Promoting adoption of fall prevention measures among Latino workers and residential contractors: formative research findings

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• Personal Author:
  Blecker H ; García Hernández J ; Rahke B ; Scruggs K ; Teran S
• Description:
  Background: Falls from heights remain a concern in construction, particularly for foreign-born Latino construction workers employed by small residential contractors. The social ecological model provides a framework to assess the individual and contextual factors influencing the risk for falls. Methods: Five focus groups and thirteen in-depth interviews with workers, small residential contractors, and key informants were conducted in 2012 in San Francisco and Philadelphia. Data were analyzed with qualitative methods. Results: Economic conditions in residential construction, coupled with a lack of enforcement and vulnerabilities of the foreign-born workforce, are principal contributors to risk for falls. Small contractors perceive strong economic disincentives for implementation of fall protection and foreign-born Latino workers experience a variety of social, cultural and occupational pressures impeding its use. Conclusions: Increased adoption of fall protection cannot be accomplished solely by targeting Latino construction workers. Research is needed on incentives to influence contractor behavior and facilitate adoption of fall protection measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Behavior Construction Industry Mass Behavior Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Adaptation Analytical-models Attitude Author Keywords: Construction Behavior-patterns Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Falls In Construction Group-behavior Group-dynamics Health-surveys Height-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Latino Immigrant Workers Mortality-rates Protective-measures Qualitative-analysis Racial-factors Regulations Risk-factors Safety-research Small-businesses Small Residential Social Ecological Model Sociological-factors Standards Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices Worker-motivation

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046237
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Aug; 58(8):870-879
• Contact Point Address:
  SuzanneTeran, MPH, Program Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley, Fourth Floor, 2223 Fulton St., Berkeley, CA 94720-5120
• Email:
  steran@berkeley.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:157896278bfbed665a099ace7aafb468e3deac57133aa58702dd33b7535f9b406887b4c5ff3584aad54130eca30feee99cdf5ec3c02de6a11c1dbcaefe643531
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201350/cdc_201350_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 127.70 KB ]