Commercial Fishing Safety Training and Materials Development

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dzugan J
• Description:
  The outcome of this project includes 307 fishermen trained in conducting Emergency Procedures Drills, 83 fishermen trained in Fishing Vessel Stability Awareness, and 14 new marine safety instructors, all within California, Oregon, and Washington. Additional outcomes include 18 high school students trained in conducting Emergency Procedures Drills in rural Alaska, production and distribution of new and updated educational information online and in print, production and distribution of new digital training video content, and the production or purchase of new and innovative training equipment to support training classes. Results of evaluating the project plan are as follows: 1. A process evaluation measured the number of individuals trained and courses held: 2 MSIT trainings for 14 new instructors, 37 Drill Conductor workshops for 307 new drill conductors, 12 stability workshops for 83 trained in stability, and one high school drill conductor class for 18 students already engaged in commercial fishing. 2. NIOSH data was used to compare the number of fatalities in the previous 5-year period to the most recent 5-year period. In the West Coast region of NIOSH data, (California, Washington, and Oregon) there were 32 commercial fishing fatalities between 2012 and 2016 including 18 fatalities from vessel disasters. In the most recent five-year data, there were 21 commercial fishing fatalities (2017 to 2021) including 10 fatalities from vessel disasters. This is a 34% decrease in fatalities. At least 5 vessel casualties occurred during the project period, with 12 people who survived a vessel sinking or person overboard. 8 of those who survived were trained in this program. As one trained crew who helped rescue a person in the water stated, "Thank goodness for the safety training." From our randomly selected email survey asking past students if they have used the skills learned in an AMSEA class to prevent or manage an emergency at sea, one respondent said, "my shipmate had fallen overboard and because of the amsea course I was able to quickly and calmly assess the situation and get the life ring out and pull him back aboard to safety." 3. Post course evaluations for Drill Conductor classes included 196 respondents. 100% of participants said they would recommend the course to others. 175 respondents provided examples for how the course will change their safety practices on the water (i.e., "I will be more mindful of situational awareness and my duties in a given safety agenda," "Make monthly drills a priority to be prepared for a real emergency," "Corrected bad habits," "Will be prepared for emergency. Know where safety equipment is. Best practices for drills," etc.). When asked to rate the quality of the instructor, 96% of respondents rated their instructor as "excellent" and the remaining 4% rated their instructor as "good." 4. All new instructors met all criteria in the Instructor Evaluation Criteria Checklist. Knowledge gain from MSIT training completion was assessed using pre and post tests for all new MSIT trainees with pre test scores averaging 70% and post test scores averaging 94%. Knowledge gain from the stability workshops was assessed using pre and post tests with pre test scores averaging 50% and post test scores averaging 91%. 5. Randomly selected email surveys assessed the increase in and usefulness of training materials produced and distributed in this project. 29 respondents asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 as the lowest rating and 5 as the highest rating, "how would you rate the usefulness of the book, Beating the Odds, that you may have received in your class?" The average rating was 4.2 with four respondents who said they haven't used the book. When asked "How would you rate the usefulness of the Emergency Instructions & Drill Manual that you may have received in your class?" the average rating was 4.5 with two respondents who said they haven't used the manual. When asked, "how would you rate the usefulness of the information on the AMSEA website," the average rating out of 16 respondents was 4.6 with 13 respondents who said they haven't used the website. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Emergencies Hunting Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Emergency Preparedness Fishing Industry Injury Prevention Marine Workers Safety Education Safety Programs Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067048
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T03-OH-012083, 2022 Nov; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20200901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219183/cdc_219183_DS1.pdf
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