Fatal Facts: Fall Hazards in the Construction Industry

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  Falls killed more workers in the construction industry than any other type of incident in Washington State during the years 1998-2005. They accounted for 40 out of 114, or 35% of construction fatalities. The victims fell from ladders, scaffolding, roofs, unguarded building edges, and through roof and floor openings and skylights. They were employed as carpenters, laborers, roofers, painters, ironworkers, and other construction related occupations. Just over half of the victims were fatally injured from a fall of less than 20 feet. Over three quarters of those who died were employed in either the residential building construction or specialty trade contractors' industry sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Engineering Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction Industry Construction Workers Engineering Controls Falls Fatalities Floors Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Roof Falls Safety-education Safety-practices Safety-programs Scaffolds Skylights Training Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-practices Workers

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051306
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 47-11-2006, 2006 Sep; :1-7
• Contact Point Address:
  SHARP Program, Washington Department of Labor & Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Email:
  SHARP@Lni.wa.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal facts: fall hazards in the construction industry
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228703/cdc_228703_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 126.51 KB ]