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Description : |
NIOSH,
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, since 1982
has investigated hundreds of work-related deaths and produces FACE
reports (Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation) with recommendations
to better protect workers. More than 400 of the reports about construction
have been combined on the NIOSH web site. Topics include falls, electrocutions,
confined spaces (carbon monoxide and other toxic fumes), excavation
and trench collapses, scaffolds, ladders, decapitation, crushing,
and struck by and involve such work as apprentice, boilermaker, carpenter,
cement finisher, drill operator, electrician, elevator mechanic, estimator,
flagger, glazier, handyman, heavy equipment operator, highway worker,
inspector, insulator, ironworker, laborer, mason, owner, painter,
pipefitter, plumber, roofer, sheet metal helper, tile setter, and
welder. |
