Selected peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed research analyzing falls in construction are shared here.
Underlying Causes
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- 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) – Sinai and Choi
- The Role of Age on the Cause, Type, Nature and Cost of Construction Injuries (2011) – Rosecrance, Butler, Schwatka
- Researchers Find A Disconnect Between Safety Perceptions and Reality (2010) – CPWR
Latinx & Immigrant Workers
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- 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) – Teran, Blecker, Scruggs, García Hernández, 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
Best Practices
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- Foremen’s intervention to prevent falls and increase safety communication at residential construction sites (2016) – Kaskutas, Buckner-Petty, Dale, Gaal, Evanoff
- Structural Efficacy of Residential Structures for Fall Protection Systems (2015) — Bethancourt and Cannon
- Fall prevention and safety communication training for foremen: report of a pilot project designed to improve residential construction safety (2013) – Kaskutas, Dale, Lipscomb, Evanoff
- Outcomes of a Revised Apprentice Carpenter Fall Prevention Training Curriculum (2012) – Kaskutas and Stelzer
- Development of Design Interventions for Preventing Falls from Fixed Ladders (2008) – Armstrong, Ashton-Miller, Woolley, Kemp, Young, Kim
Additional Studies & Data
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- Research Shows Benefits of Reduced Aerial Ladder Rung Spacing (2023) – Simeonov & Austin
- Fatal falls and PFAS use in the construction industry: Findings from the NIOSH FACE reports (2017) -Dong, Largay, Choi, Wang, Trahan Cain, Romano
- A National Safety Stand-Down to Reduce Construction Worker Falls (2017) – Bunting, Branche, Trahan Cain, Goldenhar
- Residential Fall Protection Case Study: Habitat for Humanity St. Louis (2013) – Kaskutas, Hunsberger
- Fall hazard control observed on residential construction sites (2009) – Kaskutas, Dale, Nolan, Patterson, Lipscomb, Evanoff