Prevention of Construction Falls by Organizational Intervention

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• Personal Author:
  Akladios M ; Becker P ; Fullen M ; Hobbs G
• Description:
  Objectives-Determine if a university based (third party) intervention can improve construction contractor organizational performance to increase use of fall prevention practices and technologies. Setting-Falls are the leading cause of worker injury and death in the construction industry. Equipment and practices that can prevent falls are often not used appropriately in the dynamic construction work environment. Methods-A contractual partnership between a university and construction contractors created management systems to ensure use of fall protection measures. Audits by university faculty provided accountability for implementing the fall prevention system. Evaluation was conducted by quasiexperimental methodology comparing changes in audit score from baseline to fifth quarter from baseline for intervention and control contractors. Results-Audit scores improvement was greater for intervention than for control contractor group. Conclusion-A third party intervention can improve contractor fall prevention performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Construction Industry Fall Protection Falls Injury Prevention Intervention Effectiveness Intervention Research Occupational Injury Safety Practices Work Environment
• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057499
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2001 Sep; 7(Suppl 1):i64-i67
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Paul Becker, Safety and Health Extension, West Virginia University, 130 Tower Lane, Morgantown, WV 26506-6615, USA
• Email:
  pbecker2@wvu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• Supplement:
  1
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a9ece9a668cde5996deb259c0fb44dd73e86c3e050296e678ed1aef1a638208fa75abdb3edeb8c12b19f790635f53d833630bafa47a9d9a2cf73aaad9dcc4ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214838/cdc_214838_DS1.pdf
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