Article describing how to identify and address Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in witnesses of a traumatic construction accident....
Article describing an education program teaching workers how to identify ergonomic hazards by their bodily symptoms....
1997 article about a rare worker’s compensation award for Parkinson’s disease for a welder exposed to manganese....
Article highlighting how cheap portable Local Exhaust Ventilation units can reduce exposure to welding fumes....
Back injuries are common and expensive, but often avoidable with proper lifting techniques....
Study showing that health care benefits for construction workers dropped immediately after repeal of state prevailing wage laws....
University of Utah researchers find that states having strong prevailing wage laws reported 16% fewer injuries and illnesses than states having no law...
After an Ironworker fell to his death OSHA, the contractor and the union agreed to a reduced penalty combined with an improved safety program....
David Weil reports that many of the nation's largest construction contractors had not been inspected in recently by OSHA....
Although manufactured insulation fibers are sold as a safe alternative to asbestos, some studies suggest a possible cancer risk....