Highlights 2016: Expanding Our Reach

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  The title "Expanding Our Reach", is very fitting, to explain some of the highlights you are about to read for 2016. The work of the OSHA-NIOSH-CPWR r2p Working Group, for instance, has continued to expand its reach to all construction industry stakeholders to make them aware of the national construction fall prevention campaign and its annual Safety Stand-Down. Millions of construction workers have been reached since the campaign was launched in 2012 and all indications are that the campaign will only continue to grow. Also in 2016, through a cooperative effort between CPWR and our consortium research partners, and construction industry stakeholders, OSHA and ACCSH, our new Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) training module was completed and approved as a 2.5-hour elective module in the OSHA 30-hour course. It will be available to all OSHA training providers effective January 1, 2017. We know from our bi-annual surveys with Dodge Data & Analytics that a significant percentage of U.S. construction contractors (over 80% of large ones) rely on the OSHA 30-hour course as their primary supervisory safety training program. At the same time, all industry stakeholders, including OSHA, agree that the OSHA 30-hour course was not designed to be a leadership training program, which is why the FSL will fill this gap. Feedback from those who have tried it, believe the new FSL has the potential to reach thousands after its official launch by OSHA. On our research, you will read about the work of our Data Center and its 2016 products, including its Quarterly Data Reports; the growth of our eLCOSH Nano Inventory and status of exposure monitoring; research findings from our small studies program; r2p developments and the number of products and resources now available as a result of our r2p team's efforts and continued reach to our industry stakeholders; the status of our Construction Solutions program; and the combined safety climate work with our r2p office to make our popular Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT) available online. In addition to these internal CPWR research activities, you will also be updated on the progress of our consortium partner research projects and other research planning activities. On our service programs, you'll see in 2016 our Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) celebrated its 20th year of providing important medical screenings to construction workers employed at DOE sites across the country. You'll also read a first-hand account from one of our program participants about what BTMed's CT scan program meant to him. Finally, on the training side of the house you'll see the impressive number of construction workers trained in 2016, our trainer enhancement efforts, and development of new training programs, including a new Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) course for our construction industry population working in hospitals and other health care facilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Construction Industry Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction Industry Construction Workers Environmental Hazards Hazard Communication Hazard Recognition Infection Control Information Dissemination Medical Screening Nanoparticles Nuclear Hazards Occupational Safety And Health Partnership R2p Research To Practice Initiative Risk Assessment Safety Climate Safety Research Screening Programs Training Work Environment Worker Health Worker Safety

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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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056131
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Dec; :1-28
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• 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:
  CPWR highlights 2016: expanding our reach
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213201/cdc_213201_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.46 MB ]