The construction
industry is one of the most hazardous business sectors in the
United States: A whopping 1 out of 10 construction workers is
injured every year. What poses the greatest risk? Fall hazards.
In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
reports that falls are the single leading cause of accidents and
fatalities in the construction industry. Here are some sobering
fall facts and figures:
• According
to a 2005 report by NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health), the construction industry suffered 1,224 fatal
work injuries in 2004—the most job-related fatalities of
any industry sector.
• Fatal job-related
injuries involving falls in 2004 represented the highest annual
total of fall fatalities ever reported in the U.S. Department
of Labor’s Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This increase
was led by a 39 percent rise in the number of workers who were
fatally injured after a fall from a roof, and 88 percent of the
fatal falls from roofs involved construction workers.
• Spurred by
rising incidents of job-related falls, many states are getting
tougher on construction employers, insisting that companies provide
protection for employees exposed to fall hazards. In one of these
states, Michigan, only about 4 percent of the workforce is employed
in construction—but construction fatalities account for
more than 40 percent of fatal workplace accidents!
When a worker
is seriously injured, or worse, your company not only loses a
good employee—its risks losing its reputation and gaining
higher insurance premiums. Protecting personnel at your construction
site is the best thing to do for your people and your pocketbook.
That’s where InCord comes in. We have the materials and
know-how it takes to make strong, reliable safety nets for all
types of construction operations—from houses to high-rises.
We use cutting-edge materials that are cut to order and finished
to your exact specifications. Click
here to see the state-of-the-art safety netting solutions
InCord offers for the construction industry:
