Preventing Falls Through the Design of Roof Parapets

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Workers are exposed to risks from falls during construction, operation, maintenance, and demolition of buildings. Parapets are the parts of the wall assembly that extend above the roof [Rajendran and Gambatese 2013] and can prevent falls from low-sloped (flat) roofs. Other design features that can prevent falls include using guardrail systems and permanent anchor points (for use with personal fall arrest systems and lifelines) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Women
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Exposure-levels Fall-protection Humans Risk-factors Roofers Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Roofing-industry Safety-equipment Safety-measures Workers

  More +
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2014108
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043516
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-103074
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-108, 2014 Jan; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:637382c40a2c887a094410f9e3dcfbaf7e7e4d8d85bc70a005a55470b6fcf5242cd728f5accca65581d7cc3aaaf2af7828624cfeee0a3934d2defa09cd014a16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210050/cdc_210050_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 415.68 KB ]