Advancing Safety and Health Training

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• Personal Author:
  Diether JW ; Loos, Gregory P.
• Description:
  More than one hundred OSHA standards for controlling workplace hazards contain requirements for worker training to reduce risk factors for injury and disease. Other standards limit certain jobs to workers considered competent by virtue of special training [Cohen and Colligan 1998]. However, the documented outcomes of various forms of training for occupational safety and health remain varied and inconclusive. Moreover, the newly proposed OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program Rule [DOL 1998] redirects compliance audits to training outcomes and impacts (in the past, such audits focused on hours of training delivered). Given this change in approach, research will be needed to identify strategies for improving the measurable performance of mandated training programs. What's more, the economic reasons for expanded research are powerful. Each year, corporate America provides nearly 2 billion hours of training to approximately 60 million employees at a cost of $55 billion to $60 billion [Industry report 1997]. Training effectiveness research can maximize the impact of this investment on worker safety, productivity, and profits. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Injuries Injury Prevention Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Risk Analysis Risk Factors Safety Education Safety Programs Training
• ISSN:
  0362-4064
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28-34
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020652
• Citation:
  Occup Health Saf 2000 Jan; 69(1):28-34
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health and Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198336/cdc_198336_DS1.pdf
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