Effects of safety and health training on work-related injury among construction laborers

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• Personal Author:
  Chowdhury R ; Dong X ; Entzel P ; Men Y ; Schneider S
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of safety and health training on work-related injury in the construction industry. METHODS: Union health insurance records, union training records, and workers compensation data for 1993 and 1994 were analyzed for more than 8000 construction laborers in Washington State. RESULTS: After controlling for demographic factors, laborers who received safety and health training during the study period were 12% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.75-1.02) less likely than nontrained laborers to file for workers compensation. Among workers 16 to 24 years old, training was associated with a 42% (95% CI = 0.35-0.95) reduction in claims. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide evidence of the effectiveness of safety and health training in preventing occupational injuries among construction laborers, particularly among younger workers. However, the results cover only a limited time and the long-term effects remain unclear. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Aging Construction Industry Construction Materials Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Age-groups Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Health-hazards Health-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Safety-education Training

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040963
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2004 Dec; 46(12):1222-1228
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Dong, MS, the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7024cd73eae61bb1eba8373bca15d6d4e3edf22391f6037dea670ec53d3895a6e323575fbf97ba9efe34786a9e52c77d89b82ca7da1626bd61aa67ee4cd45734
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193650/cdc_193650_DS1.pdf
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