Worker Safety in the Construction Industry: The Crane and Derrick Standard

Levine, Linda

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Labor;    Workers';    compensation;    Occupational health and safety;    Industrial accidents;   

RP-ID  :  RL34658
RP-ID  :  RL34658_2008Sep09

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report first examines the incidence of fatal and nonfatal on-the-job injuries in the private sector. It next analyzes the causes of fatalities in the construction industry and the involvement of cranes in those deaths. The report then addresses the status of a proposed rule to update the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) crane and derrick standard. It closes with an overview of jurisdictions having safety regulations for cranes more stringent, in whole or part, than the existing federal standard.