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 Construction.
Construction can be a safe occupation when workers are aware of the hazards, and an effective Safety and Health
Program is used. This eTool will help workers identify and control the hazards
that commonly cause the most serious construction injuries.
La Prevención De Fatalidades. Este eTool le ayudará a identificar y a controlar los peligros que causan comúnmente las lesiones más serias de la construcción.
 Ergonomics:
Solutions for Electrical Contractors. Between 1999 and 2002, more than 30
percent of all workers' compensation claims from the Independent Electrical
Contractors (IEC) were related to ergonomics. This amounted to more than $10
million in claims in just four years. This eTool describes common hazards that
electrical contractors may encounter and possible solutions for these hazards.
The eTool was developed in cooperation with IEC as part of the OSHA-IEC
Alliance.
 Scaffolding. An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65% of the construction
industry, work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from
scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths every
year, at a savings for American employers of $90 million in workdays not lost. These eTools provide illustrated examples of safe scaffolding safety. Hazards
are identified, as well as the controls that keep those hazards from becoming
tragedies. The
Supported Scaffold and
Suspended Scaffold modules are now
available.
 Steel Erection. Despite being covered since 1971 under the original
steel erection standard, America's 56,000 steel erectors continue to suffer 35 fatal accidents per year, a rate of one
death per 1,600 workers. OSHA estimates that 30 of those deaths, as well as nearly 1,150 annual lost-workday injuries, will be averted by
compliance with provisions of the new standard, developed with industry and labor through negotiated rulemaking. To that end, this eTool
has been created to educate employers and workers about the revised standard
(Subpart R).
Expert Advisors
Asbestos: This computer program is intended to provide an
introduction to the scope and logic of the regulation for general industry,
construction, and maritime.
Lead in Construction: This computer program provides an introduction to the
scope and logic of the regulation and summary guidance to facilitate compliance.
Cadmium: This electronic tool contains the biological monitoring provisions of the
January 1, 1999, Cadmium Standard.
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