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Roadway Safety: Strains and Sprains

A handout describing the most common musculoskeletal hazards in road work and how to avoid them. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' butto...

Roadway Safety: Electrical hazards

A handout describing dangers of electricity in the roadway workzone, including discussion of power hazards both above and below ground, and how to han...

Roadway Safety: Night Work

A handout describing dangers of working in a highway workzone at night and special precautions that should be taken such as providing clear signage an...

Roadway Safety: Run Overs & Back Overs

A handout describing dangers of working in a highway workzone and steps to take to improve safety such as wearing PPE and correctly placing traffic co...

Roadway Safety: Struck or Crushed

A handout describing dangers of working in a highway workzone, focusing on struck-by incidents and steps to take to improve safety. Part of a collecti...

NIOSH: Carbon Monoxide Hazards from Small Gasoline Powered Engines

Describes carbon monoxide hazards from small gasoline powered engines and discusses steps that should be taken by employers, users, tool rental compan...

Ironworker, Power Installer Work Related Deaths Down

Statistics on construction worker deaths from 1992 to 2001, indicating that deaths are down for ironworkers, power installers, painters and electricia...

Workers Survive Scaffold Failure

By strictly enforcing OSHA's fall protection standard, a Texas company saves two worker's lives and demonstrates the value of workplace safety and hea...

Arrested because he buckled up!

A case study of an elevator mechanic who fell but was saved by his fall protection equipment....

Suspended Work Platform - Hoisting Cable Failure

Case study of a worker who fell to his death when one of the hoisting cables of the suspended work platform he was working on failed. The worker had h...