Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on Construction Work-Related Injury Rates

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• Personal Author:
  Lipscomb H ; Schoenfisch A ; Sinyai C
• Description:
  Despite the size and breadth of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Outreach Training program for the construction industry, there is limited information on its impact on rates of work-related injury. In a 9-year (2000-2008) dynamic cohort of approximately 17,000 union carpenters in Washington State, the effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on rates of workers' compensation injury claims and related outcomes was explored. OSHA Outreach Training resulted in a 13% (non-significant) reduction in rates of injury overall. The effect was more pronounced for carpenters in their apprenticeship years, drywall installers, and with increasing time since training. Hazard awareness and protection training, coupled with more efficient approaches to injury control, should be standard practice in the construction industry. In line with the observed effect in this study, it is unrealistic to expect OSHA Outreach Training alone to have a large effect on union construction workers' rates of work-related injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Cohort Studies Construction Industry Construction Workers Injuries Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Safety Education Training
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; North Carolina ; 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:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058162
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Aug; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• 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:
  Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on construction work-related injury rates
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221301/cdc_221301_DS1.pdf
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