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ertain places draw us in construction, Cawley and Homce the comment, ‘‘During the first ten
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in by their natural beau- showed in their 2006 IEEE report that years of the second millennium . . .’’
ty, such as the Grand construction accounted for 47% of all Descriptions of world events might
Canyon, the Galapagos fatalities associated with electrical follow. Leaders committed to exe-
Islands, or Victoria Falls. contact across all cution of the assem-
Other sites are remarkable for their industries between blies might be
human construction, including the 1992 and 2002. Be- introduced.
Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, cause of how the
THE U.S. Then the com-
or the Great Wall of China. The crea- U.S. Bureau of La- NATIONAL mentary might detail
tivity and collaboration embedded in bor Statistics col- highlights. The text
these wonders are marvelous. lects its data, this INSTITUTE FOR could read, ‘‘No one
Of course, we appreciate that great percentage did not was injured, made
accomplishment may come at a signif- include the experi- OCCUPATIONAL ill, or killed during
icant cost. Henry Petroski, professor ence of self-employed construction.’’
of civil engineering at Duke Univer- owner operators or SAFETY AND Just as we cele-
sity, has addressed this awareness, public employees brate the vision and
HEALTH IS
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIAS.2009.933396