Fatal Injuries in the United States Construction Industry Involving Cranes 1984-1994
| Autor: | Anthony Suruda, Dean R. Lillquist, Diane Liu, Marlene J. Egger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Injury control Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Poison control Suicide prevention people.cause_of_death United States Occupational safety and health Electric Injuries Occupational medicine Electrocution Construction industry Cause of Death Facility Design and Construction Environmental health Injury prevention medicine Accidents Occupational Humans Industry Business Mortality people Occupational Health |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 41:1052-1058 |
| ISSN: | 1076-2752 |
| Popis: | There is little published information concerning the epidemiology of injuries in the construction industry involving cranes other than for electrical injury from power line contact. For the 11-year period of 1984 through 1994, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated 502 deaths in 479 incidents involving cranes in the construction industry. Electrocution was the largest category, with 198 deaths (39%) reported. Other major categories were assembly/dismantling (58 deaths, 12%), boom buckling (41 deaths, 8%), crane upset/overturn (37 deaths, 7%), and rigging failure (36 deaths, 7%). The majority of the deaths during assembly/dismantling involved removal of the boom pins from lattice boom cranes. Only 34% of the construction firms employing the fatally injured workers had ever been inspected by OSHA. OSHA cited the employer for safety violations in 436 deaths (83%). Additional worker training, increased OSHA inspections, and crane inspection programs could prevent many crane-related deaths. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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