Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) PPOP [2020]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training serves as the National Construction Center under a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) cooperative agreement. Since 1990, the Center has focused on reducing occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities, and promoting worker well-being in the construction industry. Current priorities include:
  
  • Protecting construction workers from job site exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  
  • Preventing injuries and fatalities, like those caused by falls from roofs, ladders, and scaffolds
  
  • Reducing existing and emerging respiratory hazards
  
  • Reducing painful injuries, like work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
  
  • Increasing understanding and response to mental health issues, particularly suicide and opioid use
  
  • Fulfilling the goals above by putting research into practice
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066374
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:01560c00237a886b6ab525565023d021cd7ceb7fb75ee358e36182abe4a78af92345bfd48778d06aeba3b006e0eb4de5877f3d8069b5ded12655819e4ccf99fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111181/cdc_111181_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 226.98 KB ]