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Filtering by: Committee Member David, Sillars N. Date issued sim 2013-07-01 Commencement Year 2014

Direction, method, and model for implementing design for construction worker safety in the US

Creator:

Tymvios, Nicholas

Abstract:

The construction industry employs about 7% of the total US workforce, and yet it accounts for 15.7% of all occupational fatalities. Specifically in 2011, there were 721 deaths in construction, second only to transportation with 733. The cause of a large number of these construction deaths can be attributed to...

Resource Type:

Dissertation