Key Findings from Research: Developing and Testing a Virtual Job Hazard Analysis Application

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• Journal Article:
  Key findings from research
• Personal Author:
  Ud Din, Zia ; Spitzmueller, Christiane ; Murari, Hardith S.
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Construction project teams often perform job hazard analysis (JHA) to identify occupational safety and health risks and controls. Typically, an experienced worker leads a JHA session because novice workers may not identify all hazards. Thousands of new workers are expected to enter the industry in the coming years, and research indicates that when novice employees perform JHA, they frequently fail to identify all hazards, creating an increase in safety challenges. Virtual reality (VR) applications have the potential to increase JHA quality, but the effectiveness of a VR application for JHA has not been explored in depth. This research aims to begin filling that gap. Two interventions, a VR-based application for JHA and a paper-based JHA, were designed, developed, and implemented to compare their effectiveness. The JHAs were tested on 21 participants, all students at the University of Houston, with most having no prior construction knowledge. Read the report: https://bit.ly/3Dk7ur9. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Technology Virtual Reality
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Hazard recognition; Virtual reality; Emerging technology; Safety research; Intervention effectiveness
• Source:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2023 Jan; :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 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:20067583
• Email:
  uziauddi@Central.UH.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-512:793b02cbdf653d17b1ed2d3080b23d6c537a2dfe0a4ee9fcbde39bb565c16a0becfd401ec85250dea2d7a43612208fe1188effc63547dc664baa805badd1f739
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137381/cdc_137381_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.69 KB ]