Highlights 2012: Getting Results: The Value of CPWR

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Every year CPWR's connections with our partners deepen. And every year we find new organizations - and people - seeking the information and resources CPWR brings to the construction industry. We found 2012 was no exception to that trend. In fact, 2012 was an exceptional year, as we amassed an impressive display of Research Products and Events & Accomplishments, which you'll see displayed on the following pages. I'd like to expand on two of these items. "Falls to a lower level" has been the top killer of construction workers for as many years as the Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected these figures, and that has been 20 years. These annual figures frustrate the industry because we know these workplace deaths are preventable. To bring attention to the issue, we had the pleasure to work through the NORA Construction Sector Council to plan and launch a national falls fatalities campaign in partnership with NIOSH, OSHA and other interested stakeholders. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis launched the campaign on Workers' Memorial Day of 2012. CPWR, along with industry, government, academia and labor created this national awareness campaign to provide employers and workers with life-saving information and educational materials about working safely from ladders, scaffolds and roofs. CPWR built the campaign's website, http://www.StopConstructionFalls. com, while also participating on committees to develop new materials, vet existing information, and promote the campaign. CPWR also created an online, interactive "map" to locate each construction-related fatality in 2011 and 2012. See for yourself on Page 6 and then visit the website for the true impact. A second accomplishment with partnerships as a central component: convene the world's construction safety and health leaders to discuss their latest challenges and response. CPWR hosted a symposium in Boston for the International Social Security Association (ISSA) Construction Section. Presentations focused on best practices in all phases of construction, from planning to demolition, and effective methods of worker training. The symposium revealed diverse experiences and findings - from an analysis of safety/health training for low-literacy workers building a subway system in Istanbul, to best practices/lessons learned while building venues for the 2012 London Olympics. Panels of senior decision-makers responded to the presentations with their views on implementing these practices given constraints and differences among participating countries. Those attending, including a number of CPWR trainers, gained rare insights into safety and health practices from European Union nations, such as Germany, Denmark and France, to far-flung nations of Turkey, South Africa, Cameroon, and Chile. While we can count many accomplishments for the year, we know that the nuts and bolts of our work would not have the same impact without our dedicated partners. Not only do they give us access to construction sites and training centers to make strides in research and educate workers, our partners bring results to U.S. job sites. Our work reappears as safer work practices, use of validated safety equipment, a better-trained workforce, and improved means of communicating vital safety information on the job site. In 2012 two new partners - the Labor Occupational Health Project at UC Berkeley and PhilaPOSH - have joined our group of unions, employer associations, national and international organizations, and safety and health professionals who understand the implications of our work and want to be a part of it. If you are not yet a partner in CPWR's work, I invite you to join us. Opportunities arise several ways, such as our Small Study grants program to joining in support of the falls campaign or efforts to reduce silica on the job. We welcome those innovators who want to improve construction safety and health for all. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Communications Media Construction Industry Decision Making Education Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mortality Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Communication-systems Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Decision-making Demolition-industry Employee-exposure Fall-protection Hazards Injury-prevention Job-analysis Ladders Medical-research Medical-screening Medical-services Mortality-data Mortality-rates Nuclear-energy Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Radiation-exposure Roofers Roofing-industry Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-practices Safety-research Scaffolds Surveillance-programs Training 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:
  41 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McGarvey, Sean ; Stafford, Erich
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047511
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2013 Mar; :1-38
• Contact Point Address:
  Pete Stafford, Executive Director, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  pstafford@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• 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:
  Highlights 2012: CPWR - getting results: the value of CPWR
• 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/213224/cdc_213224_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.45 MB ]