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  • Solar Construction Safety Manual (PDF)
    http://www.nwsolarexpo.com/downloads/OSEIA_Solar_Safety_12-06.pdf (OSEIA)
    >  A report by the Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association provides a comprehensive overview of the worker safety hazards encountered in the solar industry. This material has been made possible by a grant from Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services.

  • Construction Solutions
    http://www.cpwrconstructionsolutions.org/ (CPWR)
    >  "Construction Solutions" is CPWR's (Center for Construction Research and Training)new online database to provide contractors, owners, engineers, and construction workers free and easy access to information on construction hazards and ways to reduce or eliminate them.

  • Spanish PowerPoint Presentations -Construction and General Industry
    http://www.consultationconnection.org/oti/ (ConNect)
    >  These materials are designed to assist trainers conducting OSHA 10-hour Construction and General Industry job safety outreach training to Hispanic workers.

  • Construction Industry Quick Start
    http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/quickstarts/construction/index_construction.html (OSHA)
    >  OSHA unveiled a new construction module for its Compliance Assistance Quick Start Web tool, the agency's Web-based tool that introduces visitors to the compliance assistance resources on OSHA's Web site. The construction module provides a step-by-step guide to help employers and workers in the construction industry comply with OSHA's construction standards.

  • OSHA Pocket Guide Worker Safety Series Construction (PDF)
    http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3252.pdf (OSHA)
    >  This quick-reference tool helps identify potential hazards and possible solutions to those hazards for the most frequently cited standards in construction. It also offers safety checklists on personal protection equipment, scaffolding, electricity, floor and wall openings, elevated surfaces, hazard communication, cranes, and forklifts to help avoid hazards that cause injuries, illnesses and fatalities.

  • Hazard Alerts from the Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR)
    http://www.cpwr.com/rp-hazardalerts.html (CPWR)
    >  English and Spanish versions available at this link.

  • NIOSH Construction Topic Page
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/construction/ (NIOSH)
    >  This site provides access to NIOSH publications on construction including information on asphalt, carbon monoxide, confined spaces, drywall, excavations and more.

  • OSHA Assistance for the Construction Industry
    http://www.osha.gov/doc/index.html (OSHA)
    >  This page provides direct links to OSHA Construction Standards and agency policies.

  • OR-OSHA's Construction Depot Quarterly Newsletter
    http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/standards/const_depot.html (Oregon OSHA)
    >  The Construction Depot is a quarterly newsletter focusing on safe work practices for the construction industry - news you can use to make your workplace a safer, healthier one.

  • Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety & Health (eLCOSH)
    http://www.elcosh.org/index.html (NIOSH)
    >  Search items by hazard, trade, job site or other on this electronic database of construction safety and health topics.

     

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