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...
Describes the OSHA rules for use of a portable ladder to access an upper landing surface – the side rails must extend at least 3 feet above the land...
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...
Study indicating that technological advances combined with depressed real wages increased construction labor productivity through the 1980s and 1990s....
Implemented and tested an approach to safety practices called Best Practices Sampling where workers are involved in the process to increase safety an...
Report on a study designed to develop a tool to determine the ergonomic risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and slips/ fall potential a...
This report reviews Return-On-Investment (ROI) to education and training in the construction industry and makes recommendations for the further develo...
Interviews conducted with workers using a structured questionnaire and a graphic inquiry determined that the hands, feet and lower back are mostly use...
A report of a study on trends in complaints of workstress of construction workers in the past decade in the Netherlands. Includes information on the n...
A health and safety database has been developed on the basis of knowledge gained over the past decade in the Dutch construction industry, which includ...