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Roadway Safety: Struck or Crushed

A handout describing dangers of working in a highway workzone, focusing on struck-by incidents and steps to take to improve safety. Part of a collecti...

Roadway Safety: Flagger Safety

A handout describing steps that flaggers should take to protect themselves, including wearing PPE, and understanding the hazards. Part of a collection...

Diesel Exhaust

Practical advice on how to reduce exposure to diesel emissions in construction, including information on sources and components of exhaust, health eff...

Preventing Injuries When Working with Hydraulic Excavators and Backhoe Loaders

Case studies of workers killed when hit by excavators or loaders and controls that should be instituted to avoid injuries and deaths in these situatio...

A Checklist for Evaluating Cab Design of Construction Equipment

A checklist to use to evaluate the ergonomics of a cab design, including a case study....

NIOSH: Asphalt Fumes Topic Page

A page on the NIOSH website focuses on asphalt fume hazards, listing research documents that cover hazards to roofers, issues during the application o...

OSHA's "$AFETY PAYS" Program

This is a free, interactive software program from OSHA intended to help employers estimate the direct and indirect costs of an injury or illness and c...

ENR Article, Public and Private Training Yields Fewer Mistakes Behind the Wheel

An article in ENR magazine describes a Minnesota state training program to improve construction truck safety and operations, known as Construction Tru...

Excessive Exposure to Silica in the US Construction Industry

Exposures to respirable dust and silica were investigated among 36 construction sites in the USA. This study indicated that silica exposures are gross...

Health and Safety Executive Short Videos on Construction Hazards

Link to a series of videos concerning near-misses and work-related hazards in construction and other industries. The quick-loading one-minute videos...