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This Data Bulletin examines fatal and nonfatal falls in construction by major and detailed subsector and primary source. It also looks at fatal falls from 2011 to 2022 by fall height, time of day, state, and other factors.
This issue examines fatal and nonfatal injuries from 2011 to 2020, including by subsector, occupation, demographic group,
primary source, and event/exposure.
Topics in Construction Safety and Health is a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational safety and health, from Asbestos to Training.
This study addresses concerns about the growing number of Hispanics in the construction workforce and the risk of fatal falls in this group.
CPWR researchers looked at trends in fatal falls among construction workers from 1992 through 2008, focusing on construction workers aged 55 and older.
This Key Finding summarizes a case study of the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls, a nationwide occupational safety and health effort.
Researchers described fall-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments among workers in the construction industry for a six-year period (1998-2005)
The research team hehind this study sought to develop a user friendly online inventory (http://www.ot.wustl.edu/fptech/homepage.htm) of fall protection devices suitable to residential construction.
This study concluded that there are feasible fall protection technologies for residential construction and most contractors are willing to explore these options.
Researchers examined 14 fall incidents or near misses documented by a framing contractor who has employed fall protection devices in residential and light commercial construction since 2007.