Citation

Dutra LM, Kim SS, Williams DR, Kawachi I, Okechukwu CA. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2014; 56(10): 1082-1087.

Affiliation

From the Center for Tobacco Research and Education (Dr Dutra), University of California San Francisco; Department of Epidemiology (Dr Kim), Korea University, Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Drs Williams, Kawachi, and Okechukwu), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000000233

PMID

25285831

PMCID

PMC4187209

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess potential contributors to high injury rates and smoking prevalence among construction workers, we investigated the association of safety climate with personal protective equipment use, and smoking behaviors.

METHODS: Logistic regression models estimated risk ratios for personal protective equipment use and smoking using data from participants in MassBUILT smoking cessation intervention (n = 1725).

RESULTS: Contractor safety climate was negatively associated with the use of dust masks (rate ratio [RR], 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83 to 0.94), respirators (RR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.75 to 0.89), general equipment (RR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.00), and fall protection (RR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.91 to 0.98) and positively associated with current smoking (RR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.25) but not smoking cessation. Coworker safety climate was negatively associated with the use of dust masks (RR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.82 to 0.92), respirators (RR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.74 to 0.87), general equipment (RR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94 to 0.98), fall (RR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.89 to 0.96), and hearing protection (RR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.83 to 0.93) but not smoking.

CONCLUSIONS: Worksite safety climate may be important for personal protective equipment use and smoking, but further research is needed.

Language: en