This project will track overall construction safety and health performance and provide the basis for interventions in order to protect construction workers from serious workplace injuries and illnesses. The specific aims of this project are to: monitor patterns and trends of fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses in the construction industry; characterize the changing construction industry and its workforce, identify emerging issues in construction safety and health, and develop performance measures for evaluations of the Construction Center as a whole and progress towards NORA’s strategic goals. This project will also provide timely assistance and technical consultations for all construction stakeholders, including construction workers, contractors, owners, labor unions, trade associations, government agencies, and professionals and professional associations.
We will conduct a set of studies using a multitude of large national datasets and Construction Databases that have been developed from our ongoing research efforts. A major product of this program will be the fifth edition of The Construction Chart Book: The U.S. Construction Industry and its Workers. This Chart Book and all other data products from this project will be continuously available to all construction stakeholders through the Construction Center’s Dissemination project and other strategies, including the Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH), trade-specific reports, peer-reviewed journal papers, workshops, and conference presentations.
