Fatal falls in the U.S. residential construction industry

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cain CT ; Choi SD ; Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Largay, Julie A. ; Platner JW ; Strafford E ; Wang X
• Description:
  Falls from height remain the most common cause of workplace fatalities among residential construction workers in the United States. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Current Employment Statistics, CPWR researchers examined patterns and trends of fall fatalities in the U.S. residential construction between 2003 and 2010. The findings suggest that fall safety within the residential construction industry lags behind commercial construction and construction in industrial settings. [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

  More +
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Hazards Humans Information-retrieval-systems Injuries Ladders Mortality-rates Racial-factors Risk-factors Roofers Roofing-industry Small-businesses Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Workers

  More +
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046449
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 Apr; :1
• Email:
  sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal falls in the U.S. residential construction industry
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0f751637edf09d6a33ea77b3b91e920c3516cab269fa429f34882bb1bb8ee9d4e41d14c1b30235351af8c5d3b3fd3bad56e4e653968f0d40de754dbccba410e6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201504/cdc_201504_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 64.38 KB ]