The Construction Chart Book 6th Edition Now Available

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The sixth edition of “The Construction Chart Book: The U.S. Construction Industry and Its Workers” has been released. This Center for Construction Research and Training mainstay, with its extensive statistical portrait of the construction industry, has become an essential reference for all construction stakeholders, such as policymakers, researchers, contractors, labor unions and management, construction workers, safety professionals, trainers and reporters. Take a look inside the new Chart Book and you will learn that: Construction unemployment dropped from a peak of 27.1 percent in February 2010 to 7.5 percent by the end of 2015 (page 20). There were 144,583 active apprentices … Read more

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CPWR Quarterly Data Report Examines Caught-In/Between Injuries, Prevention

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Caught-in/between hazards are among OSHA’s Focus Four causes of occupational fatalities in the construction industry. This category includes workers killed when trenches, walls, equipment or materials collapse, as well as people pinched/compressed between objects and equipment or caught in moving machinery. A new CPWR Quarterly Data Report, Caught-in/between Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry, examines fatality and injury statistics from 2003 to 2015. Key findings include: From 2011 to 2015, 275 construction workers died from caught-in/between injuries, more than any other major industry In 2015, 68 construction workers were killed due to caught-in/between injuries, a 33 percent increase from … Read more

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OSHA Launches Regional Campaign to Raise Awareness of Construction Industry Hazards

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a regional campaign to raise awareness about the four leading safety hazards in the construction industry. The “Focus Four Hazards” campaign will serve employers and employees in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. From March through June, the campaign will educate employers to recognize, evaluate and control electrical, struck-by, fall and caught-in/between hazards. Each month, OSHA representatives will participate in “toolbox talk” discussions focused on one of the four hazards. “This campaign is designed to promote and encourage a safe … Read more

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Dodge Data & Analytics to Review Safety Management in Construction

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At 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 30, a 60-minute webinar, co-sponsored by CPWR and Dodge Data & Analytics, will review the key findings from the new report Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2017. This study is the third in an ongoing series that examines the positive impacts of a wide variety of safety-related practices. Its key findings include a continuing shift of industry focus toward engaging workers in safety programs, evidence of the relationship between investing in safety and improved business outcomes, a continued difference between the engagement of large vs. small contractors in safety practices and training and … Read more

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ABC Announces Hire of Stephen Wiltshire as Safety Director

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors announced that veteran construction safety expert Stephen M. Wiltshire has joined its 70-person staff as director of safety. Wiltshire will direct programs and initiatives that support the achievement of ABC’s strategic safety goals, including the Safety Training Evaluation Process, a safety benchmarking and improvement tool for construction firms that can reduce incident rates by 87 percent. Wiltshire has designed and implemented award-winning safety programs, behavior-based training and loss control processes to create a culture of safety at ECS, Turner, Clark, AvalonBay and other construction firms in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, in addition … Read more

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