Construction Research at NIOSH Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2009) / Chapter Skim
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2 The NIOSH Construction Research Program
2 The NIOSH Construction Research Program
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PROGRAM EVOLUTION Although the formal Construction Research Program was not created until 1990, construction-relevant research activities at NIOSH started in the 1970s. These activities included large national surveillance and investigation activities, such as the National Occupational Hazard Survey, the National Occupational Exposure Survey, the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance program, Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluations, the Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risk, and the Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance program.
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In 1990, following hearings about the level of resources and programs targeting construction safety, Congress directed NIOSH to "develop a comprehensive prevention program directed at health problems affecting construction workers by expanding existing NIOSH activities in areas of surveillance, research, and intervention" (NIOSH, 2007) and allocated funds for NIOSH to do so.
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It gave the program exposure on campus, primarily providing single-discipline graduate training in industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, and occupational safety. In 2003, an RFA was issued for the second 5-year NCC Cooperative Agreement announcement.
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translation projects and emphasized the need to measure impacts. CURRENT PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION NIOSH has formalized its Construction Research Program using a threec omponent structure: NIOSH-wide intramural research and surveillance programs, a National Construction Center cooperative agreement, and support grants and agreements for investigator-initiated extramural research projects.
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In addition to the work conducted by the NCC for the Construction Research Program, extramural research is conducted for the program through investiga tor-initiated extramural grants and cooperative agreements (all scientifically and programmatically reviewed) , and through support for state health department investigators working on construction health and safety surveillance and state-level interventions.
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25 20 Budget, $ millions 15 10 5 0 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 Total Budget $20.4 $19.6 $17.3 $17.0 $18.0 $19.1 $15.9 $15.6 $16.8 $15.9 $13.8 Intramural $ 9.1 $ 8.3 $ 8.9 $ 9.4 $ 9.1 $10.2 $ 8.8 $ 9.0 $10.3 $ 9.0 $ 7.3 Extramural $11.3 $11.3 $ 8.4 $ 7.5 $ 9.0 $ 8.9 $ 7.2 $ 6.7 $ 6.5 $ 6.8 $ 6.5 Center $ 4.8 $ 4.9 $ 4.9 $ 5.0 $ 5.0 $ 5.2 $ 5.2 $ 5.0 $ 5.0 $ 5.0 $ 5.0 Fiscal Year FIGURE 2.2 Construction Research Program funding history, FY 1997–FY 2007. NOTE: The costs include staff salaries and overhead.
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Beginning in 2006, a senior lead team representative was designated as Construc tion Program Manager and the CSC representatives transitioned to also represent ing NIOSH on the NORA Construction Sector Council. The NCC has 16 internal researchers and support personnel representing 30 FTEs working exclusively on research of the NIOSH Construction Research Program.
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The program expects that many of the current targeted areas requiring health and safety research will remain the same, but anticipates that some refocusing of program research efforts and emphases will be required by the influx of Hispanic w orkers into the construction industry, continuing changes in work organization, and the introduction of new technologies and materials such as nanoscale materials. A draft of the second National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA2)
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As such, the program can produce knowledge about construction workplace safety and health hazards and provide the applica tion of this knowledge through a range of activities. Although the Construction Research Program can make recommendations to regulatory agencies, project owners, and contractors, how those recommendations are used, if at all, is beyond the control of the program.
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Resources Total funding for NIOSH over the period FY 1996 through FY 2005 increased in absolute numbers, with a decrease in FY 2006. This increase is more modest once the absolute numbers are adjusted for inflation and for the increased costs of conducting scientific investigations due to new technologies and other factors using the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index (Table 2.1)
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Over the review period, the Construction Research Program has primarily been under the direction of a steering committee of representatives from other program areas. There has been no single, senior-level person to advo cate solely for the Construction Research Program and resources.
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Owners, especially those who are responsible for multiple projects or are in the public sector and are large contractors, can play an important role in construction health and safety by implementing safety practices and promoting a positive safety culture on their jobs and also by using contract language crafted to promote such an environment. In the union segment of construction, required union apprenticeship programs and established labor-management committees provide distinct structural vehicles for transferring worker training and engineering controls that generally do not exist in the non-union sector.
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2007. NIOSH Construction Research Program Evidence Package.
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