# Extending a digital risk mitigation intervention for workers deployed in diverse post-flood environments to address unique SAR-CoV-2 virus infection exposure risks in construction workplaces

> **NIH NIH R43** · RADIANT CREATIVE GROUP, LLC · 2020 · $62,559

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Flooding events continue to increase in both frequency and intensity. Workers involved in post-flood
reconstruction work are at increased risk of adverse health effects due to respiratory exposures and other
hazards. With the advent of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the global community, these workers are even more at
risk for severe illness. Proposed e-learning platform “Pocket Ark” provides training before flooding occurs,
real-time decision support during a clean-up, and communications capabilities during and after cleanup to the
workers involved. We propose to extend this project to include SARS-CoV-2 screening and education modules.
Pocket Ark will be expanded to recognize early onset symptoms in workers and prevent its spread in the
workplace as well as provide training regarding risk reduction in the workplace, and resources to locate health
care resources. This platform addresses an important public health problem and uses a novel app-based e-
learning platform to improve and enhance the cognitive understanding of flood-related health hazards within
this vulnerable working population.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10150430
- **Project number:** 3R43ES030580-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** RADIANT CREATIVE GROUP, LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** Jeffery McLaughlin
- **Activity code:** R43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $62,559
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-09-20 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10150430

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10150430, Extending a digital risk mitigation intervention for workers deployed in diverse post-flood environments to address unique SAR-CoV-2 virus infection exposure risks in construction workplaces (3R43ES030580-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10150430. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*