Preventing Falls Through the Design of Roof Parapets

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• Alternative Title:
  Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Workplace design solutions
• Personal Author:
  Afanuh, Susan. ; Heckel, Pamela E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Education and Information Division
• Description:
  Workplace design solutions
  
  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 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).
  
  Part of the NIOSH Prevention through Design (PtD) initiative.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Construction Materials Engineering Environment Desig Occupational Health Safety Management
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Design Solutions
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043516
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d0bd7a2136ff76fd1820ad85a1c5e1c1786fca9f7f8d98630705ce85dadef606878e850788f95aa02551c7660ca0b38f3ba0bd52fdc12c388cf884bfbdb8dbdf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21269/cdc_21269_DS1.pdf
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