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

ABSTRACT:

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 associa

SUBMITTER: Manjourides J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666568 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature