title: Effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on carpenters' work-related injury rates, Washington State 2000-2008.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the size and breadth of OSHA's Outreach Training program for construction, information on its impact on work-related injury rates is limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a 9-year dynamic cohort of 17,106 union carpenters in Washington State, the effectiveness of OSHA Outreach Training on workers' compensation claims rate was explored. Injury rates were calculated by training status overall and by carpenters' demographic and work characteristics using Poisson regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OSHA Outreach Training resulted in a 13% non-significant reduction in injury claims rates overall. The protective effect was more pronounced for carpenters in their apprenticeship years, drywall installers, and with increasing time since training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In line with these observed effects and prior research, it is unrealistic to expect OSHA Outreach Training alone to have large effects on union construction workers' injury rates. Standard construction industry practice should include hazard awareness and protection training, coupled with more efficient approaches to injury control. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:45-57, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors: Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina.|Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Ashley L
authors: AL
authors: Schoenfisch
authors: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Hester
authors: H
authors: Lipscomb
authors: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors: Clayton
authors: C
authors: Sinyai
authors: Safety and Health Assessment and Research Program (SHARP), Department of Labor and Industries, State of Washington, Olympia, Washington.
authors: Darrin
authors: D
authors: Adams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060389:Construction Industry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000193:education*; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cohort study; construction industry; occupational injury; safety-training effectiveness; workers’ compensation