Construction Fatality Narrative: Gutter Installer Falls from Patio Roof [2003]

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• Personal Author:
  Kruger E
• Description:
  Construction work is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. In 2000, a total of 5,915 occupational deaths were recorded in the U.S. (rate: 4.3 deaths per 100,000 workers); almost one-fifth of these deaths (1,154 deaths) were construction-related (rate: 12.9 deaths per 100,000 workers). The construction fatality rate ranked third after mining (rate: 30.0 deaths/100,000) and agriculture (20.9 deaths/100,000). Since July 1997, the Injury Prevention Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health has been collecting data on work-related injury deaths in Oklahoma through the Fatality Assessment Control and Evaluation (OKFACE) project, which is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Data were collected from death certificates, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program, Worker's Compensation Court, and newspapers. Hospital medical records and law enforcement reports were also used to provide supplemental information. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Automobiles Construction Industry Electricity Epidemiology Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Paint Race Factors Safety Welding

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Electrical-workers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Motor-vehicles Painters Plumbers Racial-factors Roofers Safety-equipment Safety-practices Statistical-analysis Welders

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038717
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2003 Mar; :1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Construction-related Fatalities, Oklahoma, 1998-2001
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f0364b35f0b49baa360ab8fe79c9b40adba0896a8cbc07cf1a4465c28500a75e575d2063ce89bdba5206e8891a845c29b811a5581df54956d8db4a1fa26dd94
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228618/cdc_228618_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 53.94 KB ]