This project builds on previous WorkSafeBC-funded research designed to establish a cohort of female welders that can be used to examine, prospectively, whether female welders are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcome and to identify exposures and work practices that are associated with higher risk. It will also chart the incidence of potentially work-related conditions (asthma, dermatitis, musculoskeletal pain) to relate these to history of exposures. The purpose is to identify work hazards that can be prevented, resulting in safer work places for both male and female trades persons.

*In partnership with Alberta Employment & Immigration