Table 4.
Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) status, selected characteristics.
| Characteristics | PFAS Status
|
Total Falls (Number) % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present, in Use Percent | Present, not in Use Percent | Not Present Percent | Unknown Percent | ||
| Total | (18) 5.5% | (75) 23.1% | (176) 54.2% | (56) 17.2% | (325) 100% |
| Age | |||||
| Less than 25 years | 8.9% | 22.2% | 53.3% | 15.6% | (45) 100% |
| 25–44 years | 4.1% | 26.0% | 52.1% | 17.8% | (169) 100% |
| 45–64 years | 4.6% | 21.6% | 58.0% | 15.9% | (88) 100% |
| 65+ years | 0.0% | 6.7% | 66.7% | 26.7% | (15) 100% |
| Not reported | 37.5% | 12.5% | 37.5% | 12.5% | (8) 100% |
| Employment Status | |||||
| Wage-and-salary | 6.5% | 24.8% | 52.5% | 16.2% | (278) 100% |
| Self-employed | 0.0% | 3.2% | 67.7% | 29.0% | (31) 100% |
| Other | 0.0% | 31.3% | 56.3% | 12.5% | (16) 100% |
| Occupation | |||||
| Construction laborers, helpers | 1.7% | 13.3% | 70.0% | 15.0% | (60) 100% |
| Structural metal workers | 11.9% | 54.8% | 26.2% | 7.1% | (42) 100% |
| Supervisors, construction | 0.0% | 25.0% | 55.0% | 20.0% | (40) 100% |
| Carpenters | 2.9% | 8.8% | 55.9% | 32.4% | (34) 100% |
| Roofers | 3.2% | 12.9% | 71.0% | 12.9% | (31) 100% |
| Other, n.e.c. | 8.5% | 22.9% | 50.9% | 17.8% | (118) 100% |
| Job Tenure | |||||
| Up to 1 week | 8.3% | 16.7% | 52.8% | 22.2% | (36) 100% |
| > 1 week to 2 months | 2.4% | 26.2% | 59.5% | 11.9% | (42) 100% |
| >2 months to 6 months | 0.0% | 24.2% | 45.5% | 30.3% | (33) 100% |
| >6 months to 2 years | 10.6% | 25.5% | 46.8% | 17.0% | (47) 100% |
| >2 years to 5 years | 11.1% | 25.0% | 61.1% | 2.8% | (36) 100% |
| >5 years | 0.0% | 20.3% | 56.5% | 23.2% | (69) 100% |
| Unknown/Not reported | 8.1% | 24.2% | 54.8% | 12.9% | (62) 100% |
| Industry | |||||
| General Building Contractors – Residential | 0.0% | 3.1% | 68.8% | 28.1% | (32) 100% |
| General Building Contractors – Nonresidential | 2.9% | 25.7% | 51.4% | 20.0% | (35) 100% |
| Roofing, Siding, & Sheet Metal Work | 3.5% | 12.1% | 70.7% | 13.8% | (58) 100% |
| Structural Steel Erection | 13.2% | 44.7% | 36.8% | 5.3% | (38) 100% |
| Special Trade Contractors, n.e.c. | 3.4% | 26.3% | 47.5% | 22.9% | (118) 100% |
| Other, n.e.c. | 13.6% | 22.7% | 56.8% | 6.8% | (44) 100% |
| Employer Size | |||||
| Up to 20 employees | 2.9% | 18.6% | 58.7% | 19.8% | (172) 100% |
| 21 to 200 employees | 6.0% | 27.7% | 47.0% | 19.3% | (83) 100% |
| More than 200 employees | 9.1% | 39.4% | 51.5% | 0.0% | (33) 100% |
| Unknown/Not reported | 13.5% | 18.9% | 51.4% | 16.2% | (37) 100% |