Summary Statement
A broad collection of tables and charts covering health and safety in the U.S. construction industry, as well as considerable economic and training data.
2007
Abbreviations
| ABLES | Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance |
| ACD | Allergic contact dermatitis |
| ACS | American Community Survey |
| AIMS | Apprenticeship Information Management System |
| ATUS | American Time Use Survey |
| BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BED | Business Employment Dynamics |
| BLL | Blood lead level |
BLS |
Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CBP | County Business Patterns |
| CES | Current Employment Statistics |
| CFOI | Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| CHAMPVA | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPS | Current Population Survey |
| CSEC | Construction Sector of the Economic Census |
| dBA | Decibels; A-weighted |
| DOL | U.S. Department of Labor |
| EBRI | Employee Benefits Research Institute |
| EBSA | Employee Benefits Security Administration |
| EC | Economic Census |
| ECI | Employment Cost Index |
GC |
General
contractor |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HPD | Hearing protection device |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
IRS |
Internal
Revenue Service |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| JOLTS | Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey |
| MEPS | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
µg/dL |
Micrograms
per deciliter |
| MSD | Musculoskeletal disorder |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
| NCS | National Compensation Survey |
| NDI | National Death Index |
| NEC | Not elsewhere classified |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHIS | National Health Interview Survey |
NIOSH |
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NORMS | National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System |
| OES | Occupational Employment Statistics |
OSHA |
U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OTI | OSHA Training Institute |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PFT | Pulmonary Function Test |
| PMR | Proportionate mortality ratio |
| SBO | Survey of Business Owners |
SIC |
Standard
Industrial Classification |
SOC |
Standard
Occupational Classification |
| SOII | Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses |
| TLV | Threshold Limit Value |
| TWA | Time Weighted Average |
| VIP | Value of Construction Put in Place series |
| WMSD | Work-related musculoskeletal disorder |
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