Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being

Sorensen, Glorian; Sparer, Emily H.; Williams, Jessica A.; Gundersen, Daniel A.; Boden, Leslie I.; Dennerlein, Jack T.; Hashimoto, Dean M.; Katz, Jeffrey N.; McLellan, Deborah L.; Okechukwu, Cassandra A.; Pronk, Nicolaas P.; Revette, Anna; Wagner, Gregory R.

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“…As reflected in the table, structural measures include program elements—addressing both work and nonwork risks and opportunities, and coordination of activities—and the degree of integration by design. 2,3,29,63 Process measures that may be considered include recruitment methods and statistics (such as eligible organizations/workers, those deemed ineligible and why, those enrolled, number completing measurement waves, and reasons for dropout), fidelity of intervention implementation and integrity, and dose (adoption and participation rates).…”

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Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health ®

Tamers

Goetzel

Kelly

et al. 2018

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective:There is growing interest in the NIOSH Total Worker Health® program, specifically in the process of designing and implementing safer, health-promoting work and workplaces. A Total Worker Health (TWH) Research Methodology Workshop was convened to discuss research methods and future needs.Methods:Twenty-six experts in occupational safety and health and related fields reviewed and discussed current methodological and measurement issues and those showing promise.Results:TWH intervention studies face the same challenges as other workplace intervention studies and some unique ones. Examples are provided of different approaches and their applications to TWH intervention studies, and desired developments in the TWH literature.Conclusions:This report discusses and outlines principles important to building the TWH intervention research base. Rigorous, valid methodologic, and measurement approaches are needed for TWH intervention as well as for basic/etiologic, translational, and surveillance research.

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Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health ®

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Kelly

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Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…Although the influence of work on occupational health and safety has been long recognized (1), importance of work for well-being has been gaining scientific attention only recently (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). The impact of employee health on work has been traditionally examined through the lenses of physical and mental disabilities that limit chances for performing certain jobs (7)(8)(9).…”

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Well-Being in Life and Well-Being at Work: Which Comes First? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study

Węziak‐Białowolska

Białowolski²,

Sacco

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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“…The efforts to put forth safety management programs has been supported by many safety advocates including the OSHA proposed program rule of 1999 and their white paper in 2012 . The questions in this section capture a range of components that are often referenced as essential elements for safety and health management systems . These questions assess management commitment through evidence of, and an involvement plan for, organizational safety and health goals.…”

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“…More recent prequalification tools have included leading safety indicators, such as safety programs and policies as leading indicators are thought of as predictive antecedents to accidents and injuries. In loss prediction models and in other work and safety frameworks, organizational policies, programs, and practices are associated with lagging indicators such as worker behavior and worker injuries . Elements of safety management systems include leadership commitment, regular and frequent hazard recognition and controls, employee training, safety communications, and program evaluation .…”

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Testing the associations between leading and lagging indicators in a contractor safety pre‐qualification database

Manjourides¹,

Dennerlein²

2019

American J Industrial Med

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Background: Safety prequalification assessing contractors' safety management systems and safety programs lack validation in predicting construction worker injuries.Methods: Safety assessments of leading indicators from 2198 construction contractors, including Safety Management Systems (SMS), Safety Programs (e.g., falls, hearing protection), and Special Elements (drug testing, return to work) scales as well as the history of citations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were compared to contractors' lagging indicators of recordable injury case rates (RC) and rates of injuries involving days away, restricted, or transferred (DART).Results: Increased SMS scores were related to lower 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)). Safety programs did not show consistent associations with injury outcomes. Having additional Special Elements related to drug and alcohol programs was associated with lower injury rates while the Special Element related to return to work showed no consistent associations with injury. Having more OSHA Citations was associated with lower injury rates for companies with injuries. Conclusions:These results support pre-qualification methods based on SMS and suggest the need for safety management systems in contractors. K E Y W O R D Sconstruction, safety management systems, subcontractors, workplace injuries

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Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being

Abstract: The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches.

Cited by 87 publications

References 56 publications

Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health ®

Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health ®

Well-Being in Life and Well-Being at Work: Which Comes First? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study

Testing the associations between leading and lagging indicators in a contractor safety pre‐qualification database

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