Describes a fatal electrocution and discusses ways that it could have been prevented....
This OSHA PowerPoint reviews OSHA's inspection policy for enforcing CPL 2-1.36 for hoisting employees on a hoist line to their work stations on commun...
This report is from a CPWR-financed collaboration of a New Jersey-based workers’ center called New Labor, researchers at Rutgers University, and imm...
Report on a study designed to develop a tool to determine the ergonomic risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and slips/ fall potential a...
This comprehensive audit tool for fall risks was revised in 2011. It covers the greatest fall risks during each stage of construction and specifically...
This OSHA FatalFact relates an incident when a worker was climbing down a 400-foot telecommunications tower and lost his footing. The ladder safety sy...
This report was part of a CPWR-funded small study that looked at successful fall arrests during residential construction. Each event is examined in gr...
On January 14 , 2016 a 22-year-old male laborer/carpenter employed by a residential contractor was fatally injured after falling from a single family...
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 a 22-year-old male construction laborer was assisting an excavator operator who was digging a 13.4 ft. section of a trench a...
The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) was formed in 1985 to examine the health hazards of the sheet metal industry in the U.S....