Work-related deaths in construction painting.

Risk factors for injury among construction workers at Denver International Airport

“…With respect to company size, our findings confirm several others showing that fatal and nonfatal injuries among construction workers are more likely among employees of small or mid-sized firms [Suruda, 1992;Buskin and Paulozzi, 1987;Hinze and Raboud, 1988;Salminen et al, 1993]. These findings conflict with national injury estimates [BLS, 1994], which indicate that employees of very small construction companies (Ͻ20 employees) experience injury rates as low as those of employees of large companies (500ϩ employees).…”

Construction Equipment and Motor Vehicle Related Injuries on Construction Sites in Turkey

“…The analyses of occupational fatalities in construction have focused on general causes [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] , specific external causes, for example machinery 13) , trench cave-ins 14) , hand tools 15) , falls [16][17][18] , electrocutions 19,20) and specific occupations, such as labourers 21,22) , painters 23) and only focused on pedestrian fatalities 24) . Although occupational injuries caused by motor vehicles have been researched including cost of casualties 25) and focused on roadway construction work zones 26) , detailed research in construction industry are few 27) .…”

Lacunae

“…26 Also, OSHA investigations tend to be concentrated in the construction and manufacturing industries. 32 …”