Construction workers' reasons for not reporting work-related injuries: an exploratory study

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chen PY ; Cigularov KP ; Moore JT ; Rosecrance JC ; Sampson JM
• Description:
  Previous research has established that construction workers often fail to report injuries incurred on the job, despite the possible benefits of treatment available through workers' compensation. Why is this? The authors placed this question before two focus groups of construction workers, and investigated further with a written survey mailed to 614 construction workers belonging to a labor union in the Northwest U.S. Of the 135 who responded (22% response rate), more than one-fourth indicated that they had failed to report a work-related injury. In both the focus groups and individual surveys, workers frequently reported that they did not report injuries because they perceived these injuries as "small" and "part of the job" or because they feared negative consequences from their employer or peers. The authors suggest strategies to overcome these reasons and reduce the under-reporting of injuries in the construction industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Construction Industry Mass Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Attitude Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Failure-analysis Group-behavior Health-surveys Injuries Medical-research Mental-processes Psychological-factors Safety-research Sociological-factors Work-environment Worker-health

  More +
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046759
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2013 Jul; :1
• Email:
  jeffery.taylor.moore@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Construction workers' reasons for not reporting work-related injuries: an exploratory study
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d8f6c4a235fe9656288fb3f4691fd5e0f7f7c2eac05fb21a86869b5bc634567e615160b50ed1512ab0c24b96533369952644dc4ea776312c2e292a106d0a1bb7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202089/cdc_202089_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 48.56 KB ]