The Effectiveness of Interventions for Preventing Injuries in the Construction Industry. A Systematic Review

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Lehtola, Marika M ^a   van der Molen, Henk F ^b   Lappalainen, Jorma ^a   Hoonakker, Peter L T ^d   Hsiao, Hongwei ^e   Haslam, Roger A ^f   Hale, Andrew R ^c   Verbeek, Jos H ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^f LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DRUG PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 44649091220     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.03.030     Document Type: Review

References (39)

1. Bondy J., Lipscomb H., Guarini K., and Glazner J.E. Methods for using narrative text from injury reports to identify factors contributing to construction injury. Am J Ind Med 48 (2005) 373-380
2. Hoonakker P., Loushine T., Carayon P., Kallman J., Kapp A., and Smith M.J. The effect of safety initiatives on safety performance: a longitudinal study. Appl Ergon 36 (2005) 461-469
3. Haslam R.A., Hide S.A., Gibb A.G.F., et al. Contributing factors in construction accidents. Appl Ergon 36 (2005) 401-415
4. Chi C.F., Chang T.C., and Ting H.I. Accident patterns and prevention measures for fatal occupational falls in the construction industry. Appl Ergon 36 (2005) 391-400
5. Arndt V., Rothenbacher D., Daniel U., Zschenderlein B., Schuberth S., and Brenner H. All-cause and cause specific mortality in a cohort of 20 000 construction workers; results from a 10 year follow up. Occup Environ Med 61 (2004) 419-425 Erratum in: Occup Environ Med. 2004;61:721
6. Loushine T.W., Hoonakker P.L.T., Carayon P., and Smith M.J. Quality and safety management in construction industry. Total Quality Management 17 (2006) 1-42
7. Dong X., Men Y., and Haile E. Work-related fatal and nonfatal injuries among U.S. construction workers, 1992-2003 (2005), The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, Silver Springs MD. www.cpwr.com/publications/krtrendsfinal.pdf
8. Bentley T.A., Hide S., Tappin D., et al. Investigating risk factors for slips, trips and falls in New Zealand residential construction using incident-centred and incident-independent methods. Ergonomics 49 (2006) 62-77
9. Lipscomb H.J., Glazner J.E., Bondy J., Guarini K., and Lezotte D. Injuries from slips and trips in construction. Appl Ergon 37 (2006) 267-274
10. Leamon T.B., and Murphy P.L. Occupational slips and falls: more than a trivial problem. Ergonomics 38 (1995) 487-498
11. Becker P., Fullen M., Akladios M., and Hobbs G. Prevention of construction falls by organizational intervention. Inj Prev 7 1S (2001) i64-i67
12. Darragh A.R., Stallones L., Bigelow P.L., and Keefe T.J. Effectiveness of the HomeSafe pilot program in reducing injury rates among residential construction workers, 1994-1998. Am J Ind Med 45 (2004) 210-217
13. Suruda A., Whitaker B., Bloswick D., Philips P., and Sesek R. Impact of the OSHA trench and excavation standard on fatal injury in the construction industry. J Occup Environ Med 44 (2002) 902-905
14. Winn G.L., Seaman B., and Baldwin J.C. Fall protection incentives in the construction industry: literature review and field study. Int J Occup Saf Ergon 10 (2004) 5-11
15. Lipscomb H.J., Li L., and Dement J. Work-related falls among union carpenters in Washington State before and after the Vertical Fall Arrest Standard. Am J Ind Med 44 (2003) 157-165
16. Rivara F.P., and Thompson D.C. Prevention of falls in the construction industry: evidence for program effectiveness. Am J Prev Med 18 4S (2000) 23-26
17. Hsiao H., and Simeonov P. Preventing falls from roofs: a critical review. Ergonomics 44 (2001) 537-561
18. Lipscomb H.J. Effectiveness of interventions to prevent work-related eye injuries. Am J Prev Med 18 4S (2000) 27-32
19. Higgins J.P.T., and Green S. Cochrane handbook of systematic reviews of interventions 4.2.5 (updated May 2005). www.cochrane.org/resources/handbook/hbook.htm
