Promoting Construction Supervisors’ Safety-Efficacy to Improve Safety Climate: Training Intervention Trial

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• Personal Author:
  Marín LS ; Roelofs C
• Description:
  Hispanic workers may be more likely to experience a deficient safety climate on construction worksites and it may account for their disproportionate injury rates. As part of a large study, the authors developed and implemented a 5-h training program to improve construction supervisors' safety-efficacy, in order to enhance the safety climate on construction worksites. The training program covered fall prevention, silica exposure, leadership, communication, and safety planning. This study evaluated pretraining and posttraining changes and safety-efficacy six months posttraining. A total of 118 supervisors, contractors, and workers from more than 50 construction firms in Massachusetts attended the training. Statistically significant improvements were observed in participants' safety knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Six-months postintervention, 58% of supervisors, contractors, or both, perceived that the training contributed "a lot" to their ability to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking workers, to take on a safety leadership role (52%), and to conduct effective training (62%). This study determined that when supervisors perceive that they have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make changes, they may better fulfill their role as a safety leader. Construction supervisor training courses might be revised to include leadership and effective communication topics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Workers Intervention Effectiveness Safety Climate Supervisory Personnel Training
• ISSN:
  0733-9364
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  143
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068986
• Citation:
  J Constr Eng Manage 2017 Aug; 143(8):04017037
• Contact Point Address:
  Luz S. Marín, Sc.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Safety Sciences, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, Johnson Hall, Room 117 1010 Oakland Ave., Indiana, PA 15705
• Email:
  LuzMarin@iup.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• End Date:
  20120730
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d285d828a390bb12ee2e1404319c0cbc8b7fecf31bba692113c72d7120c5283285465f312dc897c144a5d1f55f434cdbdbf5176df880b218e482dbaa0838b320
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207542/cdc_207542_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.42 MB ]