Construction Safety Research Center

The CSRC advances research, education, and industry collaboration to improve construction site safety. The CSRC collaborates with industry leaders to enhance safety performance by leveraging their expertise and knowledge to develop practical, data-driven solutions that help control workplace risk, protect workers, and strengthen safety culture.

Why the CSRC?

Every year, far too many men and women working in the construction industry are either killed or seriously injured as a result of on-the-job accidents.

US construction workers:

  • Have the nation’s highest share of fatalities at 21% while accounting for only 4.5% of the workforce
  • Are 5.5 times more likely to be fatally injured than workers in other occupations, according to a CSRC study
  • Experienced 1,008 fatalities and over 174,000 injuries in 2020
  • Have sadly left behind countless grieving family members.

US construction firms:

  • Pay out indirect, out-of-pocket costs of accidents that can be approximately 4-times greater than those covered by insurance
  • Can reap an estimated $4 – $6 in savings for every $1 invested in a safety and health program
  • Experience loss of goodwill, bad publicity, and increased Experience Modification Rates as a result of accidents.

The CSRC has been established to aid national efforts to reduce the high rates of fatal and non-fatal injury within the construction industry through a membership-driven collaboration of companies, municipalities, associations, and agencies.

What is the Goal?

Our goal is to reduce accidents and return construction workers safely back home to their families and friends while saving construction firms time and money by:

  • Conducting groundbreaking interdisciplinary safety research based on scientific methods.
  • Transforming research findings and recommendations into adoptable best practices.
  • Converting safety best-practices into effective training programs.

Current Members

Founding Members

» PtD and PtD-UP Case Study Submission

We invite construction professionals, designers, and engineers to share real-world Prevention through Design (PtD) and Prevention through Design Upside Down (PtD-UP) cases that highlight how proactive design decisions helped eliminate or reduce occupational hazards.

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Membership

Membership is available to leaders and safety influencers from the nation’s construction industry; including companies, municipalities, associations and agencies in the areas of residential, commercial, industrial and civil construction.

CSRC Members Will:

  • Propose, lead and gain access to the CSRC’s research studies.
  • Acquire safety training materials derived from the research.
  • Receive exclusive and exceptional services including, but not limited to::
    • Onsite safety inspections.
    • Expert onsite safety talk.
    • Review of a written safety program or procedure.
  • Together, contribute to the future of construction site safety.

Membership fees support research, equipment and other resources.

Contact

CSRC Director Dr. Ahmed Al-Bayati to learn more about customizable CSRC membership plans.

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Thank you for considering supporting the CSRC.