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Protecting Construction Workers in Confined Spaces: Small Entity Compliance Guide

This guide is intended to help small businesses comply with OSHA's Confined Spaces standard. It addresses the most common compliance issues that emp...

Oregon FACE Report: Worker Falls When Ladder Slips

The Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (OR-FACE) describes the death of a 55-year old construction contractor who died when his...

Issue Brief: Results from the Survey on Working Women

This issue brief published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau highlights the findings of the 2016 survey that was conducted to ident...

Hazard Alert: Plan. Provide. Train. Prevent Fall Injuries & Deaths

This hazard alert presents specific examples of construction workers who were seriously injured or died from skull fractures from work-related falls a...

Oregon OSHA: Tools and Techniques for Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

This Oregon OSHA document guides employees and supervisors through a workshop that uses several examples of Job Hazard Analyses to teach them how to i...

Oregon OSHA: Hearing Conservation Program- Instructor Guide

This instructor’s manual was published as an introduction to Oregon OSHA's rule for controlling noise in the workplace. It addresses the following l...

Kentucky FACE Report:Temporary Electrician Helper Steps into Unguarded Elevator Shaft and Dies

On July 16, 2014, a 34-year-old temporary electrician helper was laying out light fixtures to be installed in a commercial construction project when h...

OSHA's Crystaline Silica Rule for Construction

This is an in-depth power-point initially presented at the 1/2017 World of Concrete Conference. It provides an overview of new silica rule to help sa...

OSHA Fact Sheet: Is 911 Your Confined Space Rescue Plan?

This OSHA fact sheet provides guidelines for both employers and emergency service providers in permit-required confined spaces. In addition to outlini...

New Jersey FACE Report: Mechanic Dies After Being Crushed Under Electrical Cabinet

A 62-year-old male mechanic died after being crushed by a 993.5-pound electrical cabinet he was working on tipped over. The incident occurred in a dec...