Measuring Injuries Along the Subcontracting Chain in the U.S. Construction Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Conner K ; Duncan K ; Philips P ; Prus M ; Purifoy F ; Waddoups J
• Description:
  Construction workers experience high rates of injury relative to other occupations. Previous research based on case/interview studies at the level of a craft or establishment and the statistical analysis of injuries across regions finds that subcontracting raises injury rates. This study is the first to combine establishment-level information from the Census Bureau's Economic Census of Construction Industries with data on workplace injuries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. With these data, we assess how a contractor's position on the subcontracting chain and other establishment characteristics are associated with the number and likelihood of injuries on the job. Findings indicate that as work flows down subcontracting chains, that work is associated with higher rates of injury. Up-chain contractors can choose what scope of work they will keep on a project and what they will offload. This choice is the product of many considerations, one of which may be to disproportionately offload safety risks to lower-tier contractors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Rates Construction Industry Injuries Temporary Workers Work Arrangements Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070190
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Sep; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• 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:
  Measuring injuries along the subcontracting chain in the U.S. construction industry
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95938d44d0d92285145a89380885de18a23a2c3c3da190fbcf76d988542eb5edb81266673b25d0c944ded928fbaa6c52a5088f0b97cf786095681b139555a2ea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208448/cdc_208448_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 921.50 KB ]