Evaluation of training program to improve frontline leaders’ safety practices

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• Personal Author:
  Schwatka, Natalie V. ; Goldenhar, Linda M. ; Johnson, Stefanie K. ; Beldon, Marissa A. ; Tessler, Jamie ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Fullen, Mark ; Trieu, Hao
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A training intervention to improve frontline construction leaders' safety leadership practices and overall jobsite safety climate
  
  Natalie V. Schwatka, Linda M. Goldenhar, Stefanie K. Johnson, Marissa A. Beldon, Jamie Tessler, Jack T. Dennerlein, Mark Fullen, Hao Trieu. Journal of Safety Research, 2019.
  
  J Safety Res . 2019 Sep:70:253-262.
  
  Research shows that effective frontline supervisory leadership can positively influence job site safety. CPWR developed the 2.5-hour Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) training program to teach construction supervisors five leadership skills they need to strengthen jobsite safety climate and reduce adverse safety-related outcomes. Twenty construction sub-contracting companies were recruited and randomly assigned to either an early or lagged-control training group. Participating supervisors and workers completed surveys at multiple time points before and after the FSL training. Using a quasi-experimental prospective switching replications study design, the authors examined (1) if FSL-trained jobsite leaders would report improved understanding and practice of the FSL leadership skills, safety practices, and crew reporting of safety-related conditions, and (2) if crew members perceived a change in (a) their supervisors’ practices, (b) their own safety practices and reporting of safety-related conditions, and (c) overall jobsite safety climate. Linear mixed modelling was used to test changes over time.
  
  KF2019-FSL-training-evaluation-frontline.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Adult Construction Industry Female Humans Leadership Learning Male Middle Aged Occupational Health/education Organizational Culture Prospective Studies Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace Wounds And Injuries/prevention & Control

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research ; Small Study
• 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:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057465
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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