Enhancing Safety Training Engagement Through Immersive Storytelling: A Case Study in the Residential Construction

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• Personal Author:
  Eiris, Ricardo ; Isingizwe J ; Jalil Al-Bayati A
• Description:
  Virtual safety training environments are increasingly utilized to support the development of safety knowledge and increase hazard identification skills in construction. One of the emerging techniques for virtual safety training is immersive storytelling. However, current studies have not explored how the inclusion or exclusion of storytelling within immersive safety training systems produces learning gains. Specifically, this study explores learning through the lens of engagement - behavioral, cognitive, and emotional. The residential construction industry was used as a case study to explore this research gap. Residential workers were assessed through a between-subject experimental design. Two safety training conditions were employed for this evaluation using a between-subject experiment - (1) immersive storytelling; and (2) immersive non-storytelling. The experimental comparison revealed that using immersive storytelling led to increases in behavioral learning and cognitive learning, allowing trainees to effectively identify openings and scaffold fall hazard categories. On the other hand, trainee emotional learning engagement did not change between immersive storytelling and immersive non-storytelling conditions. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by providing evidence on how using or not using storytelling can affect learning in the context of safety for fall hazards in residential construction. Practical implications for academicians and industry practitioners for the implementation of storytelling in immersive training systems are provided in the study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Immersive Storytelling Construction Industry Eye-tracking Fall Hazards Falls Learning Engagement Residential Construction Safety Education Safety Research Safety Training Training Effectiveness Virtual Reality

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• ISSN:
  0925-7535
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Chicago Region [OSHA] ; Maryland ; Michigan ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA] ; San Francisco Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  179
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070018
• Citation:
  Saf Sci 2024 Nov; 179:106631
• Contact Point Address:
  Josiane Isingizwe, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
• Email:
  jisingiz@asu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Safety Science
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b0c9755f3d5e278d2d95f4d7b289c9ad2e9f83c5feef3ed398deb84acd24b587d70bc62325c2899ad9d26cff64fcf8eea759a4ca0ba261661e8c4db10fed2a3c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208324/cdc_208324_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.48 MB ]