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OSHA Residential Construction page

Describes OSHA standards that apply to residential construction. Also provides a variety of resources on safety and health programs, training and dire...

Colors Warn About Noise

Describes a program where colored stickers are placed on heavy equipment to indicate how loud the equipment is and whether hearing protection is neede...

Construction Safety: Choice or Chance

A 15-min. video produced by the Building and Construction Trades Department shows the four most common causes of deaths from injuries - falls from hei...

SARS: Preventive plans key to managing health risk in a construction environment in China

PETROCHINE HAS IMPLEMENTED a westernstyle SH&E management system in the world's largest pipeline construction project—the 4,000km natural gas West...

Best Practices in Training Hispanic Workers

Describes a bilingual safety training program used in the Dallas/Forth Worth Airport (DFWA) expansion project and the positive impact it had on safet...

Effects of Firm Size on Risks and Reporting of Elevation Fall Injury in Construction Trades

An abstract of research on the relationship between falls and the size of the construction company indicating that much more emphasis needs to be focu...

Fall Protection Rescue -- Addressing the Issue in the Updated ANSI Standard

Describes the updated standard for fall protection, ANSI Z359, which will contain guidelines for rescue after a fall....

Gas-Fueled Tools Can Poison Users

Describes carbon monoxide hazards from small gasoline powered engines and discusses steps that should be taken by to improve safety....

An Effective Respiratory Program

Description of a respiratory protection program, including when a respirator is needed, medical evaluations, types of respirators and how to select th...

Roadway Safety: Emergencies

A handout describing the most common emergencies in roadway work and how to respond to them most effectively. Part of a collection. Click on the 'coll...