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... has conducted construction-relevant research activities since the 1970s. In 1990, Congress directed NIOSH to develop a comprehensive prevention program directed at health and safety problems affecting construction workers by expanding existing NIOSH activities in areas of surveillance, research, and intervention.
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... , the present committee assigned the Construction Research Program a score of 5 for relevance, indicating that the research is in high-priority areas and that NIOSH is significantly engaged in appropriate transfer activities for completed research projects and reported program results. Regarding impact, the committee assigned the program a score of 4, indicating that the research program has made some contributions to end outcomes (worker safety and health)
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... In 2005 alone, 1,243 construction workers died from job-related traumatic injuries. This number accounted for 22 percent of jobr ­ elated deaths across all industries, a figure that is disproportionately high given that construction workers account for about 8 percent of the total workforce.
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... The NIOSH Construction Research Program was formally established in 1990 after Congress directed NIOSH to develop a com prehensive prevention program focused on health and safety problems affecting construction workers by expanding existing NIOSH activities in the areas of sur veillance, research, and intervention. In September 2004, NIOSH requested that the National Academies conduct evaluation reviews of up to 15 specific NIOSH research programs to assess the relevance and impact of the work of NIOSH in reducing workplace injury and ill cantly affected the compatibility of injury and illness data for construction subsectors over time, the impact on the construction industry as a whole is relatively small (CPWR, 2007, Section 32)
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... The goals are a composite of goals and priorities that draw from the first National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA1) and internally generated strategic goals and high-priority topics.
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...   Applied Research and Technology; Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies; Edu cation and Information; Respiratory Disease Studies; Safety Research; Health Effects Laboratory; Pittsburgh Research Laboratory; Spokane Research Laboratory; Office of Extramural Programs; and N ­ ational Personal Protective Technology. NIOSH's laboratories are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva nia; ­Spokane, Washington; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Morgantown, West Virginia.
From page 7...
... . Inputs to the review of the Construction Research Program included informa­tion provided by NIOSH program staff in oral presentations, a 500-page evidence package (NIOSH, 2007)
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... A fundamental external factor is the fact that the Construction Research Pro gram and NIOSH are research entities lacking rule-making authority. As such, the program can produce knowledge about safety and health hazards in the construc tion workplace and provide for the transfer of this knowledge through a range of activities.
From page 9...
... The discussion then turned to a closer examination of the criteria for a score of 5 to determine if the research conducted for each goal was in "high-priority" subject areas and whether the program was "significantly engaged in appropriate transfer activities for completed research projects/reported research results." (The scoring guidance does not allow for the assignment of scores using decimals, e.g., 4.5.) The committee determined that the Construction Research Program was clearly engaged in high-priority activities given its focus on the leading causes of fatalities (Goal 1)
From page 10...
... engaged in appropriate transfer activities. 2 = Research program activities are ongoing and outputs are produced 2 = Research program is focused on that may result in new knowledge lesser priorities and NIOSH is not or technology, but only limited ap engaged in or planning some ap- plication is expected.
From page 11...
... Evaluation of Impact: Score of 4 The committee evaluated the impact of the Construction Research Program using the same process that it used for relevance. The scoring criteria for impact are linked to a program's contributions to worker health and safety based on end outcomes or well-accepted intermediate outcomes.
From page 12...
... The committee's analysis of emerging issues and its recommendations for future ­research are based on discussions with stakeholders, on the NIOSH evidence package, and on individual committee members' knowledge of the construction industry and their backgrounds and expertise. In addition, the committee reviewed a number of priority topics identified by the NIOSH Construction Steering Committee in 2002 as areas where research would be most likely to improve the program's impact.
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... Some of these topics were further developed into NIOSH Construction ­Research Program strategic goals in 2005. NIOSH shared these strategic goals as input to the NORA Construction Sector Council in 2006, and most but not all of these 2002 and 2005 topics were subsequently incorporated in some form into the NORA2 Preliminary Draft National Construction Agenda Strategic Goals (Box S.2)
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... STRATEGIC GOAL 5.0 -- Reduce silica exposures and future silicosis risks among construc tion workers by increasing the availability and use of silica dust controls and practices for tasks associated with important exposures. STRATEGIC GOAL 6.0 -- Reduce welding fume exposures and future related health risks among construction workers by increasing the availability and use of welding fume controls and practices for welding tasks.
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... STRATEGIC GOAL 11.0 -- Increase the recognition and awareness of construction hazards and the means for controlling them through broad dissemination of quality training for construction workers, including non-English speaking workers. STRATEGIC GOAL 12.0 -- Increase understanding of how vulnerable worker groups experi ence disproportionate risks in construction work and expand the availability and use of effective interventions to reduce injuries and illnesses among these groups.
From page 16...
... Transferring Research to Practice Recommendation 1: Research-to-practice (R2P) efforts should involve indi­ viduals with the training or with the experience and skills to create strategic diffusion and social marketing plans for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health research and to evaluate such plans' effectiveness.
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... Resources Recommendation 3: High-level attention should be given to determining how to provide program resources that are commensurate with a more r ­ obust pursuit of the Construction Research Program's goals. Recommendation 4: The Construction Program Coordinator and the Construction Program Manager should both be devoted full-time to the C ­ onstruction Research Program.
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... The committee encour ages NIOSH to ensure that this position has some level of budgetary authority and management responsibility so that the Construction Program Manager can provide strategic and programmatic leadership and also assist in holding the program ac countable for achieving its future research goals. As indicated in Recommendation 5, above, the committee also recommends that the National Construction Center continue to be used as an important com ponent in NIOSH's Construction Research Program.
From page 19...
... 2007. NIOSH Construction Research Program Evidence Package.


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