Contractor-, steward-, and coworker-safety practice: associations with musculoskeletal pain and injury-related absence among construction apprentices.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health
; 87(5): 493-500, 2014 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This paper sought to assess organizational safety practices at three different levels of hierarchical workplace structure and to examine their association with injury outcomes among construction apprentices.METHODS:
Using a cross-sectional sample of 1,775 construction apprentices, three measures of organizational safety practice were assessed contractor-, steward-, and coworker-safety practice. Each safety practice measure was assessed using three similar questions (i.e., on-the-job safety commitment, following required or recommended safe work practices, and correcting unsafe work practices); the summed average of the responses ranged from 1 to 4, with a higher score indicating poorer safety practice. Outcome variables included the prevalence of four types of musculoskeletal pain (i.e., neck, shoulder, hand, and back pain) and injury-related absence.RESULTS:
In adjusted analyses, contractor-safety practice was associated with both hand pain (OR 1.27, 95 % CI 1.04, 1.54) and back pain (OR 1.40, 95 % CI 1.17, 1.68); coworker-safety practice was related to back pain (OR 1.42, 95 % CI 1.18, 1.71) and injury-related absence (OR 1.36, 95 % CI 1.11, 1.67). In an analysis that included all three safety practice measures simultaneously, the association between coworker-safety practice and injury-related absence remained significant (OR 1.68, 95 % CI 1.20, 2.37), whereas all other associations became non-significant.CONCLUSIONS:
This study suggests that organizational safety practice, particularly coworker-safety practice, is associated with injury outcomes among construction apprentices.
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Asunto principal:
Heridas y Lesiones
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Industria de la Construcción
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Administración de la Seguridad
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Absentismo
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Dolor Musculoesquelético
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Enfermedades Profesionales
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Año:
2014
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Article