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A newspaper article talking about an OSHA inspector who quit because he reported an unsafe practice but OSHA did not respond and a worker subsequently...
Discusses the conflict that often arises between protecting workers via strong regulations and dealing with large construction firms who oppose the re...
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 newspaper article describing Alaska’s law, passed in 1989, which requires that professional painters be certified through a training course to lea...
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 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...
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...
Study indicating that technological advances combined with depressed real wages increased construction labor productivity through the 1980s and 1990s....
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