CPWR — The Center for Construction Research and Training: Service: Medical Screening

DOE Screening Consortium Members:

CPWR
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Duke University Medical Center
Central Washington Building and Construction Trades Council
Knoxville/Oak Ridge Building and Construction Trades Council
Augusta Building and Construction Trades Council
Tri-State Building and Construction Trades Council
Western Kentucky Building and Construction Trades Council
Dayton Building and Construction Trades Council
Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council
Florida Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council
Idaho Building and Construction Trades Council
And various state BCTCs
Zenith Administrators

During the WWII Manhattan Project, in the Cold War that followed, and in ongoing operations and environmental remediation, several hundred thousand construction workers worked on sites of the U.S. Department of Energy and its predecessors. Many of these workers faced excessive and uncontrolled exposures to ionizing radiation, airborne radioactive dusts, crystalline silica, and other health hazards. Ongoing medical surveillance serves both to aid these workers and to improve our understanding of occupational injury and disease in these operations.

For more info on the Building Trades National Medical Screening Programs call 1-800-866-9663. Trish Quinn directs CPWR efforts within these programs.