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Injuries Are Not Accidents: Construction Will Be Safe When It's Designed to Be Safe (Case Study 4 from Lessons Learned - Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health

Case study on hazardous conditions and actions that could be taken to prevent these conditions, including implementing an occupational safety and heal...

Good (Yet Potentially Hazardous) Things in Very Small Packages

Articles by the Laborers’ International on the presence of nanomaterials in some building products and the potential hazards....

CPSC, DeVilbiss Recalls Air Compressors Due to Fire Hazard

Voluntary recall of DeVilbiss Ari compressors sold under the Craftsman, Delta Shopmaster, DeVilbiss, Husky and Porter-Cable brand names. Specific mod...

Working with Epoxy Resin Systems in Construction - Best Practices Guide to Skin Protection

The purpose of this guide is to help contractors protect construction workers from the hazards posed by epoxy resin systems. The guide focuses on prev...

Polyurethane Table

Excel spreadsheet of information on polyurethane products (isocyanates) materials compiled in support of the paper Risk of Isocyanate Exposure in the...

CDC and Nanotechnology

Portion of NIOSH's website coverning Nanotechnology, which is the manipulation of matter on a near-atomic scale to produce new structures, materials a...

Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among Hispanic Construction Workers 1992-2008

This data brief provides updated data on fatal and nonfatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers, focusing on changes in recent years....

CPWR Technical Report: Risk of Isocyanate Exposure in the Construction Industry

This study focuses on identifying and collecting data on polyurethane products (isocyanates) that are commonly used and most likely to present skin ex...

Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Utilization Among Hispanic Construction Workers

CPWR data brief on insurance coverage and access to health care among Hispanic construction workers....

Occupational Exposures, Respiratory Symptoms, and Blood Lead Levels among Latino Day Workers in Greater New Orleans

Results of a study of Latino migrant workers in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of the study was to describe the occupational experience over time...