The asphalt industry has engaged two multi-stakeholder, multidisciplinary partnerships to develop evidence-based interventions to address hazards facing the industry: the Asphalt Paving Partnership and the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership. Since the establishment of the first partnership in the mid-1990’s, industry stakeholders, including contractors, labor, and government, have partnered to:
- Reduce exposure to asphalt fumes
- Reduce exposure to silica during asphalt milling
- Reduce dermal exposures in the asphalt paving environment
- Promote work zone safety
Learn more about the Partnership’s work and what has led to its repeated successes:
Products:
- NIOSH Best Practice Engineering Control Guidelines to Control Worker Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica during Asphalt Pavement Milling
- CPWR Field Guide for Controlling Silica Dust Exposure on Asphalt Pavement Milling Machines
Case Studies & Presentations:
- Moving research to practice through partnership: A case study in Asphalt Paving (American Journal of Industrial Medicine 58(8): 824-837
- Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership presentation at the 2015 CPWR r2p Seminar & Partnership Workshop
- Case Study: The Asphalt Partnership Summary Report
- Successful r2p Partnerships in Construction Safety and Health: Asphalt Paving Partnership
Lessons learned are also highlighted in the Construction Research to Practice (r2p) Partnership Toolkit