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.
Check out our NIOSH COVID-19 Science Blogs. Learn more by visiting our NIOSH National Construction Center COVID-19 Resourcesexternal icon.
Learn more by visiting our NIOSH National Construction Center Preventing Opioids Deaths Resourcesexternal icon. Watch our new videos series: Opioids in the Construction Industry.
- Addressing the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in Construction (Sept. 14)
- 50 Years of NIOSH Construction Safety & Health Research (Aug. 16)
- 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)
Falls are the #1 cause of construction fatalities. Join the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction. Click here to learn more.
- 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
- 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)