CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH
The NIOSH Construction Program provides national and world leadership to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and death by systematically gathering information, conducting targeted scientific research, and translating the knowledge gained into products, solutions and services tailored to meet construction needs. For a sense of where construction stands by the numbers, read more here.
Click here to learn more. Also check out our NIOSH National Construction Center COVID-19 Resourcesexternal icon
NIOSH Science Blogs: COVID-19
NIOSH Science Blogs: Construction
Spotlights
- Prevent Heat-Related Illness at Work (May 7)
- Preventing Struck-by Injuries in Construction: Lift Zone Safety (Apr. 12)
- Stand-Down to Prevent Falls (Apr. 5)
- COVID-19 Poses Big Challenges for Small Construction Firms (Mar. 9)
- Opioids in Constructionexternal icon
- Prevent Suicides in Constructionexternal icon
Falls are the #1 cause of construction fatalities. Join the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction. Click here to learn more.
This safety officer thinks Falls Protection is achievable
Fall protection allows his men to go home at the end of the day
Las Caídas Cuestan; La Historia de un "Safety Man"
The owner of a residential framing company designs safety into each of his job sites
A construction framer talks about protecting his crew from falls
Trabajador de la construcción se protege de las caídas de techo
Construcción: Protéjase en el Trabajo
Buy Quiet Construction Video
Know Your Nailer: Nail Gun Safety
Conozca su clavadora (versión corta)
Construction Topics
- Aerial Lift
- Asbestos
- Asphalt Fumes
- Carbon Monoxide
- Close Call Reporting
- Cold Stress
- Cured-in-Place-Pipe
- Electrical Safety
- Engineering Controls
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Falls from Elevations
- Green Jobs
- Heat Stress
- Highway Work Zones
- Hispanic Workers
- Immigrant Workers
- Lead
- Machine Safety
- Methylene Chloride
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Nail Guns
- Noise and Hearing Loss
- Nonstandard Work Arrangements
- Opioids
- Outdoor Workers
- Prevention Through Design
- PPE for Women
- Robotics (incl. drones, exoskeletons)
- Silica
- Small Business
- Suicide
- Training
- Employee engagement: Developing and using safety committees at workexternal icon
- Tracking communication as a performance measureexternal icon
- Plain talk on supervisor-worker communicationexternal icon
- Only When Employees Feel Supported Will They Step Up and Say or Do Something if They Observe an Unsafe Situation or Behaviorexternal icon
- Trenching and Excavation
- Welding and ManganeseNIOSH Science Blogs: Suicide
- Young Workers
- Other topics
Construction Resources
- Data Resources
- NIOSH State-based Clearinghouse – can search by construction
- Insurance and Workers Compensation for Construction – Webinar Series
- Construction Solutionsexternal icon
- Electronic Library of Construction Safety and Health (eLCOSH)external icon
- Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program – can search by construction
- Health Hazard Evaluation Program – can search by construction
- NIOSH Construction Related Publications
- Interventions to Prevent Injuries in Construction Workersexternal icon
- Preventing Fatalities in the Construction Industryexternal icon
For Our Partners
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
- Construction Sector Council
- Construction Sector Research Agenda
- National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction
NIOSH Construction Program
- About the NIOSH Office of Contruction Safety and Health
- NIOSH Construction Program Portfolio
- 2017 NIOSH Construction Program External Review
- 2007 NIOSH Construction Program National Academies’ Review
- National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation
- Construction Program Performance One-Pager (PPOP)
Page last reviewed: October 1, 2020
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health