Effectiveness of the HomeSafe Pilot Program in reducing injury rates among residential construction workers, 1994–1998

Darragh, Amy; Stallones, Lorann; Bigelow, Phillip L.; Keefe, Thomas J.

doi:10.1002/ajim.10339

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“…Similar studies conducted in other countries have obtained similar results [Spangenberg et al, 2002;Darragh et al, 2004]. However, since injuries are statistically rare events, similar schemes involving a larger number of workers might achieve more significant results.…”

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confidence: 83%

Effectiveness of the training program for workers at construction sites of the high‐speed railway line between Torino and Novara: Impact on injury rates

Bena

Berchialla²,

Coffano

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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confidence: 83%

Effectiveness of the training program for workers at construction sites of the high‐speed railway line between Torino and Novara: Impact on injury rates

Bena

Berchialla²,

Coffano

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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“…Two studies used a pre-post design with a control group but were not classified as RCTs due to non-random assignment to conditions (Becker et al, 2001) or comparison with non-matched convenience samples (Mancini et al, 2005). Two studies used a pre-post design with no control group (Forst et al, 2013;Sokas et al, 2009); three studies used an interrupted time-series design with (Laitinen and Päivärinta, 2010) or without a control group (Darragh et al, 2004;Spangenberg et al, 2002); and two studies used a mixed-approach including both pre-post and time-series analyses with (Lopez-Ruiz et al, 2013) or without a control group (Bena et al, 2009). The final study employed a within-groups design where four different behaviours were targeted in a staggered fashion and the same group of participants served as the intervention and control groups (Lingard and Rowlinson, 1997).…”

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“…The type of construction work varied, from specific trades (e.g., carpentry, roofing, tiling, concrete, floor laying) to larger scale industries (e.g., metal/steel/aluminium work, stone quarry, railways). Six studies were conducted in the USA (Becker et al, 2001;Darragh et al, 2004;Forst et al, 2013;Kerr et al, 2007;Lusk et al, 1999;Sokas et al, 2009), three in Denmark (Kines et al, 2013(Kines et al, , 2010Spangenberg et al, 2002), two in Italy (Bena et al, 2009;Mancini et al, 2005), and one each in Hong Kong (Lingard and Rowlinson, 1997), India (Adams et al, 2013), Spain (Lopez-Ruiz et al, 2013), and Finland (Laitinen and Päivärinta, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Active behaviour change safety interventions in the construction industry: A systematic review

et al. 2015

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a b s t r a c tThe aims of this paper were to systematically review the evidence for the effectiveness of active behaviour change safety interventions in the construction industry; and to determine the intervention characteristics most commonly associated with effectiveness in reducing injury rates and improving safety behaviour -intensity/frequency/duration, behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and theory-base. An electronic literature search (June 2014) was conducted to identify eligible interventions: those involving active involvement from workers/management in the construction industry; targeted one/both of the primary outcomes. All intervention designs involving construction workers aged >18 years, published in English and in a peer-reviewed journal were included. Fifteen studies were included, half of which successfully improved injury rates. Longer interventions and those that included active/volitional BCTs (feedback/monitoring rather than instruction/information) were more effective. The methodological quality of the interventions was poor and use of theory was inconsistent and infrequent. Despite some positive results, very few interventions achieved all their aims. More rigorous, theory-driven research is needed to structure intervention efforts and determine the mechanism of action of effective interventions.

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“…Other factors include the risk differences depending on the categories of building workers involved and the different impacts of intervention policies in the work market. Often, the type and intensity of information and training activity were not documented [8,9,18,30]. Furthermore, some studies included were longitudinal studies monitoring the frequency of injuries in specific groups of workers after risk reduction programmes had been applied.…”

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Meta-analysis of studies examining long-term construction injury rates

Sancini¹,

Fioravanti²,

Gm³

et al. 2012

Occupational Medicine

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Background The construction industry is one of the employment sectors with the highest risk of injuries. AimsTo evaluate the injury trend in the construction industry from data published from 1987 to 2010. MethodsAll papers with at least two measurements of injuries within a medium-to long-term period were included. The numbers of fatal and non-fatal injuries were examined in two separate groups: 100 000 workers per year and 200 000 worked hours per year. ResultsAll injuries significantly decreased between the first and the second measurement, with fatal injuries decreasing by 35% and non-fatal ones by 33% in workers/year and by 22% in worked hours/year. There was high heterogeneity among the sources of data for workers/year index (I 2 = 49% for fatal injuries, 99% for non-fatal injuries) but no heterogeneity for worked hours/year index (I 2 = 0). Metaregression analysis showed a significant linear relationship between time and risk reduction for fatal injuries (r = 0.63; P < 0.001; a 6% reduction per year); trend reduction for non-fatal injuries was not related to the time taken between the measurements.Conclusions Fatal injuries have a reduction trend that depends on large interventions, whereas non-fatal injuries are more prone to episodic changes. Furthermore, while the workers/year index allows easier evaluation of the injury rate variation in a single working environment, the worked hours/year index is better at comparing the injury rate variation in different working environments because it reduces the sources of heterogeneity.

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Effectiveness of the HomeSafe Pilot Program in reducing injury rates among residential construction workers, 1994–1998

Cited by 27 publications

References 16 publications

Effectiveness of the training program for workers at construction sites of the high‐speed railway line between Torino and Novara: Impact on injury rates

Effectiveness of the training program for workers at construction sites of the high‐speed railway line between Torino and Novara: Impact on injury rates

Active behaviour change safety interventions in the construction industry: A systematic review

Meta-analysis of studies examining long-term construction injury rates

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