U.S. ELEVATOR, ESCALATOR DATA STUDY AVAILABLE

CPWR — The Center for Construction Research and Training recently released Deaths and Injuries Involving Elevators or Escalators in Construction and the General Population. The free study displays statistics dating back to 2003 and illustrates them in 24 graphics that elucidate trends. Running 26 pages, it provides updated figures on elevator- and escalator-related fatal and nonfatal injuries using the most recent data and information available from such sources as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program.