On Center: The Newsletter of the Center to Protect Workers' Rights

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Description:
  The CPWR newsletter, with a new look and a new name "On Center" is part of CPWR's increasing emphasis on practical information and preventions to improve safety and health for construction workers. CPWR, the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, is the research and development institute of the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD). Practical information on the following topics are included in this issue. 1) Major U.S. legislation to compensate nuclear workers. 2) Safety training for residential construction under way. 3) Cool training - a new method for hazardous waste workers to reduce heat stress. 4) Alerting workers to hazards - blue pocket hazard alert cards for workers. 5) Electrocutions in construction - statistics and causes. 6) For CPWR, workers are the experts - CPWR works closely with researchers, owners, contractors, and workers. 7) CPWR, affiliates project can help 'save your skin'. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Dermatitis Electric Injuries Electricity Hazardous Substances Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Radiation Safety Safety Management Skin Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Contact-dermatitis Electrical-hazards Electrical-workers Electrocutions Equipment-design Hazardous-waste-cleanup Hazards Health-hazards Heat-stress Injuries Injury-prevention Legislation Mortality-data Mortality-rates Nuclear-radiation Occupational-hazards Personal-protective-equipment Regulations Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Skin-exposure Skin-irritants Skin-protection Training Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043201
• Citation:
  On Center: Newsl CPWR 2001 Jan; 1(1):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 5th Floor, 111 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  On Center: the newsletter of the Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213214/cdc_213214_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 314.29 KB ]