Toolbox Talk: Preventing Falls from Rooftops (2013)

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  In construction, falls from higher levels result in more deaths and injuries than any other cause. Many of these accidents are falls from rooftops. For the updated version of this toolbox talk visit CPWR's website at https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/r2p-library/toolbox-talks/. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Body Height
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Construction
  • Construction industry
  • Construction workers
  • Construction equipment
  • Safety education
  • Safety programs
  • Injury prevention
  • Accident prevention
  • Work environment
  • Worker health
  More +
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• 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:20044174
• 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: preventing falls from rooftops
• End Date:
  20240831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213161/cdc_213161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aaae733ac256e8bea726c6b9efb037dbe8fe37b4e85274041f70568a470da69249d3cdcb42ed295b5a3e82b8779ec859573e79c901599c5ef5081f4d1818825e