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A training intervention to improve frontline construction leaders’ safety leadership practices and overall jobsite safety climate
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9 2019
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Source: J Safety Res. 70:253-262
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Alternative Title:J Safety Res
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Description:Introduction
The 2.5 hour Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) training program teaches construction supervisors the leadership skills they need to strengthen jobsite safety climate and reduce adverse safety-related outcomes.
Methods
Using a quasi-experimental prospective switching replications study design, we examined (1) if FSL-trained jobsite safety leaders would report improved understanding and practice of the FSL leadership skills, safety practices and crew reporting of safety related conditions, and (2) if their crew perceived a change in (a) their supervisors’ practices, (b) their own safety practices and reporting of safety-related conditions, and (c) overall jobsite safety climate.
Results
Only supervisors in the early group reported a statistically significant improvement in their understanding and practice of the leadership skills as well as safety practices from before to 2- and 4-weeks post-training. Overall, no significant change was detected in crew-reported outcomes from before to after their supervisors’ participated in the FSL training.
Conclusions
These results provide evidence that the FSL training can, at least in the short-term, improve construction frontline leaders’ jobsite leadership skills. Future research could include an evaluation of FSL refresher activities and a longer-term follow-up.
Practical applications
The Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) program fills an identified need for construction frontline supervisors to learn and practice critical safety leadership skills on the jobsite. It has already reached over 10,000 leaders and has the potential to reach over 100,000 each year during either an OSHA 30-hour or a stand-alone course.
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Pubmed ID:31848003
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7076738
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