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) BCTD sends OSHA a draft silica standard. 2) CPWR Board names Pete Stafford as CPWR Head. 3) Policy research funds awarded to universities. 4) Elevator safety moves up after CPWR reports on hazards. 5) Construction workers go to college for safety, health certificate program 6) Deaths from aerial lifts: falls, electrocutions. 7) CPWR information on concrete drivers, electrical hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Automobiles Construction Industry Construction Materials Decision Making Education Electric Injuries Electricity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Construction-equipment; Construction-materials; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Work-environment; Work-practices; Worker-health; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Regulations; Standards; Health-standards; Silica-dusts; Education; Decision-making; Management-personnel; Height-factors; Fall-protection; Electrical-hazards; Electrocutions; Equipment-design; Equipment-operators; Equipment-reliability; Concretes; Drivers
• 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 ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043205
• Citation:
  On Center: Newsl CPWR 2001 Nov; 1(3):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 5th Floor, 111 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• 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/232601/cdc_232601_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]