Key Findings from Research: Measuring Injuries Along the Construction Subcontracting Chain

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  U.S. construction has relatively high rates of both injuries and subcontracting. Previous research found that subcontracting is associated with higher injury rates. This study examines how subcontracting distributes injury risks among contractors. The researchers matched a nationally representative sample of establishment-level contractor data from the Census Bureau with corresponding workplace injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to track how injury risks are distributed via subcontracting work for approximately 18,000 establishments during 2007, 2012 and 2017. Contractors were categorized in four tiers: 1) up-chain contractors receive work from owners and subcontract-out some of it to 2) mid-chain contractors, who subcontract-in most of their work from other contractors and subcontractout some work to other mid-chain contractors or to 3) down-chain contractors, who receive work from prime or other subcontractors but do not themselves subcontract-out. The fourth group is off-chain contractors, who receive work from owners, self-perform it, and do not subcontract-out. The study hypothesized that in the aggregate, subcontracting triages safety risks towards lower-tier subcontractors triages risks towards lower-tier subcontractors. Read the report: https://bit.ly/3ZhFSPn. [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
• 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 8 ; Utah
• 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:20070189
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Sep; :1
• Email:
  philips@economics.utah.edu
• 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:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:baea1e57ba9595cecad5e5fb66c3010c82405d2aba74c19e998bb2960852ce60d922e7598586271c7b7b1d965ff35a799d47fd2243583b6045cf7a2f10330635
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212975/cdc_212975_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 117.34 KB ]