Preventing Falls from Ladders

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• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  or a school district custodian who was cleaning windows, the wrong-sized ladder and a lack of training had tragic and fatal consequences. You can read what went wrong and see prevention recommendations in the California Fatality Assessment and Evaluation Control (FACE) investigation. Falls from ladders caused 836 fatalities in the U.S. from 2011 through 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workers most at risk for falls from ladders are those in construction, maintenance, and repair. Employers and workers can use our ladder safety resources below and can also plan to participate in the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls during the week of May 6-10. You can order hard hat stickers and develop a 5-day plan for your jobsite. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Equipment Construction Workers Falls Fatalities Injuries Injury Prevention Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  California Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059597
• Citation:
  Occupational Health Watch: March 2019. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2019 Mar; :1-2
• Email:
  OHW@cdph.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Watch
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228985/cdc_228985_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 93.99 KB ]