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
Falls are the #1 cause of construction fatalities, accounting for one out of three construction worker deaths. The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction was launched in 2012. Join the campaign and annual Stand-Down. Click here to learn more.
- April 26th 2021: National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-By Incidentsexternal icon
- May 3-7, 2021: National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Constructionexternal icon
- Stand-Down to Prevent Falls (Apr. 5 Blog)
- COVID-19 Poses Big Challenges for Small Construction Firms (Mar. 9)
- Envisioning the Future of Construction (Feb. 2)
- A Guide to Respirators Used for Dust in Construction
- Opioids in Constructionexternal icon
- Prevent Suicides in Constructionexternal icon
NIOSH Science Blogs: Construction
Wear masks to help protect yourself from getting or spreading COVID-19. Wear masks with two or more layers to stop the spread of COVID-19. Wear the mask over your nose and mouth and secure it under your chin. Learn more hereexternal icon. For new update on “Filtering Facepiece Respirators with Exhalation Valves” click here.
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- 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 Manganese
- Young Workers
- Other topics
- 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
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)