Other Items : Illness and Injury Prevention : Engineering & Work Practices

• Accident Fax 01
• Accident Fax 02
• Accident Report No. 31 - Fatal Facts
• Adhesives and Resins Checklist
• Adhesives and Resins Training Guide
• Aerial Lift Safety in Construction
• Alert C18: Manhole and pipe installation using backhoes
• Asbestos Checklist
• Asbestos Training Guide
• Asphalt Checklist
• Asphalt Fume Exposures During the Application of Hot Asphalt to Roofs
• Asphalt Training Guide
• Auto-Nailers
• Backhoe & Loader Safety
• Backs & Lifting Training Guide
• Big Dig
• A Biomechanical Analysis of Laying Concrete Block  
• Bright Idea #1: Spatula  
• Bright Idea #2: Post and Bracket Railing System  
• Bright Idea #4: The "Binford Crab" Clamp
• Bright Idea #8: McGovern Lever
• Build It Smart-WISHA Welding Fume Awareness
• CDC Announces Issuance of Patent for Detecting the Presence of Lead.
• Carbon Monoxide Hazards from Small Gasoline Powered Engines
• Carbon-Monoxide: Poisoning in Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Worksites
• Cement & Concrete Checklist
• Cement & Concrete Training Guide
• Cheap Lightweight Unit Can Reduce Risky Welding Fumes
• Chemical Spills Training Guide
• Chipping the Barrel: The Hazards of Cleaning Ready-Mixed Concrete Trucks
• Cold Checklist
• Cold Stress
• Cold Training Guide
• Compactor Overturns and Rollover Protective Structures
• Confined Space Entry - Permits
• Construction Ergonomics Checklist  
• Construction-Zone Safeguards Adopted for Dump Trucks
• Constructive Ideas: Balanced Tool Belts can Start Your Back Off in the Right Position  
• Constructive Ideas: How to get Through a Day's Work and Still Have Something Left Over   
• Constructive Ideas: Job Rotation Gives the Body a Break  
• Constructive Ideas: Overcome the "Don't sit on the job" attitude and your body will thank you  
• Constructive Ideas: Reduce Your Risk of Back Injury-- Let Your Equipment Do the Work   
• Constructive Ideas: Shovel Design Can Help to Reduce Forces on the Lower Back and Hands   
• Constructive Ideas: Using a Pipe Carriage Prevents Back, Shoulder, and Wrist Fatigue  
• Control of Drywall Sanding Dust Exposure  
• The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
• Crane-Suspended Personnel Platform
• Crushed/Hit
• Curing Construction Health Woes
• Dancing Alone  
• Developing and Testing of Ergonomic Tools for Telemeters Work  
• Dishwasher Exploded
• Does It Really Work? How to Evaluate Safety and Health Changes in the Workplace
• Don't Fall For It - #1 Protect Yourself from Fatal or Cripping Falls
• Don't Fall For It - #2 Choosing and Inspecting Ladders
• Don’t Fall For It - #3 Setting Up Portable Ladders
• Don't Fall For It - #4 Climbing Ladders Safely
• Drywall Dust Engineering Controls  
• Dump Truck Tip-Overs
• Easy Ergonomics: A Guide to Selecting Non-Powered Hand Tools
• The Effects of Unusual Work Schedules and Concurrent Exposures on Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs)
• Electrical Safety: Safety & Health for Electrical Trades (Student Manual)
• Electrocution
• Engineering Control Guidelines for Hot Mix Asphalt Pavers  
• Ergonomics Class Popular With Operating Engineers
• Ergonomics in Construction
• Ergonomic Interventions to Reduce Back Injuries in the Home Building Industry  
• Evaluation of a Decking Fall Protection System
• Evaluation and Management of Chronic Work-Related Muskuloskeletal Disorders of the Distal Upper Extremity  
• Evaluation of Participative Projects in the Construction Industry : An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Results in Practice  
• Excavation and Safety Program - Worker's Manual
• Excavation Safety  
• Excavations
• Falls: The Leading Killer on Construction Sites  
• Falls: The Number One Cause of Construction Deaths
• Fall Protection - Case Studies 
• Fall Protection - Safety Walkaround Checklist 
• Fall Protection Training Guide 
• Fatal Fact: Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Car
• Fatality Narrative: Brick Mason Falls from Scaffolding
• Fatality Narrative: Front-end Loader Strikes Worker in Trench
• Fatality Narrative: Worker Electrocuted When Track Hoe Boom Contacts Overhead Power Line
• Fatality Narrative: Worker Struck by Vehicle When Exiting Trench in Roadway
• Fiberglass Checklist
• Fiberglass Training Guide
• Fire Hazard from Filling Portable Gas Cans in Pickup Trucks and Cars
• Fire Precautions for Welding
• Forklift Awareness
• Fume Hazards Can Menace Outdoor Workers, Too
• Gas-Fueled Tools Can Poison Users
• Good Scaffold Practices 2 - Get Connected
• Good Scaffold Practices 3 - Well Decked Out
• Grinding Safeguards
• Guide for Safe Tractor Operation
• Guides for Managing Lead Control Programs in Construction
• Hand-Arm Vibration Training Guide
• Hand Tools Checklist 
• Hand Tools Training Guide
• Hazard Alert: Asbestos in Construction  
• Hazard Alert: Back Injuries  
• Hazard Alert: Choosing Safer Hand Tools in Construction  
• Hazard Alert: Construction Noise  
• Hazard Alert: Heat Stress in Construction   
• Hazard Alert: Ladder Safety  
• Hazard Alert: Lead in Construction  
• Hazard Alert: Lightning Protection  
• Hazard Alert: Lyme Disease in Construction  
• Hazard Alert: Safe Work in Trenches    
• Hazard Alert: Safe Work with Power Saws  
• Hazard Alert: Scaffold Safety  
• Hazard Alert: Skin Problems in Construction  
• Hazard Alert: Silica   
• Hazard Alert: Welding Fumes  
• Hazards of Pressure-Treated Lumber
• Hazards of Working Electrical Equipment Hot
• Heat Checklist
• Heat Training Guide
• High Voltage Lines Checklist 
• High Voltage Lines Training Guide
• Histo-what?
