Key Findings from Research: Reaching Small Contractors through Community-Based Organizations

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• Journal Article:
  Key findings from research
• Personal Author:
  Sarpy, Sue A. ; Stachowski, Alicia
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Small construction establishments-defined as those with fewer than 20 employees-experience a disproportionate share of fatal work injuries and increasing rates of non-fatal injuries. It remains a challenge to share safety and health information with these establishments and the vulnerable workers they often employ. To address this need, a community-based process targeting CPWR's Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) was developed and tested. ECWTP aims to train, certify, and secure jobs for economically disadvantaged workers living in the communities surrounding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund National Priorities List sites and brownfields sites. It currently operates in Boston; East Palo Alto, California; Flint, Michigan; and New Orleans. Program participants, including those working in small construction businesses, were surveyed regarding the importance of safety and critical safety needs for construction workers in their communities. Read the report: https://bit.ly/443l2Sg. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Small Business Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Small businesses; Injury prevention; Community based; Training
• Source:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2023 Aug; :1
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• 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:20068453
• Email:
  ssarpy@sarpyassoc.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:01e8b5eace79833731e28a31a367d2554738c5cbd147057279221c4d78a84b94f0a71d625ac92763af5513dba2b87c85470f15aa2cf72c03d19f276ab22eb743
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137301/cdc_137301_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 39.81 KB ]