Development of a safety communication and recognition program for construction

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• Personal Author:
  Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Herrick, Robert F. ; Sparer EH
• Description:
  Leading-indicator-based (e.g., hazard recognition) incentive programs provide an alternative to controversial lagging-indicator-based (e.g., injury rates) programs. We designed a leading-indicator-based safety communication and recognition program that incentivized safe working conditions. The program was piloted for two months on a commercial construction worksite and then redesigned using qualitative interview and focus group data from management and workers. We then ran the redesigned program for six months on the same worksite. Foremen received detailed weekly feedback from safety inspections, and posters displayed worksite and subcontractor safety scores. In the final program design, the whole site, not individual subcontractors, was the unit of analysis and recognition. This received high levels of acceptance from workers, who noted increased levels of site unity and team-building. This pilot program showed that construction workers value solidarity with others on site, demonstrating the importance of health and safety programs that engage all workers through a reliable and consistent communication infrastructure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communications Media Construction Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Leading Indicators Communication-systems Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Incentives Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Program Development Safety-climate Safety-monitoring Safety-personnel Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety Performance Total Worker Health TWH Work-environment Work-organization Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workplace-monitoring

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• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42-58
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047195
• Citation:
  New Solut 2015 May; 25(1):42-58
• Contact Point Address:
  Jack T. Dennerlein, Northeastern University, 301 Robinson Hall, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
• Email:
  j.dennerlein@neu.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:
  New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cfc2a2095513316e8426d4427a26cbb6e2a932baaef43a390e27ffc62e13400c50fd3b8c6ed83fd8f7634a3ae56bfcc244efd25de075366398cd0ec78c8a9858
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202356/cdc_202356_DS1.pdf
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