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CPWR COVID-19 Resources

In response to questions from the construction industry, CPWR and NABTU have developed standards for preventing exposure to COVID-19 on job sites and...

Training: An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Safety Culture and Safety Climate: An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Prevention through Design (PtD): An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Older Workers: An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Lead: An Interdisciplinary Annotated Bibliography

This document is part of a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational saf...

Warehouse Worker Crushed by Forks of Laser Guided Vehicle

In December 2015, a 45-year-old warehouse dock coordinator at a water bottling company died after he was crushed when the elevated forks of an automat...

Concrete Finisher Electrocuted When Bull Float Contacted an Energized Power Line

In the summer of 2016, a male concrete finisher in his 30s was electrocuted when the handle of the 29-foot-long metal bull float he was using contacte...

A Tree Trimmer is Electrocuted While Trimming a Palm Tree

A tree trimmer was electrocuted while trimming palm trees in the back yard of a private residence. The trees were located in the northwest corner of t...

A Tree Feller Dies When Struck By a Tree Limb While Felling a Fire-Damaged Tree

A 21-year-old male tree feller, working from a bucket truck as part of a small tree-felling crew, died when struck by a large tree limb he had just cu...