20. Koningsveld E.A., and van der Molen H.F. History and future of ergonomics in building and construction. Ergonomics 40 (1997) 1025-1034
21. Robinson K.A., and Dickersin K. Development of a highly sensitive search strategy for the retrieval of reports of controlled trials using PubMed. Int J Epidemiol 31 (2002) 150-153
22. Verbeek J., Salmi J., Pasternack I., et al. A search strategy for occupational health intervention studies. Occup Environ Med 62 (2005) 682-687
23. The Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group (EPOC). Including interrupted time series (ITS) designs in a EPOC Review. EPOC methods paper (2006), EPOC, Ottawa ON, Canada. www.epoc.uottawa.ca/inttime.pdf
24. Downs S.H., and Black N. The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised and non-randomised studies of health care interventions. J Epidemiol Community Health 52 (1998) 377-384
25. Ramsay C.R., Matowe L., Grilli R., Grimshaw J.M., and Thomas R.E. Interrupted time series designs in health technology assessment: lessons from two systematic reviews of behavior change strategies. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 19 (2003) 613-623
26. Yassin A.S., and Martonik J.F. The effectiveness of the revised scaffold safety standard in the construction industry. Saf Sci 42 (2004) 921-931
27. Derr J., Forst L., Chen H.Y., and Conroy L. Fatal falls in the U.S. construction industry, 1990 to 1999. J Occup Environ Med 43 (2001) 853-860
28. Spangenberg S., Mikkelsen K.L., Kines P., Dyreborg J., and Baarts C. The construction of the Oresund link between Denmark and Sweden: the effect of a multifaceted safety campaign. Saf Sci 40 (2002) 457-465
29. Wickizer T.M., Kopjar B., Franklin G., and Joesch J. Do drug-free workplace programs prevent occupational injuries?. Evidence from Washington State. Health Serv Res 39 (2004) 91-110
30. Ilmarinen J. The ageing workforce-challenges for occupational health. Occup Med (Lond) 56 (2006) 362-364
31. Shadish W.R., Campbell D.T., and Cook T.D. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference (2002), Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston MA
32. Neal A., Griffin M.A., and Hart P.M. The impact of organizational climate on safety climate and individual behavior. Saf Sci 34 (2000) 99-109
33. Altayeb S. Efficacy of drug testing programs implemented by contractors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 118 (1992) 780-790
34. Nelson N.A., Kaufman J., Kalat J., and Silverstein B. Falls in construction: injury rates for OSHA-inspected employers before and after citation for violating the Washington State fall protection standard. Am J Ind Med 31 (1997) 296-302
35. Gerber J.K., and Yacoubian Jr. G.S. An assessment of drug testing within the construction industry. J Drug Educ 32 (2002) 53-68
36. Johnson K.A., and Ruppe J. A job safety program for construction workers designed to reduce the potential for occupational injury using tool box training sessions and computer-assisted biofeedback stress management techniques. Int J Occup Saf Ergon 8 (2002) 321-329
37. Halperin K., McDougall V., Waddoups C.J., Bodah M.M., Roelofs C., and Vogel M. New England project final report. R01 CCR317873-01 (2001), CDC NIOSH, Cincinnati OH
38. van der Molen H.F., Sluiter J.K., Hulshof C.T., Vink P., van Duivenbooden C., and Frings-Dresen M.H. Conceptual framework for the implementation of interventions in the construction industry. Scand J Work Environ Health 31 2S (2005) 96-103
39. Robson L.S., Shannon H.S., Goldenhar L.M., and Hale A.R. Guide to evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing work injuries: how to show whether a safety intervention really works. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-119 (2001), CDC DHHS, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati OH