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...
A checklist of items a competent person should complete daily for scaffold safety....
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....
Report on a study which was conducted to measure the whole body isometric strength capability and horizontal shear forces of 47 male construction work...
Implemented and tested an approach to safety practices called Best Practices Sampling where workers are involved in the process to increase safety an...
This report reviews Return-On-Investment (ROI) to education and training in the construction industry and makes recommendations for the further develo...
Report on the results of a study exploring an optimum measurement strategy for the application of manual materials handling guidelines in scaffolding....
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...