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These data do not require workers' compensation as the payer in order to be classified as work\u2010related.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on NEISS\u2010Work estimates, a total of 555,700 (95% confidence interval (CI): 390,700\u2013720,800) non\u2010fatal work\u2010related injuries among workers in the construction industry were the result of a fall, resulting in an annual rate of 70 (95% CI: 49\u201391) per 10,000 full\u2010time equivalents. Younger workers had higher rates of falls, whereas older workers were more likely to suffer serious injuries. The majority of the injuries (70%) were precipitated by falls to a lower level from roofs, ladders, and scaffolding.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The patterns of fall\u2010related injuries identified in these data are consistent with other reports. In contrast to the declining rates of falls requiring days away from work reported through the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, construction industry fall\u2010related injury rates estimated through NEISS\u2010Work remained unchanged from 1998 to 2005 providing another perspective on this serious cause of morbidity in the construction industry. Am. J. Ind. Med. 54:128\u2013135, 2011. 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