REDUCING RISK: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY The Owners Role in Construction Safety: The Compelling Economic Realities Beyond the Moral Obligation

Facts & Figures

•Everyday 1300+ construction workers are injured or become ill—three don’t go home at all •Construction employs seven percent of the workforce, yet accounts for twenty percent of all job-related fatalities •Seventy–five percent of the fatalities are laborers most of whom perish in trenches •Ninety percent of all construction companies employ less than twenty workers •Thirty-three percent of all construction fatalities involve falls; twenty-six percent involve transportation incidents

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