CPWR Construction Safety and Health

CPWR The Center For Construction Research and Training
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CPWR Construction Safety and Health

How do you keep construction job sites and workers safe? Stay informed. Tune into CPWR’s Construction Safety & Health podcast to get up-to-the-minute information. From the latest research on safer tools, equipment, and work practices, to emerging hazards and solutions, to new training programs …and everything in between. If you work, manage, own, or operate within the construction industry, this is your podcast. Research backed and information packed knowledge to change your workplace and save lives.

  1. 11/14/2024

    EP 12: Suicide Prevention

    Creating a culture of care and the roll employers can play in preventing suicide. Jessica Bunting explains the challenges and what actions can be done to prevent suicide including CPWR resources to help workers and employers. Speaker: Jessica Bunting, MPH, Research to Practice(r2p) Director, CPWR At-Large Director, CIASP Board of Directors Visit cpwr.com/webinars for the full webinar this episode was based on.

    11 min

  2. 11/13/2024

    EP 11: Developing a Heat Illness Awareness Prevention Program in Construction

    Millions of workers are facing extremely high temperatures coast to coast. Today’s heatwaves are hotter, more frequent, and longer than in the past. The adverse affects on health, costs, and productivity are growing each year. Panelists discuss the challenges and what is being done to address them. Speakers: Chris Trahan Cain, CIH, Executive Director, CPWR Ryan R. Papariello, GSP, Safety & Health Specialist, Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America Gavin West, MPH, Director of Health Research, CPWR Kathleen Dobson, Safety Director, Alberici Constructors, Inc. Jon Williams, PhD, Research Physiologist, National Personal Protective Technology Lab, NIOSH/CD Visit cpwr.com/webinars for the full webinar this episode was based on.

    53 min

  3. 10/31/2022

    EP 10 - El suicidio en el sector de la construcción

    Los hombres del sector de la construcción mueren a causa del suicidio a un ritmo aproximadamente dos veces superior al de otras personas en edad laboral. Este podcast explora los factores que lo producen, los signos y síntomas, y las acciones que pueden llevar a cabo los individuos, las empresas y las comunidades para desestigmatizar el problema y ayudarse entre sí. El Dr. John Gaal comparte su experiencia y sus recomendaciones desde la perspectiva de alguien con muchos años en el sector, y que además perdió a su hijo por suicidio. La presentación original tuvo lugar como parte de un seminario virtual de CPWR, Preventing Suicide in the Construction Industry (Prevención del suicidio en la industria de la construcción), que puede verse en su totalidad en https://youtu.be/P1K-_mv9Hdg. Oradores: Jessica Bunting, MPH, Directora de Investigación a la Práctica (r2p), CPWR; Miembro del Consejo de Administración, CIASP John Gaal, EdD, CHW, Director de bienestar de los trabajadores - Iniciativa Missouri Works (Mo AFL-CIO)

    23 min

  4. 09/21/2022

    EP 10: Suicide in the Construction Industry

    Episode 10 – Suicide in the Construction Industry Men in construction are dying from suicide at roughly twice the rate of other working age people. This podcast explores the contributing factors, signs and symptoms, and actions that can be taken by individuals, companies, and communities to destigmatize the issue and help one another. Dr. John Gaal shares his experience and recommendations from the perspective of someone with many years in the industry, who also lost his son to suicide. The original presentation took place as part of a CPWR webinar, Preventing Suicide in the Construction Industry, which is available to watch in full at https://youtu.be/P1K-_mv9Hdg.   Speakers: Jessica Bunting, MPH, Research to Practice (r2p) Director, CPWR; Member, Board of Trustees, CIASP John Gaal, EdD, CHW, Worker Wellness Director – Missouri Works Initiative (Mo AFL-CIO)

    24 min

  5. 03/10/2022

    COVID 101: regresemos a lo básico

    En el episodio 9, “COVID 101: regresemos a lo básico", el Dr. Douglas Trout, Jefe de la Subdivisión de Evaluaciones de Peligros y Asistencia Técnica del Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (NIOSH), revisa la importancia de un enfoque de varios niveles para la prevención de la exposición cuando se trata de COVID-19 en las obras de construcción.

    44 min

  6. 02/02/2022

    EP9 COVID 101: Back to the Basics

    In episode 9, "COVID 101: Back to Basics",  Dr. Douglas Trout, Chief of the Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health ​(NIOSH), reviews the importance of a multi-layered approach to exposure prevention when dealing with COVID-19 on construction sites.

    40 min

  7. 12/18/2021

    EP8. Centro de datos de CPWR

    Conozca acerca del centro de datos de CPWR, una fuente líder de estadísticas y análisis detallados de las tendencias clave en seguridad y salud en la construcción, y las publicaciones, tableros interactivos y otros recursos que produce.

    14 min

  8. 11/15/2021

    EP8 CPWR's Data Center

    Learn about CPWR’s Data Center, a leading source of detailed statistics and analyses of key trends in construction safety and health, and the publications, interactive dashboards, and other resources it produces.

    11 min
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How do you keep construction job sites and workers safe? Stay informed. Tune into CPWR’s Construction Safety & Health podcast to get up-to-the-minute information. From the latest research on safer tools, equipment, and work practices, to emerging hazards and solutions, to new training programs …and everything in between. If you work, manage, own, or operate within the construction industry, this is your podcast. Research backed and information packed knowledge to change your workplace and save lives.

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    CPWR The Center For Construction Research and Training
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    19
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