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Not An Accident: Preventable Deaths 2015

Selection of Commercially Available Portable Local Exhaust Ventilation to be Evaluated for Effectiveness in Controlling Worker Exposures to Welding Fumes in Construction

This study was conducted by the CPWR Welding Pact, which collected data for 81 mobile and 54 portable local exhaust ventilation units for capturing we...

Model Silica Specifications for Masonry Grinding, Cutting and Sawing

These specifications were created by a national advisory group of researchers, contractors, labor organizations and government that came out of a long...

Working in the cold

When working in cold weather, wear a hat that covers the ears, but fits under a hard hat....

The Impact of IIPP Policies on Statewide Injury Rates May 2014 in U.S. Construction

This report was funded by CPWR under its Small Studies Program. The authors examined an important claim by OSHA that Injury and Illness Prevention Pro...

The Year in U.S. Occupational Health & Safety Fall 2013 – Summer 2014

This report captures noteworthy events in occupational health and safety during the year from August 2013 through July 2014 in the U.S. The authors in...

NSC Nanotechnology Challenges and Opportunities for Safety, Health, Well-being, and Productivity in the Workplace

This PowerPoint Presentation was provided to the National Safety Council's Labor Division on Friday, Sept 12, 2014, during the Safety Council Congres...

NIOSH's Buy Quiet Program

The NIOSH Buy Quiet web resource highlights the benefits of a buy quiet program, explains how to establish such a program in a workplace, and offers a...

Recommended Practices for Protecting Temporary Workers

This set of recommendations by OSHA and NIOSH is focused on temporary workers. The agencies define these workers as those supplied to a host employer...