Columbia Southern Ladder Safety Construction Hazard Categories Research

Unit VII Research Paper

OSHA has identified four categories of hazards that account for more than 50% of all construction fatalities:

Falls (36.5%)

Struck by object (10.1%)

Electrocutions (8.6%)

Caught-in/between (2.5%)

The assignment is to write a research paper involving one of these four construction hazard categories. You may narrow

your topic down to a more specific type of accident within the major category. For example, under falls, you could focus your

research on falls from ladders. When writing the paper, consider the following questions:

1. What are the common causative factors?

2. What does data indicate?

3. What are the effective proven corrective measures?

The submission must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page or reference page. A minimum of

three scholarly reference sources must be used from the CSU/Waldorf Online Library. Scholarly sources include:

peer-reviewed journal articles (Click here to access a webinar outlining peer-reviewed articles.)

safety reference books and textbooks, and

other publications by safety professionals and organizations (print or online).

Note that wikipedia.com, answers.com, ask.com, about.com, and similar broad-based Internet sites are not considered

scholarly sources. Use government and professional safety-related sources, such as osha.gov, niosh.gov, asse.org,

nsc.org, and nfpa.org. Contact your professor if you have any questions about the validity of a reference source.

APA format is required. Be sure to use in-text citations for direct quotes and paraphrased information.

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