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Construction Safety Research Center

The CSRC empowers industry leaders to enhance safety performance by leveraging their expertise and extensive experience in life-saving safety practices, ultimately improving overall industry outcomes.

» 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.

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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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Support 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. Your donation will help fund groundbreaking research and training programs aimed at reducing these accidents and returning these workers safely back home to their families and friends.

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» Contact

Ahmed

Al-Bayati

Associate Professor
Director - Construction Safety Research Center (CSRC)

248.204.2586

aalbayati@ltu.edu

Construction Safety Research Center
Lawrence Technological University
21000 West Ten Mile Road,
Southfield, MI 48220

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.