The effect of first aid training on objective safety behaviour in Australian small business construction firms

Helen Lingard

Construction Management and Economics, 2001, vol. 19, issue 6, 611-618

Abstract: A 24 week experiment was conducted to determine the effect of first aid training on the occupational health and safety behaviour of participants in small business construction firms in Australia. A purposeful sample of 22 small business construction industry participants was identified. A simplified multiple baseline across workplace settings experimental design was used to introduce first aid training to workplace settings on a staggered basis. Objective measurement of occupational health and safety behaviour was conducted, by a researcher directly observing the workplace, before and after participants received first aid training. Individual performance was measured using a 14-item 'individual safety measure' (ISM) and global safety performance was measured using a 21-item 'global site safety measure' (GSSM). Pre-training and post-training performance scores for each category of safety performance were analysed using paired samples t-tests. The results were mixed. Performance improved in three of the four categories of safety performance measured by both the GSSM and ISM. The statistical significance of these improvements varied between performance categories. The results suggest that first aid training has a positive effect on occupational health and safety behaviour in Australian construction industry small businesses in the categories of personal protective equipment and housekeeping.

Keywords: First Aid Occupational Health And Safety Behaviour Construction Small Business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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