• Horizontal Directional Drilling - Safe Work Practices
• Hot Work Permits
• Housekeeping at Construction Sites
• Housekeeping Checklist 
• Housekeeping Training Guide
• Hurricane Katrina: NIEHS-OSHA safety and health information for responders
• Impact of Spatial Factors on Bricklaying Ergonomics  
• Job-Built Ladders
• Job Injuries and First Aid Training Guide
• Ladder Safety
• Ladder Safety for Residential Construction Contractors 
• Lead Content Known Checklist
• Lead Control Guide for Bridges and Steel Structures
• Lead Training Guide
• Leg Partially Severed by Forklift Prong
• Lifting Guidelines
• Lightning Safety
• Liquid Oxygen Cylinder Explosion
• Local exhaust ventilation device for suppressing respirable and crystalline silica dust from powered saws
• Lyme Disease Facts  
• Masonry Information Bulletin - Good Scaffold Practices 1 - From the Ground Up
• Mechanic Crushed Between Bed and Frame of Dump Truck
• The More We Learn, the More Things Stay the Same: Notes on a Pioneer in Occupational Safety and Health
• Mold in Construction
• Mold in Construction Checklist
• Motor Starter Circuits and Lockout/Tagout
• Muskuloskeletal Disorders
• Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Masonry Trade
• New Jersey Partnership Focuses on Silica Exposure During Highway Construction
• Night Roofing
• NIOSH Alert: Preventing Injuries and Maintenance from Falls during Construction and Maintenance of Telecommunication Towers
• NIOSH: Preventing Injuries When Working with Ride-On Roller/Compactors
• NIOSH Trench Safety Awareness Training
• Noise Checklist
• Noise Training Guide
• Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations for Construction Projects
• Oregon OSHA Likely to Adopt New Rule For Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Use
• OSHA: Hazards of Unintended Release of Buckets from Quick Couplers on Hydraulic Excavators
• OSHA Medical Evaluation Questionnaire for Respirator Use and Instructions for Filling it Out
• OSHA Offers Safety Tips for Tilt-Up Construction
• OSHA Scaffolding eCAT  
• OSHA: Working safely in trenches
• Paints & Solvents Checklist
• Painters Prepping Lead-Paint Surfaces: Researchers Find that Half-Mask Respirators Do Not Protect Enough for Hand Sanding or Conventional Power Sanding 
• Personal Protective Equipment Checklist
• Pocket Reference Guide for Power Line Clearance
• Portable Ladders Case Study
• Portable Ladders Checklist
• Portable Power Tools Checklist 
• Portable Power Tools Training Guide
• Poster: Do Not Enter an Unprotected Trench
• Power line Awareness Permit
• Power Line Hazard Awareness
• Preventing Construction Fires
• Preventing Injuries When Working with Hydraulic Excavators and Backhoe Loaders
• Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries  
• Preventing Worker Deaths and Injuries from Falls Through Skylights and Roof Openings  
• Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Mobile Crane Tip-Over, Boom Collapse, and Uncontrolled Hoisted Loads
• Protecting Construction Workers from Power Lines
• Protecting Tuckpointing Workers from Silica Dust: Draft Recommendations for a Ventilated Grinder
• Respirators Checklist
• Respirators Training Guide
• Roadway Safety: Electrical Hazards
• Roadway Safety: Excavation
• Roadway Safety: Fall Hazards
• Roadway Safety: Operator Safety
• Roadway Safety: Runovers/Backovers
• Roadway Safety: Strains and Sprains
• Roadway Safety: Struck or Crushed
• Roofing tile saws and cutters controlling respirable and crystalline silica dust
• Safe Work Permits
• Safeguarding Health in Construction Work
• Scaffolds Case Study
• Scaffolds Checklist 
• Scaffold Safety for Residential Construction Contractors 
• Scaffold Side Brackets
• Scaffolds Training Guide
• Silicosis in Sandblasters: A Case Study Adapted for Use in U.S. High Schools
• Site Communication
• Skin Cancer
• Slings  
• Small Engines Produce Hazardous Levels of Carbon Monoxide
• The Steel Toe: Electrical Safety
• The Steel Toe: Power Tools - Powerful Shock
• The Steel Toe: Temporary Wiring Can be Hazardous
• Stop Silicosis
• Suspending Tools prevent Back, Arm, and Shoulder Fatigue  
• Temporary Power Checklist 
• Temporary Power Training Guide
• Toolbox: Fatal Facts - Falls
• Toolbox Talk: Eye Safety
• Toolbox: Ladder Extends 3 Feet Above Landings
• Tractor Trailer Tips Over
• Trenching is a Dangerous and Dirty Business
• Tying Off and Safety Nets Checklist
• Ultraviolet Radiation From the Sun
• US Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual
• Vehicles & Heavy Equipment Case Study
• Vehicles & Heavy Equipment Checklist 
• Vehicles & Heavy Equipment Training Guide
• Welding: A Control Technology Evaluation  
• Welding and Manganese Poisoning
• Whose Job is it? Housekeeping Needs Attention
• Wood Floor Sanders Killed When Floor Finishing Product Catches Fire-Massachusetts
• Working with Cement Roofing Tiles: a Silica Hazard
• Working with Lead on Bridges
• Why Are So Many Construction Workers Being Electrocuted?
• Wire Rope Slings