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).