Three New Data Dashboards Examine Construction Worker Injuries
CPWR’s growing collection of interactive Data Dashboards — there are now 18 — includes three new dashboards on construction worker injuries: fatal and nonfatal injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, and falls, slips and trips.
WHAT’S NEW
New Resource for Improving Safety Culture on Job Sites
Contractors can use the new Safety Culture-Safety Management Information System free of charge to assess their safety climate, select and implement appropriate tools to strengthen it and engage in continuous safety climate improvement.
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New Podcast -- COVID-19: Back to Basics
On the latest episode of CPWR’s Construction Safety and Health Podcast Series, Dr. Douglas Trout, chief of NIOSH’s Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch, reviews the importance of a multi-layered approach to exposure prevention with COVID-19 on construction sites.
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM RESEARCH
WEBINARS
Improving JHA and pre-task planning in electrical construction: A workers’ perspective
Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 2:00pm EDT
Babak Memarian, Ph.D., CSP, CHST (Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research, CPWR)
Jerry Rivera, MEng (Safety Director, The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), Washington DC Chapter)
Pre-task planning and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) can serve an important role in proactively recognizing and addressing hazards to prevent work-related incidents; however, they are primarily based on compliance and typically lack the input of the workers performing the tasks. To improve the effectiveness of pre-task planning and JHA, it is critical to include more detailed task-specific information, particularly from the workers’ perspective, and provide evidence-based solutions that will create safer working conditions. Please join us to learn how a current CPWR research project strives to fill the gap between current and best practices for planning, particularly in the high-risk trade of electrical construction.
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