Related Research

Falls Campaign Sites

Surveillance

Data Dashboard: Falls, Slips, and Trips (2022) – CPWR
Data Bulletin: Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in the Construction Industry (2022) – CPWR
Data Bulletin: OSHA Inspections and Citations for Fall Protection in Construction and the Impact of COVID-19 (2021) – CPWR
Data Bulletin: Fatal Injury Trends in the Construction Industry (2021) – CPWR
Bulletin: New Trends of Fatal Falls in the Construction Industry (2020) – CPWR
Fatal Work-Related Falls in the United States, 2003-2015 (2018) – Christina M. Socias-Morales, Cammie K. Chaumont Menéndez, Suzanne M. Marsh
Sixth Edition of the CPWR Chartbook (2018) – CPWR
MMWR Occupational Ladder Fall Injuries — United States, 2011 (2014) – Christina M. Socias, Cammie K. Chaumont Menéndez, James W. Collins, Peter Simeonov
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: Leading Causes of Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Construction (2013) – CPWR
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries From Falls in Construction (2013) – CPWR
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: OSHA’s Enforcement of Construction Safety and Health Regulations (2013) – CPWR
Fatal falls from roofs among U.S. construction workers (2013) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Sang D Choi, James G Borchardt, Xuanwen Wang, Julie A Largay
Analysis of Construction-related Falls Treated in ERs (2012) – Kirill S. Shishlov, Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Douglas J. Myers, ScD, and Hester J. Lipscom
Fatal falls among older construction workers (2012) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Xuanwen Wang, Christina Daw
Non-Fatal Construction Industry Fall-Related Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments, 1998-2005 (2011) – Kirill S Shishlov, Ashley L Schoenfisch, Douglas J Myers, Hester J Lipscomb
Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among Hispanic Construction Workers, 1992-2008 (2010) – CPWR
Fatal falls among Hispanic construction workers (2009) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Alissa Fujimoto, Knut Ringen, Yurong Men
Falls in residential carpentry and drywall installation: findings from active injury surveillance with union carpenters (2003) – Hester J Lipscomb, John M Dement, James Nolan, Dennis Patterson, Leiming Li, Wilfred Cameron

Latinx & Immigrant Workers

Work Ethic and Cognitive Models of Work: Contractors and Workers Perspectives on Elevated Injury and Fatality among Latino Workers in Small Scale Residential Construction (2021) – Montgomery, Marín, Nuñez-Reyes Mills, Merten, Nolasco & Grzywacz
Family members’ perspective regarding safety behaviors and responsibility of Latino construction workers (2021) – Merten, Grzywacz, Montgomery, Mills, Nuñez-Reyes, Marín, Nolasco
Elevated Injury among Latino Workers in Small-Scale Residential Construction: Contractor and Worker Perspectives (2021) – Grzywacz, Montgomery, Marín, Nuñez-Reyes, Mills, Merten
Promoting adoption of fall prevention measures among Latino workers and residential contractors: formative research findings (2015) – Suzanne Teran, Hillary Blecker, Kelsie Scruggs, Javier García Hernández, Barbara Rahke
Overlapping vulnerabilities: the occupational safety and health of young immigrant workers in small construction firms (2015) – NIOSH, ASSE
A qualitative investigation of Hispanic construction worker perspectives on factors impacting worksite safety and risk (2010) – Roelofs, Sprague-Martinez, Brunette, & Azaroff

Underlying Causes

PPE non-compliance among construction workers: An assessment of contributing factors utilizing fuzzy theory (2023) – Jalil Al-Bayati, Rener, Listello & Mohamed
Underlying Causes of Falls from Heights (2022) – Barlet, Greenberg, & Bunting
Fifteen year of American construction occupational safety and health research (2020) – Clayton Sinai and Sang Choi
The Role of Age on the Cause, Type, Nature and Cost of Construction Injuries (2011) – John Rosecrance, Lesley Butler, Natalie Schwatka
Researchers Find A Disconnect Between Safety Perceptions and Reality (2010) – CPWR

Best Practices

Foremen’s intervention to prevent falls and increase safety communication at residential construction sites (2016) – Vicki Kaskutas, Skye Buckner-Petty, Ann Marie Dale, John Gaal, Bradley A Evanoff
Structural Efficacy of Residential Structures for Fall Protection Systems (2015) — Jeremy Bethancourt and Mark Cannon
Fall prevention and safety communication training for foremen: report of a pilot project designed to improve residential construction safety (2013) – Vicki Kaskutas, Ann Marie Dale, Hester Lipscomb, Bradley A Evanoff
Outcomes of a Revised Apprentice Carpenter Fall Prevention Training Curriculum (2012) – Vicki Kaskutas and Barry Stelzer
Development of Design Interventions for Preventing Falls from Fixed Ladders (2008) – Thomas J. Armstrong, James Ashton-Miller, Charles Woolley, Janet Kemp, Justin Young, Hogene Kim

Additional Studies & Data

Fatal falls and PFAS use in the construction industry: Findings from the NIOSH FACE reports (2017) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Julie A. Largay, Sang D. Choi, Xuanwen Wang, Chris Trahan Cain, Nancy Romano
A National Safety Stand-Down to Reduce Construction Worker Falls (2017) – Jessica Bunting, Christine Branche, Chris Trahan Cain, Linda Goldenhar,
Residential Fall Protection Case Study: Habitat for Humanity St. Louis (2013) – Vicki Kaskutas, Kyle Hunsberger
Fall hazard control observed on residential construction sites (2009) – Vicki Kaskutas, Ann Marie Dale, James Nolan, Dennis Patterson, Hester J Lipscomb, Bradley Evanoff

The NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program studies fatal workplace injuries and prepares reports with recommendations to prevent similar deaths. CPWR maintains a Construction FACE Database of reports on construction worker deaths. In addition, Stop Construction Falls collects FACE reports that describe falls-related deaths.