Key Findings from Research: Building and Testing a "Leading Indicator" Safety Program

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Seeking an alternative to "lagging indicator" incentive programs that reward days without recorded workplace injuries - and may discourage injury reporting - researchers created B-SAFE, a "leading indicator"-based program designed to promote, recognize and reward safe working conditions. This "safety communication and recognition program" relied on worksite safety audits monitoring safe or unsafe working conditions. A passing score was rewarded with a catered lunch and raffle; hazards and controls identified in the audits were reported back to work crews with suggestions for improvement along with the positive reinforcement of existing safe working conditions. Researchers used matched pairs of construction sites (intervention sites and control sites) to measure the program's effect on safety climate. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Workers Hazard Recognition Intervention Effectiveness Safety Climate Safety Practices Work Practices
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Massachusetts ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048670
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Jun; :1
• Email:
  j.dennerlein@neu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e000c49eff10c4a846350fe703213116fcaa0eef2772f5367d80e47abc23f1ec433330f34e4c8870a7b2894dcaf9fb434346f8ec7d34764e9e908ea83261ec8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212942/cdc_212942_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.91 KB ]