SAN FRANCISCO - The Center to Protect Workers' Rights is affiliated with the AFL-CIO and has funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Ergonomic issues in construction have been one of its central concerns.Construction fatalities are another concern. Director Knut Ringen amplified the numbers in a letter to Engineering News-Record on October 24. He wrote that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 565 construction workers killed on the job last year. "But th
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