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. Despite an increase in commercially available fall prevention devices and more stringent federal safety standards, conventional fall protection is rarely used in residential construction. In this research, we constructed a website that describes fall protection devices appropriate for residential construction and cross-walked devices to construction stage. We include descriptions, pictures, installation instructions, and links to manufacturer, vendor, cost, manual, and videos for each device. After receiving positive feedback regarding functionality, content, and usefulness, a link to the website is being disseminated to federal agencies, national associations, and regional organizations for posting on their websites. Results were disseminated through peer-reviewed venues. We expect that a broad range of residential contractors will use this resource to identify practical solutions to protect their workers and decrease morbidity and mortality due to falls. [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:
  Handbooks
• 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:
  1-21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046330
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Sep; :1-21
• Email:
  kaskutasv@wustl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• 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-512:1bebd25dd3d1a0d642aff0c26bcde7202dc8208a9f3b5eb88837cdfe946066972bd6c308594c3a7276cb1e94e6d8b3a98eac21ecb5cfe9ab540174bd743c5992
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201426/cdc_201426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.47 MB ]