Trends of fall injuries and prevention in the construction industry

"Falls are a common cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in the construction industry. To prevent these injuries, the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Construction Sector Council, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction (hereafter referred to as the Campaign) on Workers' Memorial Day in 2012. This ongoing Campaign has reached more and more organizations and individuals. To continue to support this national effort, this Quarterly Data Report provides updated data on the characteristics of fatal and nonfatal falls among construction workers using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). While the report covers data back to year 2003, the main analysis focuses on the data between 2011 and 2017. For some estimates, several years of data were pooled together to increase data reliability. In addition, selected findings from a social network analysis of the Campaign are also included in this report." - NIOSHTIC-2NIOSHTIC no. 20056597The CPWR Data Center is part of CPWR \u2013 The Center for Construction Research and Training.CPWR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and training institution created by North America\u2019s Building Trades Unions, and serves as its research arm. CPWR has focused on construction safety and health research since 1990. The Quarterly Data Reports \u2013 a series of publications analyzing construction-related data, is part of our ongoing surveillance project funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).CPWR is the research and training arm of NABTU. Production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.Quarter2-QDR-2019.pdf2019cooperative agreement OH 009762662