Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy nuclear sites: Follow-up through 2016.

Background: To determine if construction and trades workers employed at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites facilities are at significant risk for diseases associated with occupational exposures, we compared the mortality experience of participants in the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) to that of the US population.

Heat-related deaths among construction workers in the United States.

Background: Heat is a severe hazard for construction workers and may be worsening with global warming. This study sought to explore heat-related deaths among U.S.

Change in prevalence of asbestos-related disease among sheet metal workers 1986 to 2016.

Background: A medical screening program began in 1986 for sheet metal workers exposed to asbestos, primarily while working alongside insulators applying spray-on asbestos materials, a practice banned in 1973. Exposure continues during maintenance, renovation, and repair.

Methods: Radiographic abnormalities among 26 397 sheet metal workers examined from 1986 to 2016 were analyzed by year of entry into the trade.

Exposure to airborne nano-titanium dioxide during airless spray painting and sanding.

The objectives of the study were to measure and characterize exposure to airborne nanoscale titanium dioxide during airless spraying and sanding of a nano-enabled paint, and to evaluate the effectiveness of dust capture methods in reducing airborne nanoparticle concentrations. A tradesperson performed the work activities in an environmentally controlled chamber. Samples were collected in the tradesperson's breathing zone and in surrounding areas to assess bystander exposure.

Construction Safety and Health in the USA: Lessons From a Decade of Turmoil.

The construction industry is one of the largest and also most hazardous industries in the USA. It is affected more severely by the business cycle than most other industries. We examined industry trends during the last decade including the severe recession.

Evaluating the readability and suitability of construction occupational safety and health materials designed for workers.

Introduction: Printed materials for training and hazard communication are an essential part of occupational safety and health programs, but must be understood by their intended audience.

Methods: Researchers collected 103 safety training handouts, brochures, and Safety Data Sheets and scored them for readability and suitability using four standard health communication instruments: the SMOG test, the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease Assessment, the SAM (Suitability Assessment of Materials), and CCI (the CDC Clear Communication Index).

Results: Some of the materials used unfamiliar and technical terms.

The construction FACE database - Codifying the NIOSH FACE reports.

Introduction: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published reports detailing the results of investigations on selected work-related fatalities through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program since 1982.

Method: Information from construction-related FACE reports was coded into the Construction FACE Database (CFD). Use of the CFD was illustrated by analyzing major CFD variables.

Occupational Health and the Visual Arts: An Introduction.

Objective: Occupational hazards in the visual arts often involve hazardous materials, though hazardous equipment and hazardous work conditions can also be found. Occupational health professionals are familiar with most of these hazards and are particularly qualified to contribute clinical and preventive expertise to these issues.

Methods: Articles illustrating visual arts health issues were sought and reviewed.

Baby boomers in the United States: Factors associated with working longer and delaying retirement.

Objectives: This study estimated the self-reported probability of working full-time past age 62 (P62) or age 65 (P65) among four cohorts of Americans born between 1931 and 1959.

Methods: Data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were analyzed. Respondents in four age cohorts were selected for comparison.

Fatal falls and PFAS use in the construction industry: Findings from the NIOSH FACE reports.

This study analyzed the Construction FACE Database (CFD), a quantitative database developed from reports of the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The CFD contains detailed data on 768 fatalities in the construction industry reported by NIOSH and individual states from 1982 through June 30, 2015. The results show that falls accounted for 42% (325) of the 768 fatalities included in the CFD.

A national safety stand-down to reduce construction worker falls.

Introduction: Falls are the leading cause of death and third leading cause of non-fatal injuries in construction. In an effort to combat these numbers, The National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction began in April 2012. As the campaign gained momentum, a week called the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls was launched to draw attention to the campaign and its goals.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers in the United States from 1992 to 2014.

Objectives: Examine trends and patterns of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among construction workers in the USA, with an emphasis on older workers.

Methods: WMSDs were identified from the 1992-2014 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), and employment was estimated from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Risk of WMSDs was measured by number of WMSDs per 10 000 full-time equivalent workers and stratified by major demographic and employment subgroups.

Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on carpenters' work-related injury rates, Washington State 2000-2008.

Introduction: Despite the size and breadth of OSHA's Outreach Training program for construction, information on its impact on work-related injury rates is limited.

