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The Construction Sector Workshop was held on April 20 at NORA Symposium 2006. Twenty-six people participated. Following opening remarks that included a presentation of the top issues that had been submitted to the NORA Docket, participants suggested important topics for future work in the construction sector and each participant received 10 votes to distribute among the topics. After grouping like topics, Table 1 presents the workshop participants’ “top ten” group of topics. Table 2 presents a group of other important topics. Table 3 contains an unordered list of topics and key points raised during the discussion. Similar topics were then combined after the voting had occurred to make Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1. “Top ten” topics of workshop participants
Ranked Topics |
Multi-votes received |
Small Business/self employed contractor needs |
28 |
Musculoskeletal disorders/ergonomics |
24 |
Falls from heights |
20 |
Safety and design |
19 |
Special populations/Hispanic workforce issues |
19 |
Hearing Loss and Noise exposure awareness |
18 |
Intervention effectiveness |
16 |
Surveillance |
14 |
Promoting “crew based safety climate” |
13 |
Training effectiveness |
10 |
Table 2. Preliminary second tier of construction sector issues
Ranked Topics |
Multi-votes received |
Translation for small contractors and communicating risks |
9 |
Transient workforce |
8 |
Business case for safety in construction |
7 |
Respiratory and other health hazards |
6 |
Behavioral based safety |
6 |
Table 3. Inventory of “top Construction Sector issues” suggested by individual participants
Suggested construction topic and key points raised |
Multi-voting results |
Was grouped with similar topic for |
Falls from height |
8 |
Yes |
Ergonomics |
15 |
Yes |
Hispanic workforce/special populations |
11 |
Yes |
Training effectiveness |
2 |
Yes |
Reaching exploited (non-union) workforce on healthy behaviors |
2 |
|
Noise exposure awareness |
5 |
Yes |
Fit problems for PPE |
1 |
|
Noise and special populations |
5 |
Yes |
Intervention effectiveness research |
9 |
|
Promoting “crew based safety climate” |
9 |
|
Small Contractors |
9 |
Yes |
Respiratory and other health hazards |
6 |
|
Hearing Loss |
8 |
Yes |
Effect of changing demographics |
1 |
|
Training effectiveness |
6 |
Yes |
Surveillance – gaps in available information with changes in coding systems |
14 |
|
Translate knowledge for smaller contractors, especially for residential |
6 |
Yes |
Small tool design and engineering controls |
1 |
Yes |
Falls in residential construction |
12 |
Yes |
Safety in Design |
13 |
Yes |
Business case for safety |
7 |
|
Implementation |
3 |
|
Training credentials for company management and OSH professionals |
2 |
|
Planning for Safety – System safety for construction |
4 |
|
Special populations – Biomarkers and unique susceptibilities |
3 |
Yes |
Strategies for disaster response management for construction workers |
1 |
|
Psychological Stress |
3 |
|
Residential Building |
2 |
|
Falls |
3 |
Yes |
Subpopulations |
4 |
Yes |
MSD – Developing solutions |
9 |
Yes |
Safety Culture |
3 |
|
Communicating risks to construction workers |
3 |
Yes |
Intervention effectiveness |
7 |
Yes |
Surveillance….for controls |
1 |
|
Safety through Design |
6 |
Yes |
Small Business |
15 |
Yes |
Transient workers |
8 |
|
Heavy equipment struck bys |
2 |
|
Facilitation of field research (helping researchers) |
5 |
|
Behavioral based safety |
6 |
|
Self-employed contractors |
4 |
Yes |