Join OSHA, NIOSH, CPWR, and many other safety & health organizations for Safe + Sound Week, August 15-21, 2022! 

Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe.

Why Participate?
Successful safety and health programs can proactively identify and manage workplace hazards before they cause injury or illness, improving sustainability and the bottom line. Participating in Safe + Sound Week can help get your program started, energize an existing one, or provide a chance to recognize your safety successes.

Who Participates?
All organizations looking for an opportunity to recognize their commitment to safety are welcome to participate. Last year, more than 5,300 businesses helped to raise awareness about workers’ health and safety!

For more information and ways to participate, visit OSHA’s Safe + Sound website. For construction-specific resources, check out CPWR’s Safe + Sound page.

This issue of the CPWR Data Bulletin examines fatal and nonfatal injuries from 2011 to 2020, including by subsector, occupation, demographic group, primary source, and event/exposure.

• Data Bulletin
• Data Bulletin – Charts
• Data Bulletin – Chart Data

Accompanying the Data Bulletin are three new CPWR Data Dashboards, each on a related topic: fatal and nonfatal injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, and falls, slips and trips. Three previously published injury dashboards have also been updated with recent data: fatality map, Focus Four, and severe injuries. Each dashboard makes it possible for users to download the data behind it.

The National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents took place April 11-15. In support of the Stand-Down, the NORA Construction Sector Council Struck-by Work Group hosted several webinars during the week. The recordings of these webinars are now available below:

• Preventing Struck-by Incidents in Roadway Work Zones: Play Recording; PDF of Slides
• Prevención de Incidentes por Atropellos: Zonas de Trabajo, Equipos Pesados e Impacto de Objetos: Play Recording; PDF of Slides
• What’s the Risk? Best Practices to Reduce the Likelihood of Struck-by Injuries From Heavy Equipment and Crane Activities: Play Recording; PDF of Slides
• Preventing Struck-by Incidents from Dropped Tools & Other Objects: Play Recording; PDF of Slides

For more resources on preventing struck-by incidents, please visit CPWR’s struck-by hazards webpage.

In preparation for the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction taking place May 2-6, new fall prevention resources have been developed by CPWR, NIOSH, OSHA, and other Falls Campaign partners, and are available for free in English and Spanish at stopconstructionfalls.com.

New resources include:

• 2022 Ideas for Stand-Down Events
• 2022 Social Media Resources
• Spanish Fall Prevention Playlist
• Fixed Ladders Toolbox Talk
• Walking/Working Surfaces Toolbox Talk
• Infographics
• And more!

The 9th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction is happening May 2-6! Watch this pre-recorded kick-off event from OSHA, NIOSH, and CPWR for activity ideas and free resources.

The webinar includes presentations from:

• Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA
• G. Scott Earnest, PhD, PE, CSP, Associate Director for Construction, Office of Construction Safety and Health, NIOSH
• Scott Ketcham, Director, Directorate of Construction, OSHA
• Chris Trahan Cain, CIH, Executive Director, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training