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NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004: Excerpts

An excerpt from a chartbook that includes figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation’s occupational injurie...

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Link to Minnesota OSHA Compliance -- 'Best of the worst' photos from 2009, 2010. Shows photos of “imminent danger” situations taken by the MN OSHA...

NIOSH: Preventing Injuries When Working with Ride-On Roller/Compactors

Provides statistics on fatalities and injuries on rollers and compactors, discusses two case studies and recommends that there be wider use of rollove...

OSHA: Hazards of Unintended release of Buckets from Quick Couplers on Hydraulic Excavators

Describes a number of fatal accidents caused by the unexpected release of an excavator bucket from a quick coupling device on a hydraulic excavator an...

Construction-Zone Safeguards Adopted for Dump Trucks

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has begun requiring new safeguards to better protect construction workers from dump trucks tha...

Occupational Injuries among US Construction Workers Treated at the George Washington University Emergency Department, 1990-97

This report profiles injury tracking of emergency room visits to George Washington University Hospital, from 1990 through 1997. Includes information o...

OSHA Residential Construction page

Describes OSHA standards that apply to residential construction. Also provides a variety of resources on safety and health programs, training and dire...

Operating Heavy Equipment

This CPWR Hazard Alert on Operating Heavy Equipment focuses on the dangers of operating heavy equipment such as rollovers, running over others and bei...

Colors Warn About Noise

Describes a program where colored stickers are placed on heavy equipment to indicate how loud the equipment is and whether hearing protection is neede...

Compactor Overturns and Rollover Protective Structures

This study examined government investigation reports of work-related deaths and injuries in 1986- 2002 to learn the public health implications of a wi...