The next World Congress on Safety and Health at Work is being held on October 4-7, 2020 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada, and the call for abstracts is open!

Participants from around the world are invited to submit abstracts. The deadline for submitting abstracts is now January 15, 2020. Click here to find out more and visit the Abstract Submission Portal to submit now.

CPWR is now accepting applications for funding from the Small Studies Program

CPWR’s Small Study Program provides seed money of up to $30,000 to investigate promising new research initiatives. Many major research projects began with a small study to demonstrate their viability or test their approach. Other small studies have resulted in important stand-alone projects.  A survey of researchers funded under this Program found that more than 60% had published their findings in peer reviewed journals.

For details or questions contact:

Patricia Quinn
Program Director
(301) 495-8521
pquinn@cpwr.com

We encourage innovative research proposals focused on:

• Getting best practices adopted – research to practice (r2p)
• Addressing emerging issues and exploring new technologies
• Safety culture and safety climate
• Disseminating safety and health information to specific audiences
• Exploring innovative or new directions in construction sciences
• Reaching high risk sectors: small employers, vulnerable workers, residential and light commercial construction

View the Small Study Guidelines

The new Liberty Mutual Safety Innovation Award in Construction recognizes innovative evidence-based technologies, work practices, and programs designed to reduce or eliminate hazards that lead to injuries and pain in the construction industry. Sponsored by Liberty Mutual and administered by CPWR, the award includes a $15,000 cash prize to the winning individual or organization; in addition, one or more honorable mentions may be awarded, each with a $5,000 prize.

Find out more, including how to apply, here.

Applications must be submitted no later than February 29, 2020.

The Arkansas Amputation Prevention Stand-Down is scheduled for September 4 to October 4.  During this event, employers and workers will take time during their workday to focus on how to prevent amputations.

A public kick-off event for the Stand-Down will take place on September 4 in Bentonville, Arkansas. This event is free and open to the public and will feature discussions on amputation prevention, along with testimonials from individuals who have suffered life changing injuries due to an amputation.  While this is an Arkansas-based event, people from around the country are welcome to participate in the kick-off event either in person or through a live webinar. 

Participants can register for the live webinar at:  https://zoom.us/j/691359593?status=success

PtD encompasses all of the efforts to anticipate and design out hazards to workers in facilities, work methods and operations, processes, equipment, tools, products, new technologies, and the organization of work. The focus of PtD is on workers who execute the designs or have to work with the products of the design. The initiative has been developed to support designing out hazards, the most reliable and effective type of prevention.

A one-day meeting on the topic of PtD will be held Friday, September 27, 2019 at New York University
in Brooklyn, NY.  For more information and to register, visit https://www.agcnys.org/wp-content/uploads/Prevention-Through-Design-final.pdf.