March 20th, 2019 at 11am PST, 2:00pm EST.​

The labor force in the United States is rapidly growing older. Older workers are more vulnerable to risks at worksites due to possible declining cognitive and physical abilities with age. Therefore, this trend of an aging workforce is a significant challenge for occupational safety and health as well as public health.

To better understand the aging workforce, this presentation by CPWR’s Sue Dong will provide information on the trends of an aging workforce, how work affects work-related injuries and illnesses for different age groups, and how health status and work limitations are changing during the aging process. Multiple national data sources in the U.S. were analyzed for this study. While this presentation focuses on construction workers, the analyses include workers in all industries as comparison.

Visit the Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute’s website for more information and to register: https://www.wwdpi.org/Webinars/Pages/Webinar.aspx?wbID=224.

Falls are a leading cause of injury and death. This video – developed by the Roofing r2p Partnership (National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) and the United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers & Allied Workers, and CPWR) – focuses on ladder safety during roofing work and shows how the free National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ladder safety app can help.

Find out more about the Roofing r2p Partnership and all of the products developed under this collabortive effort to eliminate job-related injuries and illnesses in the roofing  industry.

Partnerships for Environmental Public Education (PEPH) interviewed CPWR’s Chris Trahan Cain about the significant risks that opioids pose to worker health and safety, and how different agencies and nonprofit organizations are working to address these concerns.

Listen at:
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/podcasts/2019/jan24_opioids/index.cfm.

The National Association of Home Builders’ Fall Protection training program will help employees and employers identify and avoid fall hazards encountered during home building operations, the prevention of falls, solutions to protect against and arrest falls, and the rescue of a fallen worker. Participants will be able to:

• Recognize common fall hazards in residential construction.
• Identify when fall protection is required.
• Determine which protection system to use for a given fall hazard.
• Understand the key requirements and basic safety practices for each protection system.
• Understand the safety requirements and practices for ladders and scaffolding.

NAHB education designation holders will earn 4 hours of continuing education credit for successful completion of this training.  The training is available in both English and Spanish.  Visit https://www.nahb.org/en/learn/course-overviews/fall-prevention-in-residential-construction.aspx to learn more.

Originally presented on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 – 12pm EST by:
Wayne B. Gray, Professor of Economics, Clark University and Executive Director, Boston Federal Statistical Research Data Center,
and John Mendeloff, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
This 30 minute webinar describes the variation in construction industry fatality rates across states and over time (starting in 1992) and provide estimates of the effects of both OSHA enforcement and state worker’s compensation policies on the rates. It also explores different approaches to measuring how these programs might affect employer behavior.

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