On March 25, after some two decades of work, OSHA has at last issued the much-anticipated silica standard, a standard that will save the lives of thousands of construction workers who cut concrete, grind mortar or perform dozens of other tasks that expose them to respirable silica dust. It will preserve the health of tens of thousands more whose work puts them at risk of silicosis, COPD and lung cancer.
In the days to come, countless construction contractors, workers and safety professionals will be looking for guidance on this hazard. CPWR can help. I invite you to consult Work Safely with Silica, our one-stop online resource with
information and tools to help identify silica hazards, understand the health risk, and easily find equipment and methods to control the dust.
A central feature of the site is the Create-A-Plan tool. This e-tool allows you to develop a job-specific plan for controlling silica exposures in just three easy steps, and includes options for identifying a material's silica content, determining the level of exposure, and finding available controls. As you make selections and enter information, silica-safe generates a control plan tailored to your jobsite that you can save, print, email, and -- as an added benefit -- use as a toolbox talk on the job.
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CPWR WEBINARS
April 20th @ 2:00pm (ET), 1 hr. --
Building a safety culture: Improving Safety and Health Management in the Construction Industry. Stephen Jones, Senior Director of Industry Insights Research for Dodge Data & Analytics, will present 33 leading indicators
of a strong safety culture and examine how companies that have wide use of many of these indicators also engage in more safety management practices and experience much stronger benefits from their safety investments. CLICK TO REGISTER.
Save the Date! Next up, May 18th: Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) Training for Construction
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CPWR IN PRINT
Recently Published Journal Articles by CPWR Scholars
Toward responsible development and effective risk management of nano-enabled products in the U.S. construction industry. Gavin H. West, Bruce E. Lippy, Michael R. Cooper, Daniel Marsick, Leonard G. Burrelli, Kelsey N. Griffin, and Alan M. Segrave. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, February 2016.
An analysis of permanent work disability among construction sheet metal workers. Gavin H. West, Jaime Dawson, Claire Teitelbaum, Rebecca Novello, Katherine Hunting, and Laura S. Welch.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, January 2016 (published online ahead of print)
Economic consequences of workplace injuries in the United States: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Xiuwen Sue Dong, Xuanwen Wang, Julie A. Largay, and Rosemary Sokas. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, February 2016.
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Find the latest on regulatory efforts
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 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 
Visit
CPWR
for information on our training programs, research findings, and resources for your health and safety or research initiatives
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OH&S, 3/14/2016
ISHN, 3/3/2016
ISHN, 3/4/2016
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ABOUT US
CPWR -- The Center for Construction Research and Training is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by North America's Building Trades Unions, AFL-CIO. Working with partners like you in business, labor, government, and the universities, we strive every day to make work safer for the ten million men and women who work in the U.S. construction industry!
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