Fall protection resource for new home construction

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kaskutas V
• Description:
  Falls from height remain the most common cause of construction worker fatalities, and falls continue to happen at an alarming rate - especially in residential construction. OSHA has recently imposed more stringent safety standards on the sector, but many residential construction contractors still have limited knowledge of the array of fall protection devices commercially available. The research team sought to develop a user-friendly online inventory http://www.ot.wustl.edu/fptech/homepage.htm of fall protection devices suitable to residential construction. Leveraging substantial experience in construction fall prevention research, and an extensive network of industry contacts, the Washington University team developed a web-based catalogue users could search either by the type of fall prevention device or by the stage of construction in which it is used. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-design Fall-protection Health-programs Height-factors Industrial-design Industrial-engineering Injury-prevention Personal-protective-equipment Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Standards Surveillance-programs Training Traumatic-injuries 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:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046327
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Nov; :1
• Email:
  kaskutasv@wustl.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:
  Fall protection resource for new home construction
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a392264df9f52846e8ef20de6673cf43d1ac456ddc694e05890919f959e82f84c42de3ef26452bc25ef8459321b7682cd58195664a3be82e2ccc3648df2d259
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201424/cdc_201424_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 38.09 KB ]