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Working in an Enclosed Cab

This CPWR Hazard Alert on Working in enclosed cabs provides information on protecting workers from silica dust, how to minimize exposures and the dang...

Toolbox Talk: Prevent Exposure: Silica Dust in Enclosed Cabs

The CPWR Toolbox Talk on Preventing Exposure to Silica Dust in Enclosed Cabs addresses the risks associated with breathing in silica dust and silicosi...

CPWR COVID-19 Resources

In response to questions from the construction industry, CPWR and NABTU have developed standards for preventing exposure to COVID-19 on job sites and...

Safety Culture and Safety Climate: An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Skin Cancer

This CPWR Hazard Alert on Skin Cancer describes the hazards of working in ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun, how to protect yourself, and the si...

Health and Safety Hazards in Construction: Recognition, Control and Free Resources from CPWR

This presentation highlights the health and safety hazards in construction related to recognition and control, and offers access to free materials in...

NIOSH Mining Program Resources

The NIOSH Mining Program works to eliminate mining fatalities, injuries, and illnesses through research and impactful solutions. This collection of re...

Lessons Learned from Refuge Alternative Research by NIOSH

This article produced by NIOSH and published in Coal Age addresses three tragedies in 2006 that drew attention to the safety of miners, hazard detecti...

Asthma Mortality Among Persons Aged 15–64 Years, by Industry and Occupation — United States, 1999–2016

CDC study of occupational respiratory health analyzes rates of worker deaths from asthma by industry and concludes that improved monitoring and survei...

New York FACE Brochure

A brochure describing NY Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (NY FACE), a NYS Department of Health workplace health and safety program. NY FACE...