Global construction health and safety--what works, what does not, and why?
The marginalization of construction workers makes them especially vulnerable in terms of poor occupational health and safety standards and lax enforcement, with resulting disabilities. A sound research base is needed to rectify this situation. Efforts to raise awareness of construction hazards and ameliorate them are described.
Watterson
Andrew
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Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland. aew1@stir.ac.uk
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards*; D007750:Labor Unions; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management