Highlights 2008

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  In every history book chronicling this nation, 2008 will be viewed as a landmark year. Beset by two wars, an economic downturn, and contentious partisan bickering, the nation chose to select its first African-American president - a man with promises of change and a vision to make it happen. Within the construction industry, 2008 will also be viewed as a watershed year for safety and health. Startling crane collapses and the death of 12 construction workers over 18 months on worksites along the Las Vegas Strip brought the issues of worker safety to the attention of the national media and a busy Congress. In June, I testified before a House committee on construction fatalities and OSHA. We in the Building Trades were best able to address these issues because of the 18-plus years of fine work performed by our research arm, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training. All U.S. construction workers, contractors and industry observers can benefit from the work CPWR performs in any year. As the recipient of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's Construction Center grant, CPWR conducts research to identify causes and remedies to safety and health hazards workers face on the job. This research is performed by CPWR's internal staff of research scientists and by dedicated academic researchers in universities nationwide. These experts undertake projects to explore obvious as well as emerging worksite problems that can cause fatalities, injuries and illnesses. In addition, CPWR offers programs to train instructors in general and specialized safety and health topics. CPWR staff also administers a free medical screening program for former workers on DOE nuclear sites. All of these areas, and more, are addressed in this Highlights 2008. As you look through this report, you'll see the "highlights" of major challenges and triumphs CPWR faced in the 2008 Year in Review. The three sections Research, Training and Service also highlight activities within those areas in 2008. While CPWR has more than 25 research projects, this Highlights profiles selected research efforts and findings. unanticipated problems arise and demand solutions. As part of a negotiated settlement between general contractor Perini and the Southern Nevada Building Trades, CPWR was given two enormous tasks: a site assessment of safety on two construction projects, one being the $9.2 billion CityCenter project, as well as the coordination of OSHA 10-hour training for thousands of workers. I am aware of the tremendous expenditure of time, talent and resources CPWR invested in its work on behalf of Perini and the Southern Nevada Building Trades. A number of international and local unions also dug deep into their pockets to bring their qualified instructors to participate in this unprecedented training venture. I am extremely proud of, but not at all surprised by, the detail, quality and scope of CPWR's reports and recommendations on site safety. And, as a union member and leader, I am grateful to local and international leaders who redirected resources and staffed hundreds of hours of safety training with the best trainers in our nation. It was the deaths of 12 construction workers in 18 months on Las Vegas construction sites that triggered these events. Aware that four construction workers, on average, are killed every day on U.S. jobsites, I invite you to examine CPWR's research findings, consider the training offered to the unionized sector and the services and information for workers. Then, I ask you, to find something that you can put into practice - on your jobsite, in your local, within your company. Be sure to visit CPWR's Web site for more information about the offerings of this organization, a world leader in construction safety and health. We enter 2009 with the promise of rebuilding our nation's crumbling infrastructure and creating structures to power our nation's growth. Let every one of us involved in the construction industry make sure we play our part in making jobsites safe for all. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Communications Media Construction Industry Education Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Hearing Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radiation Injuries Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Communication-systems Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Disease-prevention Environmental-hazards Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Health-hazards Hearing-conservation Industrial-environment Injury-prevention Job-analysis Medical-screening Mortality-data Mortality-rates Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nuclear-hazards Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Radiation-injury Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-practices Safety-research Sociological-factors Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ayers, Mark H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047508
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2009 May; :1-31
• Contact Point Address:
  Mark H. Ayers, President, CPWR, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Highlights 2008: CPWR - research, training, service
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213200/cdc_213200_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.36 MB ]