Key Findings from Research: Using 360° Virtual Reality to Boost Small Employers' Safety Practices

Details

• Personal Author:
  Wen, Jing
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Workers at small contractors suffer a disproportionate share of construction-related fatalities: while rms with fewer than 20 workers employ over one-third of the workforce, they account for more than two-thirds of fatal incidents. Although safety resources are widely available, small contractors often lack awareness of them and suffer from misconceptions that keep them from using these tools. Current outreach strategies have not fully leveraged technological innovations, and the researchers addressed this gap through the creation of a 360-degree virtual reality technology, VR-Employer4Safety. They interviewed 14 small contractors to develop the platform and tested it with a middle-aged population of 19 people. The platform offers an immersive, narrative video aimed at educating and motivating small employers so they adopt improved safety practices. It also provides direct access to essential, free resources, including OSHA compliance assistance, the Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT) from CPWR, and NIOSH construction safety programs. Read the report: https://bit.ly/4l76hXU. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Construction
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Virtual Reality
• Keywords:
  • Construction workers
  • Safety practices
  • Virtual reality
  • Small businesses
  • Fatalities
  • Safety culture
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta Region OSHA ; Birmingham Region OSHA ; Florida ; Georgia ; Maryland ; Philadelphia Region OSHA
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071794
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2025 May; :1
• Email:
  jing.wen@design.gatech.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  2009/09/01
• End Date:
  2024/08/31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260018/cdc_260018_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 43.21 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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