From the Desk of Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director |
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New Data Bulletin Examines Women in Construction |
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While women make up a small portion of the construction workforce, they are a growing demographic in the industry, accounting in 2022 for 11% of all construction employment and 4% of blue-collar construction workers. The May 2023 issue of CPWR’s Data Bulletin examines employment, business owner, and injury trends for women in construction. It found that the number of women grew faster in construction than in all industries from 2021 to 2022 (4% vs 3%), while blue-collar construction workers grew almost three times faster than all blue-collar workers for the same period (19% vs 7%). The corresponding Women in Construction data dashboard has been updated to include the latest data.
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TOOLS FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH |
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Data Dashboards Look at Temporary Workers, Health Risk Factors, and Healthcare and Medical Expenditures
This week: 10th Annual Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
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Our Small Study Program supports promising new research initiatives on improving construction safety and health with funding up to $30,000. While we normally accept applications on a rolling basis, starting August 31 we will take a one-year pause from funding new studies. Because the review process can take a few months, new letters of intent must be submitted by May 31.
Participate in a Pilot Program on Preventing Struck-by Incidents
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Tuesday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. ET (1 hour)
CPWR's Foundations for Safety Leadership for Residential Construction (FSL4Res)
Panelists:
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Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
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Anna Kinghorn, MS, Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
CPWR recently adapted our popular Foundations for Safety Leadership training program to create the Foundations for Safety Leadership for Residential Construction (FSL4Res). The FSL4Res is designed to meet the unique safety issues found in the residential construction sector, particularly fall hazards, which remain the sector’s major cause of workplace fatalities. The FSL4Res covers the same content as the FSL, including critical leadership skills for the job site. The main difference is that three new real-world scenarios have been added that illustrate how foremen and other frontline leaders can use the leadership skills to prevent fall hazards on site. Trainers can tailor the FSL4Res to different audiences and locations, including delivering it as either a single 2.5-hour session (like the original FSL) or as four 30-minute and one short booster session.
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May 16, 15:45 – “Particle Risk and Construction Materials”
- Neeraj Shandilya, Research Scientist, Department of Risk Analysis for Products in Development (RAPID), Healthy Living Unit, TNO – “Safe-by-design advanced materials: A case study on paint formulation”
- Aaron Erdley, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, NIOSH – “Toxicity Assessment of a Carbon Nanotube Embedded Concrete”
- Wendel Wohlleben, Researcher, Material Physics, BASF -- “Fibre-aerogel-mats for façade insulation: How to guide SSbD development by screenings?”
- Gavin West, Director, Nanomaterials Research, CPWR – “A task-based approach to nanomaterials exposure assessment in the construction trades”
May 23, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – “The Latest in Exposure Science and Hazard Communication for Engineered Nanomaterials in Construction”
- Gavin West, Director, Nanomaterials Research, CPWR
May 24, 1:45-3:00 p.m. -- “An applied tool to improve pre-task planning in construction”
- Babak Memarian, Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research, CPWR
June 2, 8:55-10:15 a.m. -- “Preventing Falls in the Workplace”
- Rosa Greenberg, Research Analyst, CPWR
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CPWR has openings for four positions:
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