Analysis of U.S. Construction “Fatal Four” Fatalities investigated by OSHA in 2019

9 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Abstract

Due to the dangerous nature of construction work, thousands of U.S. construction workers are injured and hundreds are killed on American worksites each year. In 2019, the U.S. construction industry accounted for one thousand and sixty-one (1,061) work-related fatalities, which amounts to a five percent (5%) increase from the previous year and the largest total number of annual worker deaths since 2007. This research study examined the Occupational Safety & Heath Administration (OSHA) construction fatality investigation findings during 2019 and organized these data points into four (4) major fatality-type categories and forty-nine (49) detailed types of events to identify potential trends for these fatal incidents.

Keyphrases: accidents, construction safety, fatal four, osha

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 29-37.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/fnpx
	https://doi.org/10.29007/6ndf

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Analysis_U.S._Construction_“Fatal,
  author    = {James Jenkins},
  title     = {Analysis of U.S. Construction “Fatal Four” Fatalities investigated by OSHA in 2019},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/fnpx},
  doi       = {10.29007/6ndf},
  pages     = {29-37},
  year      = {2022}}

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