Key Findings from Research: Analysis of NIOSH FACE Reports Shows that More Than Half of Workers Killed by Falls Lacked Access to Personal Fall Arrest Systems (PFAS)

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  This study analyzed the Construction FACE Database (CFD), a quantitative database developed from reports of the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The CFD contains detailed data on 768 fatalities in the construction industry reported by NIOSH and individual states from 1982 through June 30, 2015. Researchers examined injury characteristics and use of PFAS in the report on each fall fatality. See article: http://bit.ly/2oYI9OD. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Database Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Construction Industry Construction Workers Databases FACE Program Falls Fatalities Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation Program
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• 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 ; West Virginia ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057609
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2017 Apr; :1
• Email:
  sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• 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:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3e8a2d0ebee0a9c31e3b4307eec8887ed2e8ee0cfbc6b178cd8f21e39954a4e1f0aaf4ceab1cfc95d63f8791bdc5c895db5b05431b031da4c34c1b8b6fd55ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212932/cdc_212932_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.83 KB ]