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14. For the older age groups, not wearing PPE was a more frequent factor than
wearing PPE improperly. Whereas wearing PPE improperly was more frequent
for the younger age groups.
15. A lack of worksite instruction is the most common factor in fatal falls in
construction
and non-construction sectors.
16. About half of construction fatalities involved workers who had falls training.
17. Of these 32 construction* related fatalities of workers who had falls training, the
most
common factors were wearing PPE improperly, lack of worksite instruction,
and not wearing PPE.
18. Small businesses featured a larger proportion of the following factors: pushed or
struck
by object, unsafe scaffold, unsafe ladder, unsafe behavior/misjudgment,
lack of falls training and not wearing PPE.
19. Roofing contractors and residential building construction were the NAICS (5
digit)
with the most number of fatalities and had large than average instances of
lack of worksite instruction and wearing PPE improperly.
*Note: 2-digit NAICS was used to define Construction sectors.
