Directory of Construction Resources
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.
Learn more by visiting our NIOSH National Construction Center Suicide Prevention Resources.
Learn more by visiting our NIOSH National Construction Center Preventing Opioids Deaths Resources. Watch our videos series: Opioids in the Construction Industry.
Learn more by visiting our NIOSH funded ASU PtD Initiative, view our 2022 Science Blog, and check our our education modules.
- Respirator Selection Guide: Construction 9/22
- Masks & Respirators: Construction 7/22
- Infrastructure Resources: Keeping Construction Workers Safe 3/22
- Preventing Struck-by Fatalities: Excavator Quick Couplers 3/22
- Respiratory Protection Toolbox Talk 2/22
- Exoskeletons: Potential for Preventing WMSDs 2/22
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Check out our NIOSH COVID-19 Science Blogs. Learn more by visiting our NIOSH National Construction Center COVID-19 Resources.
NIOSH Science Blogs: Construction
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- Asbestos
- Asphalt Fumes
- Carbon Monoxide
- Cold Stress
- Cured-in-Place-Pipe
- Electrical Safety
- Engineering Controls
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Falls from Elevations
- Heat Stress
- Highway Work Zones
- Hispanic / Immigrant Workers / Non-standard Work Arrangements
- NewProtecting temporary workers: best practices for host employers
- Results: Construction Safety Climate Survey of Hispanic Workers
- Hispanic Construction Worker Perspectives on Worksite Safety and Risk
- Protect Yourself at Work – Protéjase en el trabajo
- Differences in safety training among smaller and larger construction firms with non-native workers
- Overlapping Vulnerabilities
- Characterising near misses and injuries in the temporary agency construction workforce
- Comparative analyses of workers’ compensation claims of injury among temporary & permanent employed workers in Ohio
- Lead
- Methylene Chloride
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Nail Guns
- Noise and Hearing Loss
- Opioids
- National Construction Center: Opioid Resources
- NewTimes are Tough: Protect Construction Workers from Opioids Risks (English|Spanish)
- NIOSH Science Blog: Opioids
- Preventing Opioid-Related Harms in the Construction Industry
- Outdoor Workers
- Prevention Through Design
- Robotics (incl. drones, exoskeletons)
- Silica
- Small Business
- Suicide
- National Construction Center: Suicide Prevention Resources
- Mental Health Suffers during Pandemic: Support Fellow Construction Workers (English|Spanish)
- NIOSH Science Blogs: Suicide
- Trenching and Excavation
- NewWelder’s Anthrax
- Welding and Manganese
- Other topics
- Data Resources
- NIOSH State-based Clearinghouse – can search by construction
- Insurance and Workers Compensation for Construction – Webinar Series
- Construction Solutions
- Electronic Library of Construction Safety and Health (eLCOSH)
- Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program – can search by construction
- Health Hazard Evaluation Program – can search by construction
- NIOSH Construction Related Publications
- Health Risk Behavior Profile of Construction Workers
- Designing a Participatory Total Worker Health® Organizational Intervention for Commercial Construction Subcontractors to Improve Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being
- Lessons learned from near-miss reports to reduce risk tolerance
- Review of Construction Employer Case Studies of Safety and Health Equipment Interventions
- Building a Sustainable Construction Workforce
- Interventions to Prevent Injuries in Construction Workers
- Preventing Fatalities in the Construction Industry
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)