Covers what construction employers need to know about asbestos removal and maintenance based on the requirements of OR-OSHA's asbestos standard for the construction industry: 1926.1101.

An overview of safety and health rules for underground construction, including worker training, air monitoring, fire prevention and hazard communication, recordkeeping and other topics.

Describes Oregon OSHA's safety requirements for excavation work.

Describes fall protection concepts for construction industry employers, employees, and others who don't have a professional background in fall protection and who want to see the "big picture." Also covers OR-OSHA's fall-protection rules for Oregon construction-industry employers.

Describes how to eliminate or minimize fall hazards for workers who set and brace wood trusses and rafters.

Describes how to eliminate or minimize fall hazards for workers who set and brace wood trusses and rafters.

Describes how to eliminate or minimize fall hazards for workers set floor joists, do sheathing/decking work, and construct exterior walls.

Fall Protection: Safe practices for setting floor joists, sheathing/decking, and constructing exterior walls (Spanish version)

This short guide describes solutions to fall-protection problems that tradespeople such as electricians, drywall installers, and glaziers face every day. The guide emphasizes the importance of planning, supervision, and training; it includes options for protecting employees who work on roofs, in attics, and on established floors.

This short guide describes solutions to fall-protection problems that tradespeople such as electricians, drywall installers, and glaziers face every day. The guide emphasizes the importance of planning, supervision, and training; it includes options for protecting employees who work on roofs, in attics, and on established floors.

This short guide describes solutions to fall-protection problems that tradespeople such as electricians, drywall installers, and glaziers face every day. The guide emphasizes the importance of planning, supervision, and training; it includes options for protecting employees who work on roofs, in attics, and on established floors.
Esta guía concisa describe soluciones a los problemas de la protección contra caídas a la cual se enfrentan diariamente los profesionistas tal como los electricistas, los instaladores de tabla roca, y los vidrieros. La guía acentúa la importancia de planeamiento, supervisión, y entrenamiento; incluye opciones para la protección de obreros que trabajan en techos, áticos, y pisos establecidos.

Focuses on confined spaces that may contain life-threatening hazards ? permit-required confined spaces, or permit spaces. Describes how to identify a permit space, covers OR-OSHA permit space standard and includes a CD with a generic permit-space program that you can use as a model for your own program.

Describes key safe work practices for using portable ladders safely.

Portable ladders: How to use them so they won't let you down (Spanish)

Tells you about the hazards of crystalline silica and teaches you about silicosis, what causes it, and how to prevent it.

A quick pocket reference guide for addressing silica safety and health concerns

Helps you design, construct, and use scaffolds safely and highlights OR-OSHA's scaffold requirements for the construction industry. Describes work practices and identifies most types of scaffolds used in construction work.

Una descripción de los síntomas de agotamiento por el calor e insolación, con instrucciones en cómo ayundar a personas que son afectadas.

A description of the symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia, with instructions on how to help sufferers.

Una descripción de los síntomas del congelación parcial y la hipotermia, con instrucciones en cómo ayundar a personas que son afectadas.

Covers safe practices for remodeling, painting and abatement work. Includes Oregon OSHA worker protection requirements.

This guide from Oregon OSHA, targeted for the construction industry, covers vehicle safety best practices for small-business owners and their employees. The guide also has a sample vehicle safety program that you can modify and use as your own.

Fill-in forms and documents that accompany the publication, Vehicle safety for small businesses in the construction industry

Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of time-loss injuries for construction workers. This pamphlet offers tips you can implement today to protect yourself and your workers from costly soft tissue injuries, specific to the back.

Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of time-loss injuries for construction workers. This pamphlet offers tips you can implement today to protect yourself and your workers from costly soft tissue injuries, specific to the shoulders and neck.

Describes conditions under which an employer is required to have a hearing conservation program in place; discusses noise monitoring, controls, and audiometric testing; includes a brief overview of requirements.

Details requirements for guardrails to prevent falls from open-sided floors, platforms, stairway floor openings, and walking or working surfaces that are more than 4 feet above the ground; describes the use of standard railings, stair railings, and toeboards.

Describes the difference between ordinary confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces, requirements for entry procedures, and emergency plans.

Describes GFCI requirements in construction, details how GFCIs protect workers from electrocution, and addresses common errors.

This fact sheet covers basic elements of vehicle safety for employers and employees

Describes the sources of hexavalent chromium, the risks of exposure and those likely to by affected - typically workers who handle pigments containing dry chromate and spray paints and coatings containing chromate, workers who operate chrome plating baths, and those who weld or cut metals containing chromium

An overview of health hazards associated with asbestos. Briefly describes work classes for asbestos removal, repair and maintenance, and custodial activities. Includes answers to frequently asked questions.

This fact sheet explains construction-industry best practices for using a warning line to alert workers they are approaching an unprotected edge of a roof, floor, or other work surface.

This fact sheet explains construction-industry best practices for using a warning line to alert workers they are approaching an unprotected edge of a roof, floor, or other work surface.