A summary of typical ergonomic hazards commonly encountered by each of the construction trades....
Article offers a brief guide to the types of available respirators as classified by NIOSH and which hazards each is designed to address....
Article describing how to identify and address Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in witnesses of a traumatic construction accident....
A guide for construction workers, and contractors who work on bridge rehabilitation jobs, describing lead controls and contractor responsibilities to...
Abstract of a 1976 paper discussing the health risk to household members of workers handling asbestos....
This report is a global review of worker protection programs in construction in the United States, performed by a firm under contract with OSHA’s Of...
Article describing an education program teaching workers how to identify ergonomic hazards by their bodily symptoms....
A broad collection of tables and charts covering health and safety in the U.S. construction industry, as well as considerable economic and training da...
Back injuries are common and expensive, but often avoidable with proper lifting techniques....
David Weil reports that many of the nation's largest construction contractors had not been inspected in recently by OSHA....