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CPWR UPDATE

 

Issue 28, February 2014 

CPWR Team's Technology Featured at World of Concrete
 
Ergonomically friendly drill jig now commercially available 

 

Expo participant takes jig for a test drive


The annual World of Concrete expo in Las Vegas is one of the largest industry events in the basic trades. This year a CPWR-supported research team is making a splash with a new concrete drill jig.  The device can protect workers from dangerous hand-arm vibration - and when properly fitted with dust control technology, airborne crystalline silica - without compromising productivity.


Lines formed quickly to examine the latest product from the team of David Rempel and Alan Barr at University of California Ergonomics program. The team, having seen California construction laborers suffer fatigue and possible long-term injury while drilling hundreds of dowel holes into concrete, set out to make this task a little easier. Their invention, a heavy-duty drilling jig, is being picked up by innovative contractors across the country. And no wonder - equipped with a saddle that can accommodate two drills at once, it's not just safer for the worker but can get the job done quicker as well.

With two drills at once
ENR Magazine eyed the new tool (sold under the trade name "DrillBoss") and featured it on their Building 101 blog. CPWR's one-stop resource on how to prevent silica hazards, Work Safely with Silica, has incorporated the drill into its growing roster of commercially available equipment and controls. Check out this video of the drill in action - and spread the word about this important new technology!

  

 

Pete Stafford

Executive Director    

   
    
CPWR IN PRINT

Recently Published Journal Articles by CPWR Scholars

 

 

The Differential Effects of Transformational Leadership Facets on Employee Safety. Hoffmeister K, Gibbons A, Johnson S, Cigularov K, Chen P, Rosecrance J. Safety Science, Feb 2014 

 

Doing it old school: Peer-led safety and health training in the U.S. construction industry. Sinyai C, Stafford P, and Trahan C. McGill Journal of Education, Dec 2013

 

Correlation between safety climate and contractor safety assessment programs in construction. Sparer E, Murphy L, Taylor K, and Dennerlein J. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, December 2013

  

 

ONLINE  RESOURCES  

  

 

 

Find the latest on regulatory efforts and and Create-A-Plan to control exposures at Work Safely with Silica -- a one-stop source of information on how to prevent a silica hazard and protect workers. 
 
 

 

 

eLCOSH  is the premier online source for construction health and safety information, with  research,  training materials, fact sheets and more 

 

 

Construction Solutions

 

Construction Solutions is a safety and health database designed with construction contractors and workers in mind - an inventory of common industry hazards paired with common-sense solutions

 

CPWR

 
Visit CPWR for information on our training programs, research findings, and resources for your health and safety or research initiatives
 
 
 


 

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CPWR -- The Center for Construction Research and Training is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. Working with partners like you in business, labor, government, and the universities, we strive every day to make work safer for the 9 million men and women who work in the U.S. construction industry!