevention Regulations Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Standards Training Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-monitoring

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046268
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 Jan; :1-24
• Email:
  mperry@gwu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Evaluating fall safety compliance among skilled trades in construction
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:360f9847d5ae669efffb4dc7f3e1e77450a0188e64eb2e91f1e4c79599404ed8b4f5f84f6ea94da367dc16ac06dd8d916deba90bd1a0fbfbae6735c52d92be89
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201374/cdc_201374_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 737.72 KB ]