Findings from the National Machine Guarding Program: Safety Climate, Hazard Assessment, and Safety Leadership in Small Metal Fabrication Businesses

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• Personal Author:
  Gordon R ; Most I ; Parker, David L. ; Stanley R ; Xi M ; Yamin S
• Description:
  Objectives: This manuscript assesses safety climate data from the National Machine Guarding Program (NMGP)-a nationwide intervention to improve machine safety. Methods: Baseline safety climate surveys were completed by 2161 employees and 341 owners or managers at 115 businesses. A separate onsite audit of safety management practices and machine guarding equipment was conducted at each business. Results: Safety climate measures were not correlated with machine guarding or safety management practices. The presence of a safety committee was correlated with higher scores on the safety management audit when contrasted with those without one. Conclusions: The presence of a safety committee is easily assessed and provides a basis on which to make recommendations with regard to how it functions. Measures of safety climate fail to provide actionable information. Future research on small manufacturing firms should emphasize the presence of an employee-management safety committee. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electricity Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management Small Business Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Electrical-equipment Electrical-systems Electrical-transmission Fabricated-plate-work Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Machinists Metal-industry Metal-industry-workers Protective-measures Risk-analysis Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Small-businesses Standards Traumatic-injuries Work-operations Work-practices Workplace-monitoring

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052323
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Dec; 59(12):1172-1179
• Contact Point Address:
  David L. Parker, MD, MPH, HealthPartners Institute, 3311 E. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, MN 55425
• Email:
  David.L.Parker@healthpartners.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Park Nicollet Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20170731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211867/cdc_211867_DS1.pdf
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