Construction

Reaching high places can be challenging, but whether you find yourself hanging siding on a construction site, changing light bulbs in a warehouse, ...

Reaching high places can be challenging, but whether you find yourself hanging siding on a construction site, changing light bulbs in a warehouse, ...

If your back is hurting, you're definitely not alone. An estimated 31 million people in the U.S. are suffering from back pain at any given time. An...

Chemicals help produce the food that we eat and the water that we drink. In fact, virtually everything that we use is produced with the aid of chem...

Road construction and maintenance tasks are performed on highways, city streets, and country roads every day. And each year, thousands of workers w...

A construction jobsite can be dangerous and contains hazards that can quickly injure or kill construction workers. Due to the nature of constructio...

Struck-By Hazards are one of the leading causes of injuries and fatalities in construction and are one of OSHA's "Fatal Four" construction hazards....

Caught-In and Caught-Between Hazards are some of the leading causes of injuries and fatalities in construction and are part of OSHA's "Fatal Four" ...

There are three major types of electrocution hazards in the construction industry: contact with power lines, contact with energized sources, and th...

Fall Hazards are one of the leading causes of injuries and fatalities in construction. Most fall-related injuries and deaths in construction result...

There are many potential safety hazards on a construction site, but that doesn't mean injuries are unavoidable. If employees follow established saf...

Electricity powers most of the tools and equipment that construction workers use. It lights the work area and can even help keep employees cool on ...

Electricity kills more than a hundred construction workers each year, making electrocution the fourth leading cause of death in the industry. Also,...

Supervisors need to respect a worker's private life. But what if a worker had too much to drink one night? Or another worker smoked some dope over ...

Substance abuse is a huge, worldwide problem. In the United States alone there are over 5 million binge drinkers, 17 million illegal drug users and...

On-the-job injuries affect all types of people doing all types of work. Each year, thousands of workers are injured... at a cost to employers of ov...

Lifting and carrying: it's something we do all the time, and we normally don't think twice about it. But there are good reasons to consider how we ...

Supported scaffolding makes it possible for employees to reach the work that they do off the ground. But the hazards that are associated with scaff...

This video shows the SAE hand signals in use with various types of construction equipment in a clear concise manner. The program includes: visual u...

Created specifically to assist construction companies of all types in complying with federal, state, and municipal Hazard Communications regulation...

This safety training video Struck-By Hazards in Construction Environments provides the information employees need to recognize the struck-by hazard...

This safety video covers the information that workers need to keep themselves safe while working at heights. The presentation can be used to educat...

This program addresses the Confined Spaces Standards for both general industry and construction. In 1993 OSHA issued the Permit-Required Confined S...