Tractor-trailer dumping rigs can tip over while dumping, especially on an uneven surface with a load sticking in the top of the box while being raised...
A short guide on how to minimize risk to one’s hands, eyes, ears and lungs while operating a jackhammer....
A general treatment of fall fatalities and fall protection with a focus on the Ontario (Canada) construction industry....
Exposure to the sun’s UV rays poses a health risk to the eyes and skin of construction workers and others who work outdoors; here’s how to protect...
Carbon monoxide given off by fuel powered equipment can be deadly; enclosed spaces with such equipment in use must be vented to the outside....
A summary of typical ergonomic hazards commonly encountered by each of the construction trades....
Article offers a brief guide to the types of available respirators as classified by NIOSH and which hazards each is designed to address....
Article describing how to identify and address Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in witnesses of a traumatic construction accident....
Abstract of a 1976 study of lung cancer and mesothelioma in a population of union insulators in New York....
Abstract of a 1976 paper discussing the health risk to household members of workers handling asbestos....