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CPWR provides practical information for workers, contractors, trainers, researchers, and others through all media. Publications-some in Spanish-include hazard alerts for workers, The Construction Chart Book and other research reports, and the newsletter On Center. In addition to producing videos and DVDs, CPWR organizes conferences for stakeholders, and provides web-based information, including this web site, the eLCOSH web site, the Solutions database, and links to other web resources.
To order a publication:
Send a check or money order for the total amount, plus $4.95 (shipping and handling), made payable to CPWR, to:
CPWR
ATTN: Sharretta Benjamin
8484 Georgia Ave.
Suite 1000
Silver Spring, MD 20910
If you have questions, please call CPWR at 301-578-8500. |
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| Months of research boiled down to a simple page. Get specific data on study results of exposure levels and hazard controls, safety incentives, evaluation of training programs, and much more. Peer-reviewed data you can use with confidence. |
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| Learn about the positive IMPACT CPWR funded research is having on contractor and worker awareness and response to safety and health hazards on construction sites, and related training, regulations and policies. |
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| Get information on all facets of the U.S. construction industry – economics, demographics, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. This succinct and extensive overview of the construction industry, in a unique presentation of 50 topics of subject matter and corresponding charts, is the only resource of its kind in existence. |
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| Short instructional videos on: ladder safety, engineering controls to reduce dusts produced during drywall work; job factors, ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders; assessing exposures to chemical hazards on construction sites; using local-exhaust ventilation to reduce worker exposures to toxic welding fumes; how construction workers' ideas can improve safety and health on job sites. |
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CPWR produces short reports on a wide range of construction safety and health topics, from a surveillance of fatal and non-fatal injuries among construction workers over a 10 year period, to specialized reports on designing for safety and the hazards faced by concrete truck drivers – and recommendations. |
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A CPWR Data Brief covers a particular topic through charts and one paragraph explaining the information. The CPWR Data Center, the same people who creatred The Construction Chart Book, analyze large national datasets of interest to the U.S. construction industry to produce these short and informative documents available online. |
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The 142-page book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. This fifth edition covers 55 topic pages, five more than the previous version, with descriptive text on one page and charts on the opposite page.
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CPWR researchers and consortium partners publish study results in peer-reviewed journals on a regular basis. The American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, and the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health are just a few of the many publications that carry CPWR research findings. |
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CPWR makes a special effort to inform labor, contractors and industry participants about new threats to worker health and safety, ways to combat old problems like slips, trips and falls, and statistical data on worker safety and health to inform decision making. Union magazines, like The Journeyman Roofer and Waterproofer and The Ironworker, contain articles produced by CPWR researchers, as does Professional Safety, Masonry Construction, and Occupational Health & Safety magazine. |
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