OSHA has identified four categories of hazards that account for more than 50% of all construction fatalities:
Falls-(36.5%)
Struck by object-84 (10.1%)
Electrocutions-71 (8.6%)
Caught-in/between-21 (2.5%)
The assignment is to write a research paper involving one of these four construction hazard categories. You may narrow your topic down to a more specific type of accident within the major category. For example, under falls, you could focus your research on falls from ladders. When writing the paper, consider the following questions:
1. What are the common causative factors?
2. What does data indicate?
3. What are the effective proven corrective measures?
Remember that a significant aspect of any research paper is the summary analysis by the writer of that research (in this case, you).