Methods: In a 9-year dynamic cohort of 17,106 union carpenters in Washington State, the effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on workers' compensation claims rate was explored. Injury rates were calculated by training status overall and by carpenters' demographic and work characteristics using Poisson regression.

Respiratory Cancer and Non-Malignant Respiratory Disease-Related Mortality among Older Construction Workers-Findings from the Health and Retirement Study.

Objective: This study explored the risk of respiratory cancer and non-malignant respiratory disease (NMRD)-related mortality among older construction workers.

Methods: Analyzed data from the 1992-2010 RAND Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the HRS National Death Index - Cause of Death file. About 25,183 workers aged 50 years and older were examined, including 5,447 decedents and 19,736 survivors, of which 1,460 reported their longest job was in construction.

The power of local action in occupational health: the adoption of local exhaust ventilation in the Chicago tuckpointing trade.

Background: Silica is a pervasive and potentially deadly occupational hazard in construction. The occupational risk posed by silica has long been known, but efforts to use engineering controls to minimize dust generation in tuckpointing operations, a masonry restoration specialty, have been slow.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore how local innovation in occupational safety and health may emerge, absent the establishment of national standards.

Defining and Measuring Safety Climate: A Review of the Construction Industry Literature.

Safety climate measurements can be used to proactively assess an organization's effectiveness in identifying and remediating work-related hazards, thereby reducing or preventing work-related ill health and injury. This review article focuses on construction-specific articles that developed and/or measured safety climate, assessed safety climate's relationship with other safety and health performance indicators, and/or used safety climate measures to evaluate interventions targeting one or more indicators of safety climate. Fifty-six articles met our inclusion criteria, 80% of which were published after 2008.

Economic consequences of workplace injuries in the United States: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79).

Background: This study explored economic consequences of work-related injuries using a longitudinal data source.

Methods: Data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (n = 12,686). Short-term consequences were measured when the injury was reported.

Silica Measurement with High Flow Rate Respirable Size Selective Samplers: A Field Study.

High and low flow rate respirable size selective samplers including the CIP10-R (10 l min(-1)), FSP10 (11.2 l min(-1)), GK2.69 (4.

Triage for action: Systematic assessment and dissemination of construction health and safety research.

Background: Research translation too often relies on passive methods that fail to reach those who can impact the workplace. The need for better research to practice (r2p) approaches is especially pressing in construction, where a disproportionate number of workers suffer serious injury illness.

Methods: A triage process was designed and used to systematically review completed research, assess r2p readiness, establish priorities, and launch dissemination follow-up efforts.

Long-term health outcomes of work-related injuries among construction workers--findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.

Background: This study examined the relationship between work-related injuries and health outcomes among a cohort of blue-collar construction workers.

Materials And Methods: Data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (NLSY79; n = 12,686). A range of health outcomes among blue-collar construction workers (n = 1,435) were measured when they turned age 40 (1998-2006) and stratified by these workers' prior work-related injury status between 1988 and 2000.

Risks of a lifetime in construction. Part II: Chronic occupational diseases.

Background: We developed working-life estimates of risk for dust-related occupational lung disease, COPD, and hearing loss based on the experience of the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program in order to (1) demonstrate the value of estimates of lifetime risk, and (2) make lifetime risk estimates for common conditions among construction workers.

Methods: Estimates of lifetime risk were performed based on 12,742 radiographic evaluations, 12,679 spirometry tests, and 11,793 audiograms.

Results: Over a 45-year working life, 16% of construction workers developed COPD, 11% developed parenchymal radiological abnormality, and 73.

Risks of a lifetime in construction part I: traumatic injuries.

Background: Estimates of occupational risk are typically computed on an annual basis. In contrast, this article provides estimates of lifetime risks for fatal and nonfatal injuries among construction workers. A companion paper presents lifetime risks for occupational illnesses.

Fatal falls in the U.S. residential construction industry.

Background: Falls from heights remain the most common cause of workplace fatalities among residential construction workers in the United States.

Methods: This paper examines patterns and trends of fall fatalities in U.S.

Fatal falls from roofs among U.S. construction workers.

Introduction: This study examined trends and patterns of fatal falls from roofs in the U.S. construction industry over an 18-year period (1992-2009), with detailed analysis for 2003-2009.