“Cooking the books”-Behavior-based safety at the San Francisco bay bridge

New Solutions

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-324

  Brown, Garrett D ^a   Barab, Jordan ^a  

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ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DOCUMENTATION; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 42949149827     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.17.4.g     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Kenneth D. Rosenman, et al., “How Much Work-Related Injury and Illness is Missed by the Current National Surveillance System?,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, pp. 357-365, V. 48, No. 4, April 2006.
2. J. Paul Leigh, et al., “An Estimate of the U.S. Government’s Undercount of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, pp. 10-18, V. 46, No. 1, January 2004.
3. Lenore S. Azaroff, et al., “Occupational Injury and Illness Surveillance: Conceptual Filters Explain Under-reporting,” American Journal of Public Health, pp. 1421-1429, V. 92, No. 9, September 2002.
4. Jill Tucker and Sean Holstege, “Injury record questioned—Nearly perfect safety reports cast doubt on accuracy,” Oakland Tribune, April 7, 2005.
5. “San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Worker Safety: Better State Oversight Is Needed to Ensure That Injuries Are Reported Properly and That Safety Issues Are Addressed,” California State Audit/Bureau of State Audits, Report 2005-119, February 9, 2006; accessible at: www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/summary.php?id=495
6. California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Policies and Procedures, C-1B, accessible at: www.dir.ca.gov/DOSHPol/P&pc-1b.htm
7. Kris Maher, “Study Finds U.S. Undercounts Workplace Injuries, Illnesses,” Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2006.
8. KFM Notice of Appeal, which is part of the public section of the case file for inspection #307340513 held at Cal/OSHA’s Oakland District Office.
9. All quotes from the KFM Safety Incentive Programs are from the actual documents provide by KFM to Cal/OSHA, which are part of the public section of the case file for inspection #307340513 held at Cal/OSHA’s Oakland District Office.
10. All quotes from KFM employees are from the Cal/OSHA inspector’s notes that are part of the public section of the case file for inspection #307340513 held at Cal/OSHA’s Oakland District Office. In addition, the Oakland Tribune posted on its website on June 2, 2006, a Cal/OSHA-generated summary of key employee testimony. The Cal/OSHA citations and employee testimony summary are posted at: www.insidebayarea.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3891306
11. SRS documents containing confidential employee medical information are not part of the public section of the case file for inspection #307340513. However, redacted interviews with SRS managers and some employee work status reports are part of the public section of the inspection case file.
12. The public section of the inspection case file includes redacted interviews with IHI environmental managers and copies of industrial hygiene reports up to June 2004 when KFM declared IHI Environmental to be a “confidential consultant” to its attorneys. All correspondence and reports after that date then became confidential documents.
13. Cal/OSHA interviewed then current KFM Safety Director Tim Dare on May 10, 2006, and former KFM Safety Director Robert Hughes on May 11, 2006. Redacted interview notes are in the public section of the inspection case file.
14. Editorial, “Doctored safety records paint false picture,” The Argus, September 23, 2006.
15. A compilation of reports and analysis is accessible on the “Behavioural Safety” page of the website of Hazards magazine, accessible at: www.hazards.org/bs/index.htm
16. James L. Nash, “Weyerhaeuser Fires Plant, Safety Managers for Recordkeeping Abuses,” Occupational Hazards, November 2004.
17. Elizabeth Douglass, “Edison Says Safety Data Were Rigged,” Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2004.
18. James L. Nash, “OSHA Fines GM $160,000 for Recordkeeping, Safety Violations,” Occupational Hazards, October 13, 2004.
19. Josh Cable, “Paper Company Fined $170,000 by OSHA for Alleged Recordkeeping Failures,” Occupational Hazards, November 30, 2005.
20. “OSHA Cites Baton Rouge Firm for Recordkeeping,” Occupational Hazards, November 17, 2006.
21. Erik N. Nelson, “Vetoes may risk safety of workers,” Oakland Tribune, July 15, 2006.