Do Young Workers in Food Service Perform Differently than Older Workers on Safety Knowledge Tests After Training?

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• Personal Author:
  Sinclair, Raymond C. ; Sinclair, Raymond C.
• Description:
  We did a secondary analysis of data collected in 1997 as part of a large study of safety training effectiveness in the food service industry (n=4000+; young worker n=228). Our research question was: Do young workers perform differently than older workers on knowledge tests after such training? Using multiple regression methods, we analyzed the association between safety test scores and respondent characteristics such as age, education, length of service, and job location (front vs. back of the house). We found that education (higher) and job location (front of the house) were the best predictors of a higher test score. Age was not a predictor of test score. Since some studies show a connection between safety knowledge and safe behaviors, it may be that policies regarding young workers and what jobs they are permitted to do should focus on level of education rather than age. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Education Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Food-processing-industry Food-services Safety-education Safety-measures Statistical-analysis Training Workers
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024038
• Citation:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2002 Nov; :43180
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  Rsinclair@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be68586c1a264dcb87bf8a60b3201283127618307d9c1b4397651d4c52dbbba4bb1ad7c0f0f8abfc3b04ad978ae276497cd3135c3c425006eaddcf78cca75919
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196053/cdc_196053_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 110.13 KB ]