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Testing the associations between leading and lagging indicators in a contractor safety pre-qualification database
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February 06 2019
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Source: Am J Ind Med. 62(4):317-324
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Alternative Title:Am J Ind Med
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Description:Background
Safety prequalification methods lack validation in predicting construction company’s worker injuries.
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Safety assessments from 2198 construction contractors including Safety Management (SMS), Safety Programs (e.g. falls, hearing protection), and Special Elements (drug testing, return to work) scales were compared to their recordable injury cases (RC) and injuries involving days away, restricted, or transferred (DART).
Results
SMS and Special elements were related to injury rates. Each one-point increase in SMS values was associated with 34% reduced odds of a recordable case rate greater than zero (Odds ratio (OR): 0.66, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): (0.57, 0.79)), and a 9% reduced recordable case rate, if one occurs (Risk Ratio (RR): 0.91, 95% CI: (0.88, 0.94)). A one-point increase in SMS was associated with 28% reduced odds of a DART (OR=0.72, 95%CI (0.56, 0.91)), and 9% reduced DART rate, if one occurs (RR=0.91, 95%CI (0.87, 0.95)).
Conclusions
These results suggest the need for safety management systems in subcontractors.
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Pubmed ID:30724373
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7666568
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Volume:62
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Issue:4
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