Safety and Health Training in Construction in Kentucky

Details

• Personal Author:
  Goodrum PM ; Maloney WF ; Tackett J
• Description:
  Compared to many other industries, construction workers have experienced a high rate of deaths and injuries. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show that, in 2003, construction workers were 7% of the U.S. workforce, but suffered 21% of the nation's 5,575 reported work-related deaths. That same year, nonfatal rates of injury and illness involving days away from construction work were 259.4 per 10,000 fulltime equivalents (FTEs),1 higher than for agriculture, mining, and manufacturing (BLS 2003). Although there is general agreement that worker safety and health training can help prevent injuries and deaths, data are lacking on the nature, extent, and effectiveness of such training. Also, there is a lack of consensus about how to define and measure training effectiveness. The purpose of this pilot study was to provide insight into these issues. For this study the authors conducted the following activities: 1. Reviewed construction safety and health training materials, courses, and programs and developed a database of the sources believed to be most relevant and useful to construction workers. 2. Conducted focus group sessions with highway and general construction workers in Kentucky to learn more about their safety and health training. 3. Created a questionnaire to be completed by a national sample of construction workers and their immediate supervisors, to be conducted as a follow-up to this pilot study. The questionnaire is designed to measure the types and effectiveness of safety and health training received by construction workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Database Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Databases Fatalities Injury Prevention Questionnaires Training Training Effectiveness
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Worker's Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058124
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Worker's Rights, 2006 Jun; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Worker's Rights, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Safety and health training in construction in Kentucky
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:59bea1ca43d5780ab8982b1e9b19ebf9c1b9440e7bc21de63ba8a6f301e4a192e4a8c3427d44b53016c43145aa19f046499bd5ac8bdce6930146c18c04a1d09c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221270/cdc_221270_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 126.97 KB ]