Effectiveness of the HomeSafe Pilot Program in Reducing Injury Rates Among Residential Construction Workers, 1994–1998

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• Personal Author:
  Bigelow PL ; Darragh AR ; Keefe TJ ; Stallones L
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: The construction industry typically has one of the highest fatal and non-fatal injury rates compared with other industries. Residential construction workers are at particular risk of injury (work is in remote sites with small crews, there are often many subcontractors, and they have limited access to safety programs). Difficulty accessing information specific to this group has made research more challenging, therefore, there are few studies. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the HomeSafe Pilot Program, a safety education and training program designed to reduce injuries among residential construction workers. METHODS: Researchers evaluated whether overall and severe injury incidence rates declined during the intervention period. Data were analyzed using incidence rates and Poisson regression to control for the effect of antecedent secular trend. RESULTS: Injury incidence rates declined significantly following HomeSafe; however, this effect was not statistically significant once temporal variation was controlled. CONCLUSIONS: The decline in injury rates following HomeSafe cannot be attributed solely to HomeSafe, however, programmatic and methodologic limitations contributed to the inconclusive results. Further research into the hazards faced by residential construction workers is needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Idential Construction Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Injury Prevention Lost-work-days Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Occupational Safety Program Evaluation Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Work-performance Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Publisher:
  Wiley, InterScience
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  210-217
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030894
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2004 Feb; 45(2):210-217
• Contact Point Address:
  Amy Rowntree Darragh, Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Sacred Heart University, 5151Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06432
• Email:
  darragha@sacredheart.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Environmental Health Department, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c60470e902479717ee5dada9e6c0989b43d8101138406f47b9b7df073d47e808d93cb6618860dd9cae9f47e6f4d76e0ea87deda3586c654805a95550e65040e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191349/cdc_191349_DS1.pdf
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