Table 3.
Case characteristics by height of fall.
| Characteristics | Height of Fall
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 6 Feet Percent | 6–15 Feet Percent | 16–30 Feet Percent | More than 30 Feet Percent | Total Falls1 (Number) % | |
| Total | (7) 2.2% | (74) 23.4% | (128) 40.5% | (107) 33.9% | (316) 100% |
| Type of Fall | |||||
| Fall through floor opening/surface | 0.0% | 21.7% | 43.5% | 34.8% | (23) 100% |
| Fall through roof surface, existing opening, or skylight | 0.0% | 7.5% | 67.9% | 24.5% | (53) 100% |
| Fall from roof edge | 0.0% | 22.9% | 52.1% | 25.0% | (48) 100% |
| Fall from scaffold, staging, building girders, or other structural steel | 2.2% | 22.5% | 24.7% | 50.6% | (89) 100% |
| Fall from ladder | 7.7% | 41.0% | 46.2% | 5.1% | (39) 100% |
| Fall to lower level, n.e.c. | 3.1% | 28.1% | 26.6% | 42.2% | (64) 100% |
| Location | |||||
| Nonresidential construction site | 3.8% | 16.8% | 42.7% | 36.6% | (131) 100% |
| Residential construction site | 2.0% | 48.0% | 40.0% | 10.0% | (50) 100% |
| Industrial places & premises | 0.0% | 20.0% | 45.7% | 34.3% | (35) 100% |
| Residential home | 0.0% | 26.5% | 61.8% | 11.8% | (34) 100% |
| Public building | 3.6% | 32.1% | 21.4% | 42.9% | (28) 100% |
| Other, n.e.c. | 0.0% | 7.9% | 23.7% | 68.4% | (38) 100% |
1
Height of fall is missing for 9 of 325 cases.