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Chevron's Dropped Object Prevention Program

This 2010 program called DROPS was established by Chevron to prevent injuries to workers and damage to offshore oil rigs from objects dropped from ele...

Health and Safety Aspects of the Construction Industry

This was a presentation in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Anna Baetjer Course on Occupational Health. It was provided by Bruce...

Keeping Workers Safe During Hurricane Sandy Cleanup and Recovery

This OSHA Factsheet from November 2012 reviews the potential hazards posed to workers cleaning up the damage from Hurricane Sandy and recommends prote...

Focus Four Toolbox Talks, Module 3 – Caught-in/between, Talk #1 – Cave-ins

A toolbox talk on preventing cave-ins. Includes questions to ask, an incident to discuss with images, and a place to record questions the trainer woul...

Focus Four Toolbox Talks, Module 3 – Caught-in/between, Talk #2 – Trenches & Heavy Equipment

A toolbox talk on preventing incidents involving trenches such as trench collapse. Includes questions to ask, an incident to discuss with images, and...

Focus Four Toolbox Talks, Module 2 – Struck-by, Talk #2 – Struck by falling objects

A toolbox talk on preventing being struck by falling objects. Includes questions to ask, an incident to discuss with images, and a place to record que...

Construction Research at NIOSH: Reviews of the Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Executive Summary

A review of NIOSH construction research programs between 1996 and 2005 and related recommendations....

Injuries Are Not Accidents: Construction Will Be Safe When It's Designed to Be Safe (Case Study 4 from Lessons Learned - Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health

Case study on hazardous conditions and actions that could be taken to prevent these conditions, including implementing an occupational safety and heal...

Oregon OSHA Films Trench Collapse

Oregon OSHA worker approaches a work site with unsafe trench work occurring. While he's telling the workers what the problem is, the trench begins col...

PESO: Hazard Identification

Brief description of how to identify a potential hazard before an accident happens. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access t...