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CPWR's Informational Webinar Series
CPWR hosts regular webinars on a variety of topics including current research, new efforts and trends in occupational safety & health, and training programs. The following is a list of upcoming webinar events. To register, click on the event link and select register (as opposed to join now). Space is limited for all events, so we encourage you to register in advance. Further instructions will be provided when your registration is confirmed. If you have any questions about our webinar topics or how to register for an event, contact Jessica Bunting at jbunting@cpwr.com or 301-495-8515.
Upcoming CPWR Webinars:
Thursday, February 27th, 2020 at 2:00pm EST (1 hour): Opioid Use & Worksite Overdose Fatalities in the Construction Industry: A Look at the Data & CPWR Resources & Efforts
Presented by: Chris Trahan Cain, CPWR Executive Director and Sue Dong, Director of CPWR’s Data Center
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opioids killed more than 42,000 people in 2016 and 40% of those deaths involved a prescription opioid. Construction workers are among the segments of the U.S. population opioids have hit hardest. Recent state-level studies of opioid overdose deaths show that construction workers are six to seven times more likely to die of an overdose than workers in other professions.
Learn more about the issue, those workers who died of an overdose on worksites, and gaps in our understanding of the impact of opioids on construction workers during Sue Dong’s review of CPWR’s recent Quarterly Data Report. Then hear from Chris Cain about CPWR’s resources and efforts to address the hazard.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 at 2:00pm EST (1 hour+): Fall Protection Q&A Panel
Introduction by: G. Scott Earnest, Acting Director for the Office of Construction Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Panel Presenters:
Thom Kramer, PE, CSP, LJB Inc. Principal & Z359 Accredited Standards Committee Chairman;
Dan Henn, VP of Operations at Reliance Fall Protection, Vice-Chairman of the ANSI/ASSP Z359 & Chairman of the Z359.14 Subgroup;
Adam Rubin, Senior Corporate Safety Manager with Zachry Group, member of the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Accredited Standards Committee & Vice-Chairman of the Z359.14 Subgroup;
Cory Gaye, Chair of ACIG’s Infrastructure Safety Peer Group, and active end user voice at the Z359 and Z359.14 subcommittee meetings
Gear up for the 2020 Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls with this Q&A Panel. The ANSI/ASSP Z359 Fall Protection Code provides an overall blueprint to help prevent injuries and illnesses that for workers at height. This session will provide tangible techniques and approaches to move your own fall protection and restraint programs forward.
Falls remain a leading cause of on-the-job injuries and fatalities. This panel will address questions related to these standards including fall protection equipment and systems for climbing, man riding, work positioning, fall arrest, rescue, evacuation, and other fall hazard operations, in addition to training, hazard identification and abating hazards to help prevent injuries and illness when working at height.
Learning Outcomes
1. Summarize the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Standards, including those pending and new/revised standards and explain how they will impact the fall protection industry.
2. Provide additional tangible skills and knowledge to attendees to assist them in moving their own fall protection programs forward to better protecting workers at height.
3. Present examples of how ANSI/ASSE Z359 Standards are used by organizations on a global level to protect workers at height.
