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OSHA Quick Card: Portable Ladder Safety Tips

Brief description of how to safely use a portable ladder and avoid a fall-related injury....

OSHA Quick Card: Top Four Construction Hazards

Brief description of the top four causes of construction fatalities: falls, struck by, caught in between, and electrocution, and steps to prevent a fa...

WATE 6 News report on the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program

WATE 6 News story highlights the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed). The program provides medical screening to building trades...

NIEHS Earthquake Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Earthquakes

Links to the NIEHS earthquake response training website, which includes materials in multiple languages and links to related resources....

Inspecting Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Industry

International Labor Organization handbook is designed to help provide information and training for inspectors. It contains information on key safety...

Healthy Aging for a Sustainable Workforce

A report identifying important issues that revolve around construction’s aging workforce and its needs on the job and off....

Workplace Safety and Health: Enhancing OSHA's Records Audit Process Could Improve the Accuracy of Worker Injury and Illness Data

After reviewing OSHA’s data on workplace injuries and illnesses, this GAO report recommending interviewing workers as part of the process to reduce...

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Two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds (swing-stage scaffold). Workers must use independent fall protection...

Warning: Miller Back Biter Lanyards

This manufacturers notice warns of the importance of lanyard inspection. A case is reported of an employee using a Miller Back Biter double lanyard wh...

Two-Mason Lift Technique

A 4-min. video introduces a technique to reduce back strain and injuries among bricklayers when building structures using large blocks (concrete mason...