Construction safety and health

The digital tools allow the creation of instruments that simulate construction scenarios allowing the identification and prevention of risks for teachers, technicians, and engineers.

The mission of the Center for Public Health Workforce Development is to provide a link between our faculty and practice partners in teaching, research and the practice of public health. The continuing education activities are designed to strengthen the cooperation between the Center for Public Health Workforce Development and state and local public health practitioners.

Website For Construction Safety

This website by the BAR Bygge & Anlæg (Sectoral Working Environment Council on Building and Construction) aims to raise awareness and knowledge about safety ...

Healthy Workplaces for all Ages

Throughout Europe, the proportion of older people in the population is growing, people have to work longer, and the average age of workers is increasing.

Since the 1980s, the BG BAU is supporting the interplant training centres ...

When crane inspection or maintenance is skipped or isn’t thorough, critical parts can fail, with devastating effects. A video by WorkSafeBC

The project should help to reduce the risk of serious occupational accidents on Danish workplaces by developing a method which ensures that the security at the workplace will be a part of management's daily decisions.

The programme started in 2001 and was continued in following years. The Construction Safety Partnership consists of training programmes: Safety Training (for construction workers), Safety Representative Training (for safety officers and safety representatives), Safety Training for Managers.

A video produced by the British Safety Council shows a young construction apprentice working on a new block of flats who talks about workplace risks and how learning new skills includes doing the job safely.

This website provides information and training on hand saftey, using hand tools and gloves. Hand injuries including cuts, strained muscles and tendons, damaged nerves, skin disorders, and burns can impact the quality of work, productivity – and even end careers.

CPWR has developed a dynamic interactive worker training program to prepare skilled construction workers to use their skills in support of disaster response efforts.

Workers may be exposed to dangerous levels of silica dust when cutting, drilling, grinding, or otherwise disturbing materials that contain silica. These materials and tasks are common on construction and oil and gas jobs.

Every year in the U.S. more than 800 construction workers die and nearly 137,000 are seriously injured while on the job. Construction workers engage in many activities that may expose them to serious hazards, such as falling from rooftops, unguarded machinery, being struck by heavy construction equipment, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.