Key Findings from Research: Moving Construction Safety Research to Practice

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Research over the past 15 years has examined the barriers to greater use of research-based safe work practices and equipment in construction. Not only does the industry often lack awareness of these solutions, but studies have found that the solutions may not reflect industry priorities or fully incorporate workers' and contractors' knowledge. Partnerships across a diverse network-including government agencies, nonprofit organizations, industry representatives, and university and/or government researchers-have been instrumental to advancing safety research to construction practice. This study explores a four-and-a-half-year research-to-practice (r2p) partnership between university researchers and a roofing contractor in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on ergonomic injury prevention and safety culture at the contractor. The contractor has 150 field staff and 30 office personnel. A notable aspect of this partnership is that the lead investigator transitioned from a student internship to an embedded "researcher-in-residence." Research methods included in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 25 stakeholders, from frontline employees to executives. Read the report: https://bit.ly/48yNSOg. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Injury Prevention Partnership R2p Research To Practice Initiative Safety Culture
• 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:
  Dallas Region [OSHA] ; Maryland ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA] ; Texas
• 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:20070315
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Oct; :1
• Email:
  z.zhang@exchange.tamu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• 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-512:26c7c3960c7cfc427f9a8769537a75de4b6905c5d2feef8b08ca7c7e5128114c05aa34d3e42be59a4fc8ac925e0f3acec64970e1d8e4208f565c25a0fa92b57e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212978/cdc_212978_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 69.75 KB ]