The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Construction Sector Council (Sector Council) brings together individuals and organizations to share information, form partnerships, and promote adoption and dissemination of solutions that work. The sector council seeks to facilitate the most important research, understand effective intervention strategies, and learn how to implement those strategies to achieve sustained improvements in workplace practice.
To further these efforts, the Sector Council meets twice a year and continues its work between meetings through work groups established to address priority areas. There are currently three workgroups:
- Preventing Falls
- Preventing Struck-by Injuries/Fatalities
- Work Organization
At each meeting, presentations are made on the priority areas and issues facing the industry. To make the materials covered more readily accessible, starting with the November 20-21, 2019 Sector Council meeting, links to publicly available presentations and supporting documentation will be available on this web page.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 – Presentation and Discussion
- CPWR COVID-19 Construction Clearinghouse
- Discussion on possible Clearinghouse content and establishment of Work Group (audio file)
Thursday, November 21, 2019 – Presentations/Topics
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 – Presentations/Topics
- CPWR – National Construction Center Update
- Laborers’ Health and Safety Issues
- Virtual Safety Consultant Update and Small Business Interviews
- FACE Update
- Helmet/Hard Hat Research Update
- NECA and Electrical Safety in Construction
- Aging Workers in Construction
- Recent CPWR Quarterly Date Report (QDR) Highlights
- 3rd Quarter 2019 QDR Trends of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Interventions in the Construction Industry
- NIOSH Update
- FACE Report Analysis-Ladder Falls