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OSHA Quick Card: Top Four Construction Hazards

Brief description of the top four causes of construction fatalities: falls, struck by, caught in between, and electrocution, and steps to prevent a fa...

WATE 6 News report on the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program

WATE 6 News story highlights the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed). The program provides medical screening to building trades...

NIEHS Earthquake Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Earthquakes

Links to the NIEHS earthquake response training website, which includes materials in multiple languages and links to related resources....

Inspecting Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Industry

International Labor Organization handbook is designed to help provide information and training for inspectors. It contains information on key safety...

Healthy Aging for a Sustainable Workforce

A report identifying important issues that revolve around construction’s aging workforce and its needs on the job and off....

Workplace Safety and Health: Enhancing OSHA's Records Audit Process Could Improve the Accuracy of Worker Injury and Illness Data

After reviewing OSHA’s data on workplace injuries and illnesses, this GAO report recommending interviewing workers as part of the process to reduce...

Productivity Enhancement: Project Labor Agreements

This study examines a large number of project labor agreements (PLAs) using a variety of techniques, including archival research, interviews, case st...

Impact of Work-Related Factors, Lifestyle and Workability

Research suggests that reducing obesity, reducing smoking, reducing manual materials handling, and improving job control and work ability can keep con...

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