Register Here [At registration you will be prompted to submit a question on fall protection. These questions will be used to guide the panel, but we will also take questions during the webinar itself]
Past Webinars by Topic:
Ergonomics
- Evaluation of Trunk and Arm Support Exoskeletons for Construction
Presented by: Dr. Carisa Harris, Assist. Professor UC San Francisco/Berkeley; Director UC Ergonomics Research Program,
and Dr. Maury Nussbaum, Professor Virginia Tech; Director Occupational Biomechanics & Ergonomics Program
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
Play Recording Download Presentation - Safety Voice for Ergonomics – a Research to Practice Example in the Masonry Trade
Presented by: Dan Anton, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Eastern Washington University,
Jennifer Hess, Research Associate, University of Oregon,
Dave Wysocki, IMTEF North Central Regional Director, National Safety Director. Internal Facilitator, Masonry r2p Partnership
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - Incorporating Ergonomics into a Construction Safety Management Program
Presented by: Ann Marie Dale, Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
Thursday, February 28th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - Best built plans: preventing injury & improving productivity by reducing manual materials handling
Presented by: Eileen Betit, Research to Practice (r2p) Director, CPWR, Gary Gustafson, Training Director, CPWR, and John Strand, Social Marketing Consultant
Wednesday July 25th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation - Health and Safety Considerations for Powered Hand-tools Used in Construction
Presented by: Mark Geiger MS, MSE, CIH, CSP – U.S. Naval Safety Center; Chuck Hayden MS, PE – NIOSH, Division of Applied Research and Technology;
& Tom McDowell, PhD – NIOSH, Health Effects Laboratory Division
Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
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Falls & The National Fall Prevention Campaign
- Trends of Fall Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry
Presented by: Sue Dong, Director of CPWR's Data Center and Jessica Bunting, Assistant Director of CPWR's r2p Program
This 45-minute webinar provides a review of the new CPWR Quarterly Data Report on fall injuries in construction.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation Related Articles The National Falls Campaign Social Network Analysis - Executive Summary - What Happens After a Fall is Arrested?: Suspension Trauma and the Importance of Having a Rescue Plan
Presented by:
Mike Kassman, Training Specialist, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research & Training
Chad Riddleberger, Captain and Technical Rescue Team Lead with Roanoke Fire-EMS, Adjunct Instructor with VA Department of Fire Programs, and Instructor with Spec Rescue International
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
NOTE: The presenters on this webinar are sharing their personal experience and are not offering medical advice. In the event of any workplace injury, it is important to seek treatment from a trained medical professional.
Play Recording Download Presentation - The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction: Getting Ready for the 2019 Safety Stand-Down
Presented by: Scott Earnest, Deputy Director for the Office of Construction Safety and Health, and Coordinator for the Construction Sector at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Scott Ketcham, Acting Director, OSHA Directorate of Construction
Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction: Getting Ready for the 2018 Safety Stand-Down
Presented by: Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Christine Branche, Ph.D, Principal Associate Director, NIOSH, and Director, Office of Construction Safety and Health
Scott Ketcham, Deputy Director, OSHA Directorate of Construction
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation - CPWR Quarterly Data Report: Fall Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry
Presented by: Sue Dong, Director, CPWR Data Center; Gavin West, CPWR Research Analyst; and Jessica Bunting, CPWR Program Associate
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Play Recording - The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction: Getting Ready for the 2017 Safety Stand-Down
Presented by:Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Christine Branche, Ph.D, Principal Associate Director, NIOSH, and Director, Office of Construction Safety and Health
Dean McKenzie, Director, OSHA Directorate of Construction
Wednesday, March 1st, 2017
Play Recording - The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction: Get Ready to Stand-Down to Launch the 5th Year of the Campaign
Presenters: Pete Stafford, Executive Director, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Christine Branche, Ph.D, Principal Associate Director, NIOSH, and Director, Office of Construction Safety and Health
Dean McKenzie, Deputy Director, OSHA Directorate of Construction
Tuesday, February 16th 2016
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Nanotechnology
- Update on Nanomaterials in Construction: Epidemiology, Exposures, and Awareness
Presented by: Bruce Lippy, Director, Safety Research at CPWR, Gavin West, Research Analyst at CPWR, and Laura Boatman, Project Coordinator, SBCTC
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation
- Working Safely with Nanomaterials in Construction
Presented by: Bruce Lippy, Director, Safety Research at CPWR and Gavin West, Research Analyst at CPWR
