Key Findings from Research: Using Immersive Storytelling to Improve Fall Prevention Training

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• Journal Article:
  Key findings from research
• Personal Author:
  Eiris, Ricardo ; Al-Bayati, Ahmed
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Construction continues to have one of the highest rates of workplace deaths and injuries of any U.S. industry. Falls-particularly in the residential sector-are the leading cause of fatalities. Many construction employers use training programs to try to reduce these incidents, but current programs often produce low engagement and motivation among trainees. To address this problem, the researchers developed fall hazard training methodology for residential construction workers featuring immersive storytelling, which puts participants into a digital environment and delivers job site safety story narratives. They focused on how the inclusion of storytelling-driven narratives affects safety training engagement and motivation. They employed a between-subject experimental design with two approaches-1) virtual human storytelling-driven narratives and 2) non-storytelling narratives-to evaluate trainee engagement and motivation. Data was collected using eye-tracking metrics, a hazard identification survey, and self-efficacy and motivation questionnaires from 42 residential construction workers in Michigan. Read the report: https://bit.ly/48vk4BV. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Behavior Communication Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Falls; Training effectiveness; Safety education; Hazard identification
• Source:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2023 Sep; :1
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068873
• Email:
  reiris@asu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3cef295d3826a598496faf7a9c66ab47a577254c2ccf4cf1d2dcc8715766665b47dad33d03c6075f4850460a58dc00e9398cd00a00c2e8f04b76ec3581f4c68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137310/cdc_137310_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 49.41 KB ]