Rates of and circumstances surrounding work-related falls from height among union drywall carpenters in Washington State, 1989–2008

Workers’ compensation claims for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989–2008

“…Even though their risk differential is modest, based on the numbers of workers in the group, they carry a significant public health burden for these problems. Their physical exposures associated with carrying, lifting, and holding drywall, as well as fall hazards posed by work at height and postural instability, are well‐documented [Chiou et al, , ; Pan et al, ; Pan and Chiou, ; Lipscomb et al, ; CPWR, 2013; Schoenfisch et al, , ,; Dasgupta et al, ]. Given the very fast‐paced nature of this type of work, it seems likely that production pressures make a contribution to their injury experiences as well.…”

An Association Rule Mining Model for the Assessment of the Correlations Between the Attributes of Severe Accidents

“…Fall-related equipment, which includes mast climbing work platforms (Wimer et al, 2017) and scaffolds (Rubio-Romero et al, 2012), were also evaluated in terms of their stability. Fall accidents of drywall installers were also studied to identify their characteristics (Schoenfisch et al, 2014).…”

Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on carpenters’ work‐related injury rates, Washington State 2000–2008

“…A protective, significant effect of training was observed among carpenters whose predominant type of work was drywall installation. Drywall installers have high rates of work‐related injury compared to workers in other construction trades, including in this cohort of union carpenters [Lipscomb et al, , ,, 2015b,c; Schoenfisch et al, , ,], perhaps allowing more of an effect of OSHA Outreach Training to be observed. Also, it is possible that carpenters who receive OSHA Outreach Training are more likely to work for safer contractors; this pattern may be particularly true for carpenters in the drywall trade.…”