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
Play Recording
Silica
- Protecting Workers in Enclosed Cabs from Silica Exposure: Leveraging Research from the Mining Industry
Presented by: Joe Coble and Patricia Downs, OSHA's Directorate of Standards & Guidance, and Andy Cecala, NIOSH Mining Division
Wednesday, Oct. 18th 2017
Play Recording Download Presentation
- New Silica in Construction Training from the California State Building Trades
Presented by: Laura Boatman, Project Coordinator, SBCTC
Wednesday, July 26th 2017
Play Recording - Understanding & Implementing the New Construction Silica Standard
Presented by: David O’Connor, OSHA's Directorate of Standards & Guidance, Chris Trahan, CPWR Deputy Director, and Eileen Betit, CPWR r2p Director
Thursday, May 19th, 2016
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Other Inhalation & Skin Exposures
- Assessment and control of exposures to ISOCYANATES in industrial coating applications
Presented by: Dhimiter Bello, ScD, MSc; Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
Play Recording - Assessment and control of exposure to reactive chemicals in construction: Spray polyurethane foam applications (SPF)
Presented by: Dhimiter Bello, ScD, MSc; Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Wednesday, June 28th 2017
Play Recording - Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation: Learn About Our New Awareness Program for the Construction Industry
Presented by: Tom Shanahan, Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, National Roofing Contractors Association
Keith J. Vitkovich, Executive Director, Roofers & Waterproofers Research and Education Joint Trust Fund
Eileen Betit, Director, Research to Practice (r2p), CPWR
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Play Recording - COPD among Construction Workers: Case-Control Study Results
Presented by: John M. Dement, PhD, CIH
Wednesday, October 14th 2015
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Safety Climate/Culture
- Using Partnerships to Advance Safety & Health in Construction
Presented by: Jessica Bunting, MPH, Assistant Director of Research to Practice, CPWR and Eileen Betit, Director of Research to Practice, CPWR
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - Using the Foundations For Safety Leadership (FSL) to Enhance Jobsite Safety - Now Available in Spanish
Presented by: Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson, Associate Professor; University of Colorado Boulder
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Play Recording En Español Download Presentation - Assessment of contractor safety (ACES) through prequalification organizational surveys
Presented by: Jack Dennerlein, Professor, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation - Tools for a Successful Workplace Safety & Health Program
Presented by: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, OSHA Directorate of Standards & Guidance
Linda Goldenhar, Director, Evaluation & Research, CPWR
Tom Shanahan, Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, National Roofing Contractors Association, and Keith J. Vitkovich, Executive Director, Roofers & Waterproofers Research and Education Joint Trust Fund
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
CPWR is proud to be a partner in OSHA’s Safe Workplace + Sound Business Campaign – a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the value of workplace safety and health programs. Learn about the Campaign and new tools and features of two popular CPWR resources that you can use to improve safety on your jobsites during this 1-hour webinar.
Play Recording Download Presentation - New Foundations for Safety Leadership OSHA-30 Module
Presented by: Linda M. Goldenhar, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation at CPWR, and Annette Braam, Assistant Director, Training Programs, Directorate of Training and Education, OSHA
Thursday, January 19th 2017
Play Recording - Safety management and safety culture in the construction industry
Presented by: Sue Dong, Director, CPWR Data Center
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Play Recording - New Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT) & S-CAT Website: Tools to Self-Assess & Improve Your Company’s Jobsite Safety Climate
Presented by: Linda M. Goldenhar, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation at CPWR
Wednesday, October 19th, 2106
Play Recording - Building a Safety Culture: Improving Safety and Health Management in the Construction Industry
Presented by: Stephen A. Jones, Senior Director, Industry Insights Research, Dodge Data & Analytics
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
Play Recording - Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) Course: Improve Safety Leadership and Safety Climate
Presented by: Linda Goldenhar, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation at CPWR
Wednesday, March 17th, 2016
Play Recording
Noise
- New Training Program: Construction Noise & Hearing Loss Prevention
Presented by: Gary Gustafson, Director of the Environmental Hazards Training Program at CPWR and Eileen Betit, Director of Research to Practice at CPWR.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation
Prevention through Design
- Applying Prevention through Design (PtD) to Solar Systems in Small Buildings
Presented by: Dr. Hyun Woo “Chris” Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management, University of Washington and Dr. John Gambatese, Professor, Oregon State University
Wednesday, December 13th 2017
Play Recording A summary of Key Findings and a full report on this project are also available.
