Residential fall protection case study - Habitat for Humanity St. Louis.

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• Personal Author:
  Hunsberger K ; Kaskutas V ; Hunsberger K ; Kaskutas V
• Description:
  Residential construction builders and contractors must quickly comply with OSHA's new fall protection requirements for residential construction. This paper describes the change process a charitable home building organization went through in order to comply with these new requirements; including the building methods and fall protection equipment used for each phase of the construction process. Reliance on a volunteer workforce poses unique challenges; however the many solutions described in this paper are also applicable to commercial residential builders. This organization used creative problem-solving, collaborated with local professionals and equipment suppliers, and consulted regularly with OSHA compliance representatives to overcome the many obstacles encountered when transitioning to the use of conventional fall protection during new home construction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Fall-protection; Construction-workers; Construction-industry; Construction; Personal-protection; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Accident-prevention; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Safety-programs; Safety-equipment
• ISSN:
  1066-5757
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  6-12
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042622
• Citation:
  Wood Des Focus 2013 Mar; 23(1):6-12
• Email:
  kaskutasv@wustl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Wood Design Focus
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248213/cdc_248213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]