Key Findings from Research: Heat-Related Injuries and Barriers to Heat Program Implementation

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dally, Miranda
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Rising global temperatures pose safety risks for outdoor workers. Although construction workers face significant heat-related hazards, research on workplace heat safety remains limited. Prior studies have linked higher temperatures to increased injuries, but gaps exist in understanding barriers to effective heat safety implementation. This study examined the association between temperature and traumatic injury risk among construction workers in Colorado, as well as current workplace heat safety programs. Through a mixed-methods approach of meteorological data, workers' compensation data, interviews with managers, and surveys of eld workers, researchers analyzed safety trends and explored safety training, acclimatization practices, and workplace culture. Read the report: https://bit.ly/4lutoLP. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Construction
  • Heat Stress Disorders
  • Hot Temperature
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Construction workers
  • Heat exposure
  • Intervention
  • Safety programs
  • Heat acclimatization
  • Hot environments
  • Outdoor workers
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Denver Region OSHA ; Maryland ; Philadelphia Region OSHA
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071792
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2025 Jun; :1
• Email:
  miranda.dally@cuanschutz.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  2009/09/01
• End Date:
  2024/08/31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260016/cdc_260016_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8705e50f3a97f459c1b9fc35e5dc0c1e93814804a85097884e8f396d31c61b6cb6dca9472cadfe93d69c41eafc32215c5d182ddd83d7367727a480790d4ce3fb