Health and Safety in construction sites is a paramount issue that hunts the construction industry for the last two decades. In the local Qatar construction industry, and particularly the building construction, hazards are causing fatal accidents and local experts suggest a rate of four to five facilities per 100,000 workers is a common phenomena. Therefore, early identification of hazards and p...

Over 2000 electrocution deaths were identified among U.S. construction workers from 1980 to 1991, with the highest mean annual crude mortality rate (2.5 per 100,000 people), and second highest mean age-adjusted rate (2.7 per 100,000 people) of all industries. Although the crude fatality rates showed a downward trend, construction workers are still about four times more likely to be electrocuted...

OBJECTIVE We explored the relationships between inflammatory proteins, occupation, and marital status, and their independent associations with incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS Five inflammation-sensitive proteins (ISPs) (fibrinogen, ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, alpha1-antitrypsin, orosomucoid) were measured in 6075 apparently healthy men. Incidence of coronary eve...

BACKGROUND Construction and health care workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, and they are assumed to have physically demanding jobs. Profession- and gender-specific associations between individual capacity and musculoskeletal pain have not been sufficiently investigated. The main aim of this study was to examine the association between individual capacity (maximal oxygen...

Background: Caffeinated alcoholic beverage (CAB) consumption has been suggested to be associated with adverse health outcomes. There are various CAB drinking behaviors and CAB is consumed by populations like the underage, soldiers, and Taiwanese manual workers. Their drinking patterns may lead to different health effects, but CAB drinking behaviors have never been reviewed. Methods: We performe...

Healthy work environments and processes lower the possibility of workplace accidents, financial costs unnecessary project delays, all which have a significant beneficial effect on worker morale. The construction sector many developing countries understands necessity for effective tools to guide workers in improving their practices linked health safety aspects. Accordingly, this study intends de...