Improving Worker Safety and Health in the Building Industry

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CPWR’s Exposure Control Database can help anticipate and control worker exposures to silica, welding fumes, lead and noise. This free online tool allows users to enter a construction task, proposed controls and other variables and obtain a predicted exposure level based on exposure data from trusted sources. A recorded webinar on the database will walk you through its features. January 2019 marks two years since CPWR’s Foundations for Safety Leadership training module was deemed worthy by OSHA to be used as an official elective for the OSHA 30-hour outreach training curriculum. FSL is a free, interactive training curriculum that instructors … Read more

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Webinar: Predicting Exposure to Hazards Using CPWR Exposure Control Database

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Predicting worker exposure to jobsite hazards, such as silica, has historically been a challenge in construction. The construction industry lacks a system to help health and safety practitioners predict exposure to hazards and implement effective controls accordingly. To bridge this gap, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training has developed an interactive, online Exposure Control Database that calculates exposure to four major hazards—silica, welding fumes, noise and lead—using prepopulated objective data. Join CPWR Exposure Control Technologies Research Director Babak Memarian and Industrial Hygienist Sara Brooks to learn more about CPWR’s Exposure Control Database and how to use it. … Read more

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