tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30702648.post449919480464906575..comments2008-11-10T06:32:29.637-08:00Steve Hudgikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326996888775670753noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30702648.post-13481766312560781262007-06-04T14:03:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:03:00.000-07:00The CDC reports:<BR/><BR/>Construction is a high hazard occupation. During the period from 1980 through 1995, at least 17,000 construction workers died from injuries suffered on the job. Construction lost more workers to traumatic injury death than any other major industrial sector during this time period. Construction has the third highest rate of death by injury: 15.2 deaths per 100,000 workers. Only mining and agriculture experience higher rates. The leading causes of death among construction workers are falls from elevations, motor vehicle crashes, electrocution, machines, and struck by falling objects.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/traumaconstructface.html" REL="nofollow">Fatality Investigation Reports</A> (conducted under the FACE Program)<BR/>Since the inception of the FACE program in 1982, hundreds of fatal incidents involving construction workers have been investigated by NIOSH and State investigators. This link provides a list of those cases which in turn links to the full-text reports on the FACEWeb.Steve Hudgikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326996888775670753noreply@blogger.com