NIOSH Control Technology and Intervention Efforts for Small Businesses

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• Personal Author:
  Jones, James H.
• Description:
  Lessons learned from the evaluation of the NIOSH small business efforts were consistent with observations and strategies outlined by Mayhew. Additional factors appear to be related to successful behavior change and/or adoption of hazard control technology were: 1. Involve relevant trade associations and critical industry partners as soon as possible in order to get early buy-in and participation. This can be important in promoting widespread awareness and interest in hazard controls. Often controls are developed without industry input or in "artificial" laboratory conditions may be considered suspect in terms of utility and cost-effectiveness. 2. Include steps for identifying appropriate promotion/education channels in the earliest stages of the process. This makes it more likely that a more concentrated, coordinated and effective promotion activity can occur, thereby increasing the likelihood of behavior change and/or adoption of hazard controls. 3. Involve communication specialists whenever and as early as possible. In many cases the personnel with the expertise to identify or develop hazard controls do not have the expertise to develop a successful communications strategy. 4. Don't neglect the information dissemination phase of the process. In technically oriented groups, there is the temptation to move on to the next problem after a successful hazard control has been developed. Also, make sure that there is a source of continuing advice and assistance. Otherwise, as businesses begin to make the behavior change necessary to install controls and there is no source of assistance and encouragement, they may abandon the efforts to control the hazard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Small Business Automobile-repair-shops Control-technology Injury-prevention Intervention Lead-poisoning Occupational Health And Safety Radiator-repair Small-business Work-environment Work Environment

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  93-95
• Volume:
  36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000839
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1999 Sep; 36(S1):93-95
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-2, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  jhj1@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ab9fa91506de33ea2b21f1e146bcba06efc9b4d554bddfb3d1f8d567db3a0cb37f9f1dc427a5481f6703005fafe2e3ad52d4c6b2992bec49e6a61959a84f4dee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198213/cdc_198213_DS1.pdf
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