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A systematic review of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety training.

LS Robson , CM Stephenson , PA Schulte , BC Amick , EL Irvin , DE Eggerth , S Chan , AR Bielecky , AM Wang , TL Heidotting , RH Peters , JA Clarke , K Cullen , CJ Rotunda , and PL Grubb .

Review published: 2012 .

CRD summary

The review concluded that occupational health and safety training positively affected worker behaviours, but there was insufficient evidence of the effect on health, attitudes and beliefs, and knowledge. The review was generally well conducted, and the authors’ conclusions appropriately acknowledge the limitations in the evidence base and seem reliable.

Authors' objectives

To determine the effectiveness of occupational health and safety training, and to determine whether higher engagement training was more effective than lower engagement training.

Ten databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO searched from 1996 to November 2007 for articles in English or French. Search terms were reported. Reference lists were checked and experts contacted.

Study selection

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of occupational health and safety training aimed at the primary prevention of workplace injury and/or illness were eligible for inclusion. Trials had to report a pre and post measure for both groups as well as a worker, organisation, or societal outcome related to occupational health and safety training. The following interventions were excluded: secondary prevention, social marketing, physical fitness, health promotion and multi-component interventions where the training component could not be isolated.

Trials included a range of populations, types of training and occupational hazards. Most trials included experienced workers, but some studied trainee workers. Interventions were typically multi-component and involved a variety of training methods, such as lectures, printed materials, hands-on practice and feedback.

One reviewer undertook the first stage of screening, and two reviewers independently performed the subsequent stages of study selection. Disagreements were resolved by consensus or a third reviewer.

Assessment of study quality

Quality was assessed using a 16-item instrument which appraised randomisation, allocation concealment, baseline group similarity and blinding. Trials that scored 0 to 1 were deemed good quality, trials that scored 2 to 4 were deemed fair quality, and trials that scored 5 or more were judged limited quality.

Two reviewers independently assessed quality.

Data extraction

Data were extracted on the effectiveness of interventions and used to calculate effect sizes.

Two reviewers independently extracted data; disagreements were resolved by consensus.

Methods of synthesis

A narrative synthesis was presented. Trials were grouped by type of outcome and level of engagement. Effect sizes were calculated for each outcome. The evidence was graded as strong, sufficient or insufficient based on the effect size, quality assessment, number of studies and consistency of effects. Post-hoc sensitivity analysis was undertaken which included poor quality studies. Other post-hoc analyses were undertaken.

Results of the review

Twenty trials were included in the review (approximately 10,213 participants). The study sample size ranged from 15 to 2,219 (median 209). Eight trials were limited quality and twelve trials were fair/good quality.

Ten studies showed generally positive effects on worker behaviours following occupational health and safety training, and the evidence was deemed strong. Five trials showed a positive effect of occupational health and safety training on knowledge, but three studies were deemed poor quality so the evidence for this outcome was deemed insufficient. Ten studies that reported on health showed mixed/limited effects, so this evidence was insufficient. Three studies showed mixed/limited effects of training on attitudes and beliefs, which was also insufficient evidence. There was limited evidence on the effectiveness of higher versus lower engagement.

Authors' conclusions

Occupational health and safety training positively affected worker behaviours, but there was insufficient evidence of the effect on health, attitudes and beliefs, and knowledge.

CRD commentary

Inclusion criteria for the review were appropriately defined and several relevant databases were searched. There may have been the potential for language bias, as only studies in English and French were included. Publication bias was not assessed so could not be ruled out. Attempts were made to minimise reviewer error and bias throughout the review. Quality assessment was undertaken and quality issues were considered when interpreting the results. A narrative synthesis was presented, which seemed appropriate given the type of evidence.

Overall, the review was generally well conducted and the authors’ conclusions appropriately acknowledge the limitations in the evidence base and seem reliable.

Implications of the review for practice and research

Practice : The authors stated that workplaces should continue to deliver occupational health and safety training to their workers. However, decision-makers should consider more than just education and training when addressing risk in the workplace as, based on available evidence, training alone could not be expected to have a large impact.

Research : The authors stated that primary research should continue to explore the issue of worker engagement level. Future studies should also aim to report their methods more fully. Health researchers should aim to collect information on knowledge and attitude outcomes. Future reviews should also include non-randomised studies due to the scarcity of evidence.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board; Institute for Work & Health (Canada).

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Robson LS, Stephenson CM, Schulte PA, Amick BC, Irvin EL, Eggerth DE, Chan S, Bielecky AR, Wang AM, Heidotting TL, Peters RH, Clarke JA, Cullen K, Rotunda CJ, Grubb PL. A systematic review of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety training. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 2012; 38(3): 193-208. [ PubMed : 22045515 ]

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Systematic review of qualitative literature on occupational health and safety legislation and regulatory enforcement planning and implementation

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1 School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1. [email protected].
PMID: 26460511
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3529

Objective: The ability of occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation and regulatory enforcement to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses is contingent on political, economic, and organizational conditions. This systematic review of qualitative research articles considers how OHS legislation and regulatory enforcement are planned and implemented.