- Incorporating Informational Technology Into Creating Innovative Construction Products
Presented by: Chris Le, Program Manager, Safety and Health Research & Babak Memarian, Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
Play Recording NOTE: The first two minutes of this recording were cut off. This short transcript reviews what was discussed during that time. - Near Miss Information Visualization Tool in BIM for Construction Safety
Presented by: Eric Marks, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
Play Recording
- Health and Safety Risk Reductions Using Pre-fabricated Concrete Formwork Systems
Presented by: Chris Le, Program Manager, Safety and Health Research & Babak Memarian, Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
Play Recording
Weather Conditions
- An Overview of Health Hazards Associated with the Aftermath of Hurricanes
Presented by: Mike Kassman, Director, OSHA and Disaster Response Training, CPWR
Thursday, September 27th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - Cold Weather Solutions
Presented by: Chris Le, Program Manager, Safety and Health Research & Babak Memarian, Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Play Recording - Cooling Clothing & PPE to Prevent Heat-related Injuries
Presented by: Babak Memarian, Director, Exposure Control Technologies Research & Chris Le, Program Manager, Safety and Health Research
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
Play Recording
Training
- Safe Students, Safe Workers: Construction Safety Programs in Post-Secondary Career Technical Education
Presented by: Diane Bush, MPH, Program Coordinator Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Andrew Wermes, Consultant for Skilled & Technical Sciences, Iowa Department of Education
Wednesday, September 27th 2017
Play Recording - Lessons from a Construction Safety Trainer: Using CPWR Web Resources to Enhance your Instruction
Presented by: Dean Beaver, Lead instructor for CPWR's Hazardous Waste Program & Hammer's Respiratory Protection Program
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
Play Recording
- ICRA Training, Meeting the Needs of Working in Healthcare Construction
Presented by: Gary Gustafson, Director of the Environmental Hazards Training Program at CPWR
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
Play Recording
- Hazard Communication Training for Construction Workers – Resources for Trainers
Presented by: Don Ellenberger, Director, Hazardous Waste Training Program
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Play Recording
Construction Industry Data Analyses
- Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at U.S. Department of Energy nuclear sites
Presented by: Dr. John Dement, Professor Emeritus, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - Nonstandard Work Arrangements in the U.S. Construction Industry
Presented by: Rebecca Jackson, MPH, Data Center Assistant Director at CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
Play Recording Quarterly Data Report - Fatality Rates in Construction Vary 3-Fold: Do OSHA and Workers’ Compensation Play a Role?
Presented by: Wayne B. Gray, Professor of Economics, Clark University and Executive Director, Boston Federal Statistical Research Data Center, and John Mendeloff, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Play Recording Download Presentation - A Review of CPWR’s 6th Edition Construction Chart Book
Presented by: CPWR’S Data Center: Sue Dong, Director; Wen Wang, Sr. Research Associate; and Rebecca Katz, Research Assistant
Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation
- Review of Dodge Data & Analytics Report: Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2017
Presented by: Donna Laquidara-Carr, Director of Industry Insights Research at Dodge
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Play Recording.
- Quarterly Data Report: Electrocutions and Prevention in the Construction Industry
Presented by: Dr. Wen Wang, Sr. Research Associate and Rebecca Katz, Research Assistant of CPWR’s Data Center, and Chris Le, Program Manager of CPWR’s Construction Solutions project
Wednesday, November 15th 2017
Play Recording Download Presentation
- CPWR’s Third Quarterly Data Report: Fatal and nonfatal injuries among construction trades between 2003 and 2014
Presented by: Julie Largay, Research Analyst at CPWR's Data Center
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Play Recording - Temporary Workers in Construction
Presented by: Sue Dong, Director, CPWR Data Center, & Wen Wang, Sr Research Associate, CPWR Data Center
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
Play Recording
Tools & Resources
- Lessons from a Contractor: How to Use and Apply CPWR Resources
Presented by: Travis Watson, Subcontractor Safety Programs Manager, UCOR
Tuesday, November 19th
Play Recording Download Presentation - A Look at CPWR’s Spanish Language Materials & Resources
Presented by: Kathy Tolentino-Gonzalez, Program Assistant, Research to Practice (r2p)
Wednesday, August 21st at 2:00pm Eastern
Play Recording (English) Play Recording (Spanish) Download Presentation (English) Download Presentation (Spanish) - Predicting Exposure to Hazards Using the Exposure Control Database
Presented by: Dr. Babak Memarian, Director of Exposure Control Technologies Research at CPWR and Sara Brooks, Industrial Hygienist, CPWR
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation - New Construction Safety & Health Network
Presented by: Jessica Bunting, Program Associate, Research to Practice, CPWR
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Play Recording
Communicating Safety & Health Issues
- WAIT, WHAT? Construction Safety Materials that Everyone Can Understand
Presented by: Clayton Sinyai, Communications Research Manager, CPWR
Thursday, August 23rd, 2018
Play Recording Download Presentation Additional Resources Mentioned
- Where do you get your information? A survey of occupational safety and health practitioners
Presented by: Clayton Sinyai, Communication Research Manager
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
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