When a new conference is announced, a medical screening or training program, or a new regulation; when CPWR publishes a new Hazard Alert or newsletter; or when CPWR or a cooperating researcher issues new research findings, you’ll find it here.
Developed for an injury prevention campaign, mixes interviews with survivors of falls from ladders (and victims’ survivors) with information about safe procedures. A collaboration between CPWR, the New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council, and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Four worker tip sheets in English and Spanish.
CPWR has posted a complete archive of available working group reports and recommendations of the OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH).
CPWR has funding available – up to $30,000 – to investigate
construction safety and health hazards on jobsites and
find solutions to eliminate or reduce them. See our flier on this
The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has established a Permanent Committee for Women in the Trades. Read the Brochure.
Manganese and Parkinson's Disease, A Statement from the Safety and Health Committee, Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO (Note: This document can be downloaded only using Acrobat Reader 6.0. Once saved, it can be opened using Acrobat 5.0)
Headlines
Articles from the Las Vegas Sun on construction worker deaths:
