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Fatalities - The OSHA
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@MISC{And_fatalities-,
author = {Occupational Safety And and Data Base and Data Base and Gerard F. Scannell and Assistant Secretary and Charles Culver and Glenn Florczak and Richard Castell and Constance Connolly and Gary Pelton},
title = {Fatalities - The OSHA},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This report presents the results of an analysis of the 3,496 construction fatalities investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and included in the Agency's Integrated Management Informat ion System data base for the period 1985 to 1989. The analysis considered the var iation of the number of fatalities over the 5-year period and the influence of factors such as geography and characteristics of th e workforce, e.g., industry group, age, and union affiliation on these fatality statistics . The analysis also examined the causes of fatalities and the factors influencin g accidents. Statistics from the OSHA data base are compared with construction fatality data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Nati onal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the National Safety Council. Keywords: accidents; construction; construction safety; fatalities. iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY number of construction workers lose their lives; many others are injured. Estimates of the number of fatalities range from several hundred to over 2,000 per year. More important than the total number of construction fatalities is information on the causes of these accidents. It is this type of information that can be used to develop programs to improve construction safety through the reduction of accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been investigating workplace accidents since its inception in 1970. This report includes documentation of the methodology used by OSHA to collect data on construction accidents. The results of an analysis of 3,496 construction fatalities investigated by OSHA and states operating OSHA approved state plans from 1985 to 1989 are presented. The analysis considered the influence of factors such as geography and character...
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construction fatality occupational safety construction safety health administration fatality statistic osha data base iii executive summary number national safety council state plan labor statistic workplace accident construction fatality data 5-year period var iation many others union affiliation nati onal institute total number industry group integrated management informat ion system th workforce construction accident construction worker
