Use and re-use of formwork: safety risks and reliability assessment

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• Personal Author:
  Barbosa A ; Das A ; Gambatese, John
• Description:
  Carpenters employed by concrete contractors spend much of their time assembling, erecting and dismantling the plywood forms for concrete pours, forms which are usually reused on subsequent projects. Researchers mapped out the work tasks involved, then used interviews with carpenters, as well as a review of OSHA case reports, to identify the work tasks entailing the highest risks. The team also tested plywood samples in the laboratory to test how well they retained strength after repeated use. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Laboratories Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Wood
• Keywords:
  Concretes Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-reliability Laboratory-testing Manual-materials-handling Materials-testing Performance-capability Structural-analysis Task-performance Testing-equipment Wood-products Work-practices

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046896
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Oct; :1
• Email:
  john.gambatese@oregonstate.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:
  Use and re-use of formwork: safety risks and reliability assessment
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d6a5538ed3fabcc04ea69b1c830208142ada91424f07fce53ffd90b109a3e997454e1798b52ad07c9258e1a1341853754a4054bb71a86350a9c3a28bb6f3499
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202167/cdc_202167_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 46.51 KB ]