Plan. Provide. Train. Prevent Fall Injuries & Deaths

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  Since 2010, Michigan has conducted surveillance for work-related (WR) skull fractures using records from Michigan's hospitals/emergency departments, Workers' Compensation Agency and death certificates. Skull fracture surveillance for the years 2010-2015 identified 78 WR skull fracture injuries due to a fall. During the same time period, MIFACE identified 124 WR deaths due to a fall; 48 (38.7%) of the deaths occurred in Construction. From 2001-2009, there were an additional 183 WR deaths in Michigan due to falls (98 (53.5%) in Construction). A 37-year-old male fell 22 feet from scaffolding onto uneven concrete at a construction site of a new hotel. His supervisor reported that he had "tripped". He lost a tooth at the site. He sustained traumatic closed head injury, acute encephalopathy and maxillary sinus fracture, was hospitalized for three days. A 37-year-old male temporary worker died when he fell approximately 25 feet from a ladder while helping to install a chimney liner (exhaust sleeve) at a private residence. A 28-year-old painter died from a fall from a second story roof while painting deck spindles. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Hazards
  • Construction industry
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Roofing
  • Safety practices
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066717
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2017 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Plan. Provide. Train. Prevent fall injuries & deaths
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231075/cdc_231075_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 125.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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