Review of Construction Employer Case Studies of Safety and Health Equipment Interventions

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• Personal Author:
  Albers, James T. ; Hayden M ; Lampl M ; Lowe, Brian D. ; Naber S ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  This paper presents a review of 153 case studies of equipment interventions to improve safety and health of construction businesses in Ohio in 2003-2016. These represent $6.46 million (2016 USD) in purchases incentivized through the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OHBWC) Safety Intervention Grant (SIG) program. The source data in the review were extracted from employer grant applications and final reports of the case studies. Results were aggregated by type of construction equipment and included the reduction in safety and ergonomic hazards (risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders), and an assessment of the quality of the case studies as determined through criteria established by the authors. Equipment associated with greatest reduction in risk factors and with case studies of higher quality were electrical cable feeding/pulling systems, concrete sawing equipment, skid steer attachments for concrete breaking, and manlifts (boom lifts). This review illustrates challenges in demonstrating efficacy of equipment interventions to improve construction safety/health-even from case studies within a structured health/safety program. The authors are aware of no other systematic review of case studies reporting on experiences with health/safety intervention equipment specific to the construction industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Construction Industry Ergonomics Health Promotion Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Case Studies Construction Industry Health Programs Intervention MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Safety Programs Workers Compensation
• ISSN:
  0733-9364
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  146
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058679
• Citation:
  J Constr Eng Manage 2020 Apr; 146(4):04020012
• Contact Point Address:
  Brian D. Lowe, Research Industrial Engineer, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  blowe@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdde52236f142919bdb2901689cb5e0dc049549d15670dc7b3ef67565a9146bdae45d96bcfbcb9495a082c6531328c43ef9c145ff512366f89a93dba258643eb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221714/cdc_221714_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]