Key Findings from Research: The Impact of CPWR's Building Trades National Medical Screening Program

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• Personal Author:
  Ringen, Knut ; Dement, John M. ; Cloeren, Marianne ; Almashat, Sammy ; Grier, William ; Hines, Stella E. ; Welch, Laura S. ; Cranford, Kim ; Haas, Scott ; Chen, Anna ; Quinn, Patricia ; Fisher, Miles
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  This paper is one of the few published studies that assesses long-term occupational medical surveillance that extends beyond retirement age. The study focuses on the impact that the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) has had on its participants, encompassing the results from 25 years of long-term occupational medical surveillance. BTMed provides health examinations for workers employed in construction activities at U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities; participants are eligible to receive an exam every three years. The study comprised 26,922 BTMed participants, the majority of whom were construction workers exposed to a range of hazards-including asbestos, radiation, and silica-during facility construction, maintenance, renovation, demolition, and cleanup (see next page). The study compares 23,452 BTMed participants who, as part of enrolling in the program, completed both a work history interview and a medical exam with 3,470 BTMed participants who completed only the work history interview. Read the report: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.70052.
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Medical screening; Surveillance; Occupational medicine; Health programs; Medical examinations
• Source:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2026 Apr; :1-2
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Washington ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA] ; San Francisco Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071465
• Email:
  knutringen@msn.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20240901
• End Date:
  20290831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ce460fff2292ff07fddad85bfc6f25b2a5df65c5f411332607b33fc11f4b5852dee02cda4b8fcfc1a4a258fcae381ac45289d66f0aa6a617e4329f2456490f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259063/cdc_259063_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 600.71 KB ]