The New Year is a time to reflect on what we've accomplished and to look forward to what's ahead. At Â鶹ÊÓƵ that's especially true this year, because this year many of our major research initiatives are reaching their conclusion -- and many new ones are beginning.
2014 saw the release of many long-anticipated findings and new products. For instance...
Our Â鶹ÊÓƵ/NIOSH Engineering Controls Work Group published . This resource can help regulators, project managers, building owners and others seeking to reduce dust generated from construction activities.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers examining data from thousands of medical screenings conducted under the Building Trades Medical Screening program (BTMed, a long-running Â鶹ÊÓƵ program benefiting construction workers formerly employed on federal nuclear sites) released important new findings on and risks among career sheet metal workers.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ consortium researchers in Colorado demonstrated that showing that safety is their priority, can become role models and help transform everyone's attitude toward safety on the job.
Following a 2013 conference that brought together scholars, construction contractors, labor leaders, and government regulators to explore Safety Culture and Safety Climate in our industry, we produced first a pathbreaking report () and then an innovative and popular workbook () enabling builders to evaluate, score, and enhance safety climate at their own firms.
This year will see the beginning of several new research projects...
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has launched a major effort to explore how is transforming our industry, and what implications this holds for worker safety.
Consortium members in California are bringing their expertise in rock and concrete drilling to a new that will evaluate commercially available concrete drills, reporting on factors like noise and vibration.
Researchers will evaluate how contractor and subcontractor based on leading safety indicators can improve safety performance.
These are just a few of the many exciting efforts moving forward in 2015. Stay tuned - and thanks for all YOU do to keep our industry's workers safe on the job!
Pete Stafford
