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Workplace Solutions: Reducing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Rodbusters

NIOSH recommendations for reducing low back and hand disorders among reinforcing ironworkers when tying together reinforcing steel bars on freeway bri...

Construction Fact Sheet: An Innovation for Grout Delivery

Brief description of the musculoskeletal hazards associated with grout delivery and a possible solution....

ISEA Listing of Female Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturers

A list prepared by the International Safety Equipment Association that identifies sources and contacts for personal protective equipment designed for...

Injuries Are Not Accidents: Construction Will Be Safe When It's Designed to Be Safe (Case Study 4 from Lessons Learned - Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health

Case study on hazardous conditions and actions that could be taken to prevent these conditions, including implementing an occupational safety and heal...

Worker Fatigue: Managing concerns in rapid renewal highway construction projects

Study of the impact of rapid renewal projects and nighttime work on workers and injury rates and steps to identify and manage fatigue and reduce injur...

Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among Hispanic Construction Workers 1992-2008

This data brief provides updated data on fatal and nonfatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers, focusing on changes in recent years....

White Paper: Reaching Higher - Recommendations for the Safe Use of Mast Climbing Work Platforms

Paper presenting the recommendations on the safe use of mast climbing work platforms, also known as mast climbers, based on input from a work group of...

Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Trunk Flexion among Stud Workers

This study investigated the effect of an intervention system designed to reduce exposure to extreme trunk flexion among stud welders on measures of tr...

Hazard Checklist: Portable Hand Tools and Equipment

Checklist to provided by the California State Compensation Insurance Fund to help contractors make sure that all portable hand tools and equipment are...

Keeping Concrete Masons Healthy

Information on steps cement masons can take to avoid musculoskeletal disorders....