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Manufactured Housing in Georgia
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- 50,000 Mobile homes built each year (15% of total nationwide)
- 20 manufactured home facilities
- Average cost per home: $28,800
- Provide over $2.7 billion to Georgia's economy
Source: GA Manufactured Housing Association-1996 |
Background
- Comprehensive industrial hygiene surveys conducted at ten Georgia manufactured home builders between 1990 and 2000 under the OSHA-funded Georgia Tech Safety and Health Consultation Program
- 125 to 300 employees at each facility surveyed
- Each facility operated one shift per day
- 10 to 12 single-wide homes typically manufactured each day
- OSHA or NIOSH sampling methods used to collect representative personal samples
- Sample analysis conducted by Wisconsin Occupational Health Lab, Madison, WI
- LWDI Rates ranged from 0 to 29.7
- One Facility had 1227 lost days in 1994
- Most common injuries: Musculoskeletal related, punctures from nail and staple guns, lacerations, contusions
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