eLCOSH : BUILT - Construction Workers' Guide

BUILT - Construction Workers' Guide

BUILT - State Building and Construction Trades Council of California

Contents

INTRODUCTION

This Handbook Is for Construction Workers

Voices from the Workplace

HEALTH PROBLEMS ON THE JOB

How Construction Work Can Affect Your Health

How Do I Know If the Construction Job I’m Working on Is Hazardous?

Construction Hazards Chart

Some of the Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke

Secondhand Smoke Facts

The Odds Against Tobacco Users’ Health

Combining Tobacco Smoke & Workplace Toxics

MAKING THE WORKPLACE SAFER

How to Make the Job Safer

Checklist: Controlling Hazards on Your Construction Site

Use the Right Respirator

Tips for Taking Action

Your Legal Rights to Health & Safety

What If Someone’s Smoking Indoors at the Work Site?

How to Use Cal/ OSHA

Your Right to Know About Toxics on the Job

Reading Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS’s)

WHERE TO GET INFORMATION AND HELP

This Handbook is part of a health and safety education curriculum prepared by

A project of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and the Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley

Based on the WHATEP curriculum, produced by the Workplace Hazard and Tobacco Education Project, funded by the California Department of Health Services and comprised of the Labor Occupational Health Program, American Lung Association of San Francisco and the California Public Health Foundation

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM

ROBIN BAKER
DEBRA CHAPLAN
WAYNE A. HAGEN
CATHY LEONARD
CAROL WINSTEAD

Editor:

GENE DARLING

Designed by:

BARBARA NISHI
BUILDING TRADES UNIONS IGNITE LESS TOBACCO

For more information,
Call BUILT: 916- 442- 8368

This project was made possible by funds received from Proposition 99, The Tobacco Tax Initiative, under Grant Number 99- 85070

Produced by the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California in coordination with the Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley.

© 2001 — State of California, Department of Health Services.

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