Falls are the top cause of construction fatalities and account for one-third of on-the-job injury deaths in the industry, with a disproportionate number of incidents occurring in the residential sector. Each year in the U.S. construction industry, over 10,000 workers are seriously injured by falls and approximately one worker dies every day from a fall to a lower level.
 
The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction (Falls Campaign) was founded in 2012 by the National Occupational Research Agenda Construction Sector Council (NORA), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to raise awareness of the danger of falls in construction and to prevent fall injuries and fatalities.
 
The goal of the Falls Campaign is to prevent fatal falls from roofs, ladders, and scaffolds by encouraging all employers, and especially residential construction contractors, to:

 
Contractors, workers, safety associations, labor unions — and all industry stakeholders — can help prevent falls and save lives by joining the Falls Campaign. Read the How-To Guide for Partners Joining the Falls Campaign (English) for information on developing your own Safety Pays, Falls Cost campaign in your community.
 
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