Methods: A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed, English-language articles published between 1990 and 2013 yielded 11 947 articles. We identified 34 qualitative articles as relevant, 18 of which passed our quality assessment and proceeded to meta-ethnographic synthesis.

Results: The synthesis yielded four main themes: OHS regulation formation, regulation challenges, inspector organization, and worker representation in OHS. It illuminates how OHS legislation can be based on normative suppositions about worker and employer behavior and shaped by economic and political resources of parties. It also shows how implementation of OHS legislation is affected by "general duty" law, agency coordination, resourcing of inspectorates, and ability of workers to participate in the system.

Conclusions: The review identifies methodological gaps and identifies promising areas for further research in "grey" zones of legislation implementation.

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Literature Review: Relating Factors to the Effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety Program Performance

Andi Surayya Mappangile Department Occupational Health and Safety, Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, Indonesia
Doni Hikmat Ramdhan Department Occupational Health and Safety, Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, Indonesia

Background: Work safety performance assessment is one part of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System activity, which aims to ensure workers' right to safety and health in the workplace and increase productivity. Further identification of factors related to safety performance needs to be done to ensure the quality of the assessment results is accurate, effective, and efficient.

Methods: This study is a literature review conducted to explore factors related to the performance of occupational safety and health programs. The literature search was conducted in September 2021. The research sources were taken from several databases, namely Science Direct, ProQuest, and Google Scholar. The Science Direct database found 823 articles, 8,802 ProQuest, and 3,200 Google Scholars. From the entire database, only 22 articles met the inclusion criteria. The variables in this study are the performance of OHS, OHS management system, and work.

Results: This literature review shows that there are 19 personal factors, 19 work environment factors, 13 technical factors and 37 organizational factors related to the effectiveness of occupational safety and health program performance.

Conclusion: Factors related to occupational safety and health program performance are grouped into four main factors, namely personal factors, work environment factors, technical factors, and organizational factors.

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Assessing Occupational Safety and Health Training – A Literature Review

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More than 100 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for hazard control in the workplace contain requirements for training aimed at reducing risk factors for injury or disease; others limit certain jobs to persons deemed competent by virtue of special training. A literature review was undertaken to assess the merits of such training rules to achieve this objective and to sort out factors of consequence. The review focused heavily on published reports, primarily drawn from the period 1980 through 1996, wherein training was used as an intervention effort to reduce risk of work-related injury and disease. Eighty (80) such reports were found and gave overwhelming evidence to show the merits of training in increasing worker knowledge of job hazards, and in effecting safer work practices and other positive actions in a wide array of worksites. Reports from select surveys and investigations of worker injuries and workplace fatalities were also accessed with many implicating lack of training as a contributing factor to the mishaps. In still other studies, workplace training devoted to first aid instruction showed linkage to reduced worker injury rates, suggesting that even this kind of training has benefits to job safety overall.

A critical analysis of the above findings found certain qualifications in viewing training impacts and successes with regard to current workplace standards. For example, most of the reported training intervention studies did not address OSHA training rules per se, and knowledge gain and safe behavior measures were used in many evaluations as opposed to actual injury/disease indicators. Also, in some instances, the training was coupled with other forms of intervention to make attribution difficult. Training deficits noted in some surveys of work injury cases lacked for confirmation and no information was available on the quality of the instruction if given at all.

Despite the above reservations and uncertainties, training’s role as a necessary element in developing and maintaining effective hazard control activities remained firmly supported by the available literature. What did emerge from this review and analysis was an appreciation of meaningful training procedures and the recognition of factors both within and beyond the training process that could greatly affect its impact. In this regard, the OSHA voluntary training guidelines were described along with illustrations from the reports to show how the various steps contained within them can be met in realistic ways and have merit in framing an effective program. In addition, factors both within and beyond the training process were assessed for their effects on training outcomes based on data found in the reviewed literature. Variables such as size of training group, length/frequency of training, manner of instruction, and trainer credentials were each shown to be significant determinants to the training process. Equally important were extra-training factors such as goal setting, feedback and motivational incentives along with managerial actions to promote the transfer of learning to the jobsite.

Based on the literature review, follow-on efforts to address outstanding issues and needs regarding effective occupational safety and health training were noted.

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A LITERATURE REVIEW ON GLOBAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PRACTICE & ACCIDENTS SEVERITY

This literature review focuses on researches undertaken since 1980s onwards. The purpose of the study is to identify existing gaps on workplace safety and health management and propose future research areas. The review adds value to existing electronic database through integration of researches' results. To identify existing gaps, a systematic literature review approach has been used. The reviews were undertaken through keywords and safety related topics. In the literature, various characteristics of workplace safety and health problems were found emanating from the lack of operational activities of the employees, internal working environment and external environment those impose hazards on employee temporarily, permanently and on working environments. The integration of multidisciplinary approaches and collaborative model of hub and peripheral industries to protect workplace safety hazards to develop multilevel model has been undermined in many researches. The other face of finding is that knowledge transfer mechanism and industrial topology factors are left. Some researches finding showed that they have focused on single problems related to health and health factors leaving universal improving workplace safety. In general, this literature reviews compare various studies output based on their research method and findings to fills gap and add value to a body of knowledge.

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