Key Findings from Research: Heat-Related Deaths Among Construction Workers

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Heat is a severe hazard for construction workers around the world and may be worsening as a result of climate change. The authors analyzed heat-related deaths in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from 1992 to 2016 to examine this type of death in relation to time, region, and temperature and to explore a possible association with climate change. See abstract: http://bit.ly/2YyIUiV. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Construction Industry Hot Temperature Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Climate Change Construction Industry Construction Workers Heat Exposure Hot Environments Mortality Rates
• 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:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:20057481
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2019 Aug; :1
• Email:
  Sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e63705c19a4eb44bf78d8c2766f39e6fc102c76df52f1864e792739fb64847f31d6a46dd920652761c00380f82bd582652990bc505f8eb8bb4632eeffba0a395
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212960/cdc_212960_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.40 KB ]