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....
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...
Discussion about the history of knowledge about the hazards of exposure to asbestos and benzene and that for many years, little was done to protect wo...
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...
This report reviews Return-On-Investment (ROI) to education and training in the construction industry and makes recommendations for the further develo...
A study of plumbing and sheet metal apprentices in Hungary to assess MSDs using surveys and electrophysiologic studies....
Interviews conducted with workers using a structured questionnaire and a graphic inquiry determined that the hands, feet and lower back are mostly use...