Safety information profile: overview of building construction, including the use of insulating materials.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hunt DB
• Description:
  A safety information profile for the building construction industry, including the use of insulation materials, (SIC-1799) is presented. Major areas of construction within each SIC code are described. Potential safety, chemical, and physical hazards are reviewed, and existing controls are discussed. Available accident and illness statistics are presented. Industry growth trends are described. Current federal, industrial, and national consensus standards are described. Names and addresses of industries, associations, unions, and other interested parties are provided. It is concluded that this industry has a historically high rate of injury and illness, and further study is needed to determine causes and prevention. Engineering controls are considered to be the most effective prevention methods. Also recommended is the use of personal protective clothing and equipment.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Blood Hematologic Tests Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Urine
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Building-construction Construction-contractors; Contract-210-78-0130 Industrial-equipment Industrial-hazards Industrial-operations Industrial-processes NIOSH-Contract Safety-equipment Safety-practices Safety-programs

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091524
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Apr; :1-54
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1799 - Special trade contractors, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eee395e0106ec83a3b0396f29352764d8193a8907bb91a288883917947e6f9c2a53bf7bcda41ecf654fc723e4b1bf31aa63846073f5ecab8851e678232d23d32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178914/cdc_178914_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.86 MB ]