A checklist on how to protect your back including hazard identification and job design. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to acce...
This CPWR Hazard Alert on Ladder Safety describes safety tips for using ladders, statistics on injuries, steps that you can take to protect yourself a...
An in-depth analysis of fatal construction incidents in 2001 based on OSHA inspections, including cause of incident and comparisons with previous year...
A newspaper article talking about the fact that there are often violations in construction companies on reporting of injuries and deaths, skewing the...
A newspaper article on safety describes the New York surcharge on workers’ comp premiums that is used for training. There is evidence that the train...
A newspaper article talking about a worker who spent 32 years installing carpet, linoleum, tile and parquet floors and now is permanently disabled fro...
Describes a workers’ comp law in Texas that is being challenged as being stacked against injured workers. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collec...
Presents the results of a study in which a two-hour ergonomics and body conditioning training module was presented to construction workers on a large...
Report on the results of a study to determine whether four pieces of equipment for cutting moulding, cutting reinforcement rods, carrying carpet rolls...
Implemented and tested an approach to safety practices called Best Practices Sampling where workers are involved in the process to increase safety an...