title: Non-reporting of work injuries and aspects of jobsite safety climate and behavioral-based safety elements among carpenters in Washington State.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Declining work injury rates may reflect safer work conditions as well as under-reporting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Union carpenters were invited to participate in a mailed, cross-sectional survey designed to capture information about injury reporting practices. Prevalence of non-reporting and fear of repercussions for reporting were compared across exposure to behavioral-based safety elements and three domains of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority (>75%) of the 1,155 participants felt they could report work-related injuries to their supervisor without fear of retribution, and most felt that the majority of injuries on their jobsites got reported. However, nearly half indicated it was best not to report minor injuries, and felt pressures to use their private insurance for work injury care. The prevalence of non-reporting and fear of reporting increased markedly with poorer measures of management safety justice (NOSACQ-50).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Formal and informal policies and practices on jobsites likely influence injury reporting.
authors: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Hester J
authors: HJ
authors: Lipscomb
authors: Ashley L
authors: AL
authors: Schoenfisch
authors: Wilfrid
authors: W
authors: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005239:Fear; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017751:Safety Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: carpentry; construction work; injury reporting; injury surveillance; safety justice