An in-depth analysis of fatal construction incidents in 2001 based on OSHA inspections, including cause of incident and comparisons with previous year...
A newspaper article talking about the fact that there are often violations in construction companies on reporting of injuries and deaths, skewing the...
A newspaper article on safety describes the New York surcharge on workers’ comp premiums that is used for training. There is evidence that the train...
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...
Report on the results of several projects in which a number of people participated in the design of mechanical devices to reduce labor....
A report on a study of cleaners that looked at the benefits of a physical activity program on their health, which was designed because physical limita...
Report on the results of a study to determine whether four pieces of equipment for cutting moulding, cutting reinforcement rods, carrying carpet rolls...
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....