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PESO: Safety Committee

Brief description of the importance of safety committees, who should be involved, and what should be discussed. Part of a collection. Click on the 'co...

Working Unsafe

Quote from a carpenter: “Once you get used to working in an environment that is unsafe, and you get used to working unsafe, then being unsafe is not...

Construction Noise: Exposure, Effects, and the Potential for Remediation; A Review and Analysis

A study of noise exposure in the construction industry recommends greater use of hearing protection and control of the sources of noise on the work si...

OSHA Continues Enforcement of Fall Protection in Residential Construction

OSHA will extend for three months its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction. The temporary enforcement measures, extended through...

Scheduled Inspections in Construction: A Critical Review and Recommendations

A report on a study of the effectiveness of planned OSHA inspections, including details of the methods, results and recommendations....

Worker Protection Programs in Construction

This report is a global review of worker protection programs in construction in the United States, performed by a firm under contract with OSHA’s Of...

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...

Making OSHA Inspections More Effective

This study proposes some alternative methods to improve enforcement by OSHA in the construction industry. Includes current procedures, proposed proced...

A Note on Statistics

Suggestions on how to interpret statistics and charts...

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...