Key Findings from Research: Variations in State Construction Consultation Programs

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Recent research has indicated that fatality rates for construction workers tend to be significantly lower in states with higher rates of on-site OSHA safety consultation visits. This study aimed to identify differences across states in their consultation programs and to consider how those differences could affect the prevalence of workplace hazards. It began with an analysis of data from the OSHA Information System (OIS) database covering all consultation visits for 2016-2022, cataloging differences across states in visit characteristics. The researchers interviewed consultation program managers from 31 states (all 21 state plan states that operate their own OSHA enforcement programs in the private sector and 10 federal states where federal OSHA operates enforcement), asking about topics such as funding, operations, and visit differences seen in the OIS data. They found considerable agreement between the interview responses and the data. Statistical analysis was also conducted to explore connections between state consultation program characteristics and state construction fatality rates. Read the report: https://bit.ly/4fyg1aM. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Fatalities Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Safety Monitoring Workplace Monitoring
• 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:
  Boston Region [OSHA] ; Maryland ; Massachusetts ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA]
• 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:20070317
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Oct; :1
• Email:
  WGray@clarku.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• 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-512:7330df809bfb6c63f58b7952fb01e6c0fd671aebe2d142e93b538163ed2ea63c48f5f72080d60fdf220b54043cd3dc72d90f42b7fa82c78b9539c7baffabbdfd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213009/cdc_213009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 68.00 KB ]