Worker Deaths by Falls: A Summary of Surveillance Findings and Investigative Case Reports

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Braddee, Richard W. ; Hause, Matthew G. ; Pratt, Stephanie G.
• Description:
  Many American workers, regardless of industry or occupation, are exposed to fall hazards daily during performance of their job tasks. This monograph describes the magnitude of the problem of occupational falls in the U.S.,identifies potential risk factors for fatal injury, and provides recommendations for developing effective safety programs to reduce the risk of fatal falls. This monograph summarizes surveillance data and investigative reports of fatal work-related falls from elevations. The surveillance data were derived from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The NTOF data are based on death certificates for workers ages 16 years or older who died from traumatic injuries in the workplace. The fatality investigations were conducted as part of the NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program, a research program for the identification and investigation of fatal occupational injuries. The goal of the FACE program is to collect information on factors that may have contributed to occupational fatalities, using an epidemiologic approach, and to develop and disseminate recommendations for prevention of similar incidents in the future [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "This document was prepared by Richard W. Braddee, Mathew G. Hause, and Stephanie G. Pratt ..."--P. ix.
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents, Occupational/mortality Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Traumatic-injuries; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Surveillance-programs; Occupational-accidents; Statistical-analysis; Construction-Search
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2000-116, 2000 Nov; :1-333
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Collected Works
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  334 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000949
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2001-104733
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:24d933f982d74356c2ec418287276b6f3884f3db421813ecbce99bc4a8c0012bc2d4c6babe50b00945f456b01e0d0fecf1f343ef41e0b8d3b3e4396f86443da8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6405/cdc_6405_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.23 MB ]