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For Immediate Release
Contact: Kimberly Warren

NAHB and NAHB Research Center Offer Safety Training Seminars to the Home Building Industry

June 14, 2004, Upper Marlboro, Md. - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the NAHB Research Center have partnered to offer home builder safety and health management training that focuses on safety and health issues. The four-hour seminars will be offered to home builders and trade contractors and are funded by a grant from the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and sponsored by NAHB's local home builder associations.

Seminars will be offered in 12 locations across the country between July and September this year. They will focus on the development and effective implementation of company safety and health programs, emphasize why safety and health programs are important, and educate attendees on how to create and implement such programs.

Attendees will receive a student manual and CD-ROM with a how-to guide that can be customized to meet individual businesses' safety needs. Seminar content will assist employees in understanding their responsibilities, establishing effective safety procedures, reducing workers' compenstation insurance premiums, and creating systems for collecting the information and records required by OSHA and insurance companies. Implementation of the safety and health program may help companies reduce or eliminate accidents that cause:

  • Injury to workers
  • Electrical Shock (overhead powerline, electrical tools and wiring)
  • Falls from overhead (floors, platforms, roofs)
  • Struck by hazards (falling objects, vehicles)
  • Liability claims

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The NAHB Research Center, located in Upper Marlboro, Md., promotes innovation in housing technology to improve the quality, durability, affordability, and environmental performance of homes and home building products. Created over 40 years ago as a subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the NAHB Research Center has established itself as the source for reliable, objective information and research on housing construction and development issues. Through its various testing and certification services, the Research Center seal is internationally-recognized as a mark of product quality and an assurance of product performance.

NOTE TO EDITORS ON STYLE USAGE: To identify this company and its work correctly, first reference should be "NAHB Research Center." If clarification of the acronym is necessary, the phrase, "a subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)," can follow. In subsequent mentions, "Research Center" is the only acceptable and accurate alternative reference.