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Safety hazards to workers in modular home construction.

Authors
Becker PE; Fullen MD; Takacs B
Source
Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 2003 Jul; :1-12
Link
https://www.cpwr.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/becker_modhomes.pdf
NIOSHTIC No.
20039989
Abstract
While conducting fall protection training, staff of the Safety and Health Extension, West Virginia University, learned of hazards that are unique to modular home construction and investigated them as part of a pilot study. The literature shows that not much research has been done on the modular home industry and that what has been done focuses on manufacturing, rather than installation. This report, based on observation, interviews, and a questionnaire, lists the hazards faced by workers that appear to be specific to modular home installation, recommends ways to improve worker safety, and suggests areas for future research. In 2000, modular and mobile home manufacturing industries experienced 13 deaths from injuries, and residential building contractors, which include modular home installation companies, experienced 97 such deaths, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (In 2000, there were just under 1,200 deaths from injuries in construction.) In the most recent published report covering modular and mobile homes - manufacturing and installation, combined - the two were among the top 10 high-risk industries, as measured by BLS annual surveys of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Keywords
Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Construction-materials; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Work-environment; Work-practices; Worker-health; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Health-surveys; Questionnaires; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Occupational-hazards; Health-hazards; Job-analysis; Workplace-monitoring; Workplace-studies; Task-performance; Prefabricated-metal-buildings
Contact
Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO: CPWR, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910
Publication Date
20030701
Document Type
Other
Funding Type
Cooperative Agreement; Construction
Fiscal Year
2003
Identifying No.
Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-317202
Priority Area
Construction
Source Name
Safety Hazards to Workers in Modular Home Construction
State
MD; WV
Performing Organization
The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division