Individual safety performance in the construction industry: development and validation of two short scales

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• Personal Author:
  Chen PY ; Cigularov KP ; DeArmond S ; Smith AE ; Wilson CL
• Description:
  In the current research a short measure of safety performance is developed for use in the construction industry and the relationships between different components of safety performance and safety outcomes (e.g., occupational injuries and work-related pain) are explored within the construction context. This research consists of two field studies. In the first, comprehensive measures of safety compliance and safety participation were shortened and modified to be appropriate for use in construction. Evidence of reliability and validity is provided. Both safety compliance and safety participation were negatively related to occupational injuries, yet these two correlations were not statistically different. In the second study, we investigated the relationships between these two components of safety performance and work-related pain frequency, in addition to replicating Study 1. Safety compliance had a stronger negative relationship with pain than safety participation. Implications for research are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Analytical-models Author Keywords: Safety Compliance Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Occupational Injuries Pain-tolerance Safety-measures Safety-programs Safety-research Safety Participation Work-performance Work-practices Work-related Pain Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038762
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2011 May; 43(3):948-954
• Email:
  dearmons@uwosh.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88a6eadc2fd9a889b3c0a847c2761d640c6b1e03c7e8195c30bbf314376da39394f88aad0b7dd4dd097e634bbae9856edc148c3e689bb512ba6cd6a42b9d7656
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192362/cdc_192362_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 195.52 KB ]