Surveying Aircraft Operators About Aviation Safety in Alaska: Survey Development, Design, Methodology, and Administration

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hannigan A ; Kopriva M ; O'Connor M ; Passini J ; Schroeder AK
• Description:
  The state of Alaska has a high rate of aircraft-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses; to better understand this phenomenon, the Alaska Aviation Operators Survey was developed and administered. The goal of this research was to update the results of a previous study with the safety attitudes and opinions of aviation industry workers. Overall, research findings were limited by a low response rate (14.3% overall, 17.1% adjusted), reducing representativeness and generalizability. A thematic analysis of survey follow-up phone call conversations revealed that 89% of respondents' reactions to the survey were comprised of themes reflecting attitude, call issues, and logistics. This report focuses on detailing the development of the survey, including the design, methodology, and administration. Surveys are becoming an increasingly difficult way to gather data; understanding research methodologies that are declining in success in the aviation industry is essential to moving forward with new research techniques in the future. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Transportation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Alaska Aviation Author Keywords: Survey Administration Aviation Pilots Questionnaires Surveillance Workplace Studies Workplace Surveys
• ISSN:
  2590-1982
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070028
• Citation:
  Transp Res Interdiscip Perspect 2024 Jul; 26:101191
• Contact Point Address:
  Ashley Kathryn Schroeder, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508
• Email:
  akschroeder2@alaska.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d39a88910b95999f55080e8d3f25c3763f0c528892e8a614872451eea72d6a663b6e4c1fb91e1026d1a0669873a70939dfd4cd7cd0bfad10889b292f3c002d2c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208333/cdc_208333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]