Toolbox Talk: Falls Through Holes and Openings

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Holes and openings are made in roofs and floors of buildings, both when they are built and when they are torn down. Workers can be injured or killed if they fall through the holes. For the updated versions of the toolbox talks visit CPWR's website at https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/r2p-library/toolbox-talks/. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Education Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Floors Height-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Protective-materials Protective-measures Roofers Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Walking-surfaces Warning-signs Weight-factors Work-environment Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044176
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Mar; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• 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:
  Toolbox talk: falls through holes and openings (superseded)
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7ddb16f2045a513cbc9e8358a187bfd768d96fd06657992a3ba1e421fba240bdbbe8c56918d083a8c7d1e1dc5c1f95146841f926b280b6f020dbf937b5dea759
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213129/cdc_213129_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 385.74 KB ]