OHSA Hazards 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 to four pages in length, not including the title page or reference page.