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.
As a construction worker, how can I protect myself and slow the spread? Click here to learn how to stay safe and healthy in this COVID-19 pandemic. Also check out our NIOSH National Construction Center COVID-19 Clearinghouse and COVID-19 Exposure Control Planning Tool.
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Construction dust can cause serious damage to workers’ health and life-threatening diseases. Construction workers can be exposed to many types of dust, such as silica, wood, and lead dust. Workplace exposure to small particles of silica dust, also known as respirable crystalline silica, can lead to serious diseases, including silicosis.
Check out our new NIOSH Science Blog “A Guide to Respirators Used for Dust in Construction” to learn more.
- Aerial Lift
- Asbestos
- Asphalt Fumes
- Carbon Monoxide
- 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
- 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
- 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)pdf icon