Key Findings from Research: Promoting Fall Prevention Among Latino Construction Workers and Residential Contractors

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Falls from height remain a concern in construction, particularly for foreign-born Latino construction workers employed by small residential contractors. Researchers conducted five focus groups and thirteen in-depth interviews with workers, small residential contractors, and key informants in San Francisco and Philadelphia in order to identify individual and contextual factors influencing fall risk. See abstract: http://bit.ly/1MKGFvw. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Fall Protection Falls Occupational Safety And Health Racial Factors Risk Factors Small Businesses
• 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:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:20057814
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 Aug; :1
• Email:
  steran@berkeley.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• 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-512:7f3b39b396fa6478a6f1af91799a887ccd96967885e2bc104fea86992e6c2c7b30d3c6d7caed23d6f02f4b2f5d9864ab3a81b0532ab959df7d52d1c1b1360c28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212984/cdc_212984_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.79 KB ]