| Publication Date |
1975 |
| Personal Author |
Prather, K.; Crisera, R. A.; Fidell, S. |
| Page Count |
186 |
| Abstract |
This study investigated safety hazards in the roofing construction industry and examined behavioral and psychological variables potentially related to high accident occurrence. In particular, 123 volunteer roofers (60 with low and 63 with high accident records) were interviewed and tested for variables that might account for differences in their individual accident histories. Roofers were selected because of their high lost time accident frequency rate. This rate is approximately 70 accidents per million man-hours, excluding industry occupations such as sheet metal workers, truck drivers, carpenters, etc. Roofing has one of the highest lost time frequency rates of any large occupational group in the U.S. including coal miners. |
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| NTIS Subject Category |
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| Corporate Authors |
Barry (Theodore) and Associates, Los Angeles, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. |
| Supplemental Notes |
Prepared in cooperation with Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Canoga Park, CA. |
| Document Type |
Technical Report |
| NTIS Issue Number |
198313 |
| Contract Number |
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