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Safety Training: Tell Me a Story

This article discusses the social and cultural power of stories, and how they have been used to develop training for skilled blue-collar workers. It i...

Construction Safety Checklist

Checklist exercise for immigrant day laborers working in residential construction. This is an activity sheet to accompany additional training material...

Temporary Worker Initiative Bulletin No. 4 - Safety and Health Training

This is part of a series of guidance documents developed under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Temporary Worker Initi...

The Day Laborers' Health and Safety Workbook - English

This interactive workbook is based on OSHA 10-hour hazard awareness training for construction workers, includes participatory activities for trainees,...

OSHA Construction Industry Digest

This updated informational booklet is intended to provide an overview of frequently used OSHA standards in the Construction industry. Employers and em...

Recalled Products Sold by Home Depot After Recalls Were Announced

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Home Depot are warning consumers that 28 different recalled products continued to be sold by Ho...

Personal Protective Equipment for Female Construction Workers: Does it Fit?

A short report developed by researchers at the Mt. Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health based on focus groups with female construction worke...

FY15 Fatalities and Catastrophes To Date

This spreadsheet was produced by OSHA containing fatalities and catastrophes the agency recorded in Fiscal Year 2015 though January 16, 2015. The spre...

Recommended Practices for Protecting Temporary Workers

This set of recommendations by OSHA and NIOSH is focused on temporary workers. The agencies define these workers as those supplied to a host employer...

Getting the most out of the IUOE Toolbox Talks

Toolbox talks have been the main tool for communicating safety information on construction jobs for decades. Unfortunately, there has been little res...