{"id":936,"date":"2019-05-09T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/?p=936"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:23:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T11:23:38","slug":"the-fatal-four-construction-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2023-EdwardLeeLaw\/the-fatal-four-construction-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fatal Four Construction Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Common Causes of Death on Construction Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n
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According to statistics collected by OSHA and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost two-thirds of all fatalities on American construction sites are caused by four specific types of accidents. Known in the industry as the \u201cfatal four,\u201d these include falls from heights, electrocutions, \u201ccaught-between<\/a>\u201d accidents and being hit by falling or flying objects<\/a>. Falls from heights<\/a> alone account for more than a third of all construction-related deaths (36%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OSHA study, completed in 2015, documented 874 fatalities across the United States arising out of construction site mishaps. 349 of those deaths involved workers who fell off roofs, upper levels of construction projects or construction equipment, including ladders, scaffolding, cranes, buckets and cherry pickers. The study found that the most common citations issued to owners, general contractors and others involved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n