TY - JOUR
T1 - Work organization factors associated with health and work outcomes among apprentice construction workers
T2 - Comparison between the residential and commercial sectors
AU - Dale, Ann Marie
AU - Rohlman, Diane S.
AU - Hayibor, Lisa
AU - Evanoff, Bradley A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), grant number U19 OH008868. The funder had no involvement in the conduct of the study or reporting of results. This work was also supported by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Award, UL1 TR000448, from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the NCATS or the NIH.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - There are substantial differences in work organization between residential and commercial construction sectors. This paper examined differences in work factors between construction sectors and examined the association between sector and health behaviors, health outcomes, and work outcomes. We surveyed 929 male construction apprentices (44% residential and 56% commercial) and found that residential apprentices reported fewer workplace safety policies, higher frequency of heavy lifting, and greater likelihood of reporting musculoskeletal pain compared to apprentices in commercial work. Residential apprentices reported higher job strain, lower supervisor support, more lost workdays due to pain or injury, and lower productivity related to health than commercial apprentices. Multivariate Poisson regression models controlling for multiple work factors showed that residential construction work, high job strain, heavy lifting, low coworker support, and low supervisor support were each independently associated with one or more work or health outcomes. These findings suggest that interventions should seek to improve coworker and supervisory sup-portive behaviors, decrease job strain, and reduce organizational stressors, such as mