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Making Decks Safer
Most of us don't lie awake at night worrying about our decks.
But we should.
The deck is the most dangerous part of the house, says Don Bender,
director of the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory at
Washington State University.
Decks cause more injuries and loss of life than any other part of
the home structure. Except for hurricanes and tornadoes, more
injuries may be connected to deck failures than all other wood
building components and loading cases combined.
Working with colleagues Frank Woeste and Joe Loferski at Virginia
Tech University and David Carradine at the Wood Materials and
Engineering Laboratory, Bender is developing design guidelines for
making residential decks safer.
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