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The Construction Industry Research and Policy Center (CIRPC) in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently completed a three-year project to improve occupational health and safety in Tennessee and beyond. The project’s reports cap CIRPC’s research, which was sponsored by a $600,000 grant from the…

Researchers at the Construction Industry Research & Policy Center (CIRPC) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business are studying the context of injuries in construction in Tennessee in 2014 through 2015. They have examined the nature, cause and affected body part of injuries in addition to the age,…

Experts from the Construction Industry Research & Policy Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business recently traveled to Nashville to conduct job safety training as part of the event, National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction. Ed Taylor, executive director of the construction center, said…

About one in eight construction fatalities are caused by falling from a roof, a trend which researchers at the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, hope to help reverse. Researchers noticed the issue while sifting through Occupational Safety and Health…

KNOXVILLE—A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, center dedicated to construction safety research to reduce injuries and fatalities has received $20,000 to further its work. The UT Construction Industry Research and Policy Center recently received the gift from Amerisure Insurance Company. The center is based in the UT College of Business Administration.…