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How to Select a Full-Body Harness

Discusses the importance of having a safety harness and how to select, maintain and don them to increase safety....

Lightning

This CPWR Hazard Alert on Lightning addresses the hazards associated with working outdoors when lightning is present, how to avoid being struck, and w...

Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Traffic-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

An alert on steps that can be taken to reduce injuries and deaths from traffic related crashes, focused on drivers and employers of drivers who work e...

Preventing Occupational Fatalities in Confined Spaces

This alert presents case studies of deaths in confined spaces and provides information on how to avoid injuries and deaths in them....

Criteria For a Recommended Standard

In-depth discussion of criteria that should be included in an occupational noise exposure standard...

Preventing Worker Deaths and Injuries from Falls Through Skylights and Roof Openings

Case studies of workers who have fallen through skylights and roof openings, and recommendations on ways to avoid injuries and deaths from these falls...

New Regulations - Changes involve new responsibilities for all workplace parties

Description of new Canadian regulation that deals with fall protection, traffic control and toilet clean-up....

Occupational Blood Lead Surveillance Of Construction Workers, II -Health Programs in Thirteen States

A study reviewing the adult blood lead surveillance system used in each of 13 states, with an emphasis on construction workers...

On the ROAD - Looking for Safety Zones

An article describing the dangers of workzones and how to drive safely through them....

Fall Protection Systems: Harnesses

This CPWR Hazard Alert on Fall-Protection Harnesses describes the need for fall protection harnesses, how to select and use them. Click on the followi...