Times are Tough: Protect Construction Workers from Opioid Risks

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic overlapped with the deadliest months of the opioid overdose epidemic, challenging all of us and our mental health. Construction workers already face higher opioid-related risks from work conditions. Invest in workplace safety to reduce injuries, provide health care and paid sick leave, and help your workers get support and treatment so they can stay healthy – and stay on the job.
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid / Poisoning Drug Overdose / Mortality Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Series:
  NIOSH Infographics
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  CP - Construction Program
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b4b3786eeeb3b24ed361f0a7bba9b4cd358b38fbbf7ac3abd9b87bbf9e15f0d45c3ebf994487def815f27532f2b18bad283f9809df3d6531877659185b173501
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251254/cdc_251254_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 537.37 KB ]