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eLCOSH
Electronic Library for
Construction Safety and Health - CPWR/NIOSH (eLCOSH)
 provides workers,
contractors, researchers, and others a wide range of materials on
construction safety and health in English, Spanish, and other
languages. eLCOSH is maintained by the Center to Protect Workers Rights
under a grant from NIOSH.
Other Related NIOSH
Resources
NIOSH
Worker Health Chartbook 2004: High-Risk Industries and Occupations -
Construction
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-146
Provides data for tracking trends in fatal and nonfatal occupational
injuries and illnesses among workers in construction trades.
A
Compendium of NIOSH Construction Research 2002
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-103 (February 2003)
The research program described in this compendium
addresses a variety of important safety and health hazards and
conditions, and includes 49 NIOSH intramural and 67 NIOSH-funded
extramural construction projects.
NIOSH Research Projects: Construction (355KB)
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-152 (August 1997)
 PDF only 355
KB (37 pages)
NIOSH has developed a nationwide infrastructure of research and other
programs that address many issues unique to the construction industry.
National
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), Priority Research Areas Disease
and Injury
Work-Related Lung
Disease Surveillance Report 1996: Selected Data Highlights
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-140 (1999)
Ship building and repair, various manufacturing industries, and
construction have significantly elevated proportionate mortality ratios
(PMRs).
NIOSH Education
and Research Centers Schedule of Courses
Other Construction-Related Web
Sites
American
Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.(ACGIH)
External Link: http://www.acgih.org/home.htm
The American Industrial
Hygiene Association (AIHA)
External Link: http://www.aiha.org/
American Public
Works Association (APWA)
External Link: http://www.pubworks.org/
American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE)
External Link: http://www.asce.org/
American Society of
Safety Engineers (ASSE)
External Link: http://www.asse.org/
Associated
Builders and Contractors
External Link:
http://www.abc.org
Associated General
Contractors of America (AGC)
External Link: http://www.agc.org/
Building and
Construction Trades Department Department of the AFL-CIO
External Link:
http://www.buildingtrades.org/
Buildsafe
External Link:
http://www.buildsafe.org/home.htm
Center to Protect
Worker Rights (CPWR)
External Link: http://www.cpwr.com/
CIB (International
Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction)
External Link: http://www.cibworld.nl
Construction
Education Connection
External Link:
http://www.constructioneducation.com/
Construction
Industry Institute (CII)
External Link:
http://construction-institute.org/
Construction
Occupational Health Project (COHP) (University of Mass)
External Link:
http://www.uml.edu/Dept/WE/COHP/
Construction
Safety Alliance
External Link:
http://www.construction-safety.org/
Construction
Specifications Institute (CSI)
External Link: http://www.csinet.org/
Institute for
Research in Construction - Canada
External Link: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/
National Association of
Home Builders
External Link: http://www.nahb.org/
National Association
of Home Builders Research Center
External Link: http://www.nahbrc.org/
National Electrical
Contractors Association ( NECA )
External Link: http://www.necanet.org/
National Work Zone
Safety Information Clearinghouse
External Link: http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/
OSHA
Assistance for the Construction Industry
External Link:
http://www.osha-slc.gov/doc/index.html
US
Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
External Link:
http://www.cecer.army.mil/td/tips/index.cfm
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