Key Findings from Research: SETU: A Training and Decision-Making Tool to Improve Safety in Excavation and Trenching

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  The recent resurgence of trenching and excavation fatalities have emphasized that those activities pose some of the most serious hazards to construction workers. OSHA has long maintained that excavation-related incidents can be prevented, particularly by following its standards for excavation and trenching: 1926 Subpart P. This study argues that although there are proven protective systems and strategies, they have been used inconsistently across the sector. The research team used a mixed methods framework to understand the reasons for this limited adoption, developing two surveys to obtain industry feedback and analyzing OSHA severe injury and fatality data about trenching and excavation. They used their findings to build a training and decision-making application: Safety in Excavation and Trenching, for yoU (SETU). This free, platform-independent tool 1) makes information about trenching safety available on handheld devices, 2) breaks down complex safety ideas and jargon into everyday language, and 3) offers an easy-to-use interface about measures to improve safety requiring no training for adoption. Read the report: https://bit.ly/3wZXHGL. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Decision Making Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Decision Making Excavations Safety Education Trenching
• 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:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:20070188
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 May; :1
• Email:
  spriyada@andrew.cmu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• 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-512:44316a0cd0dc12a0784caf7600239fe3ab0ae508300c8e23db7f7fd0989177a72c61cc674d2b0daebb647215d61367c451e91b358a336a963decdd63585d725a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212991/cdc_212991_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.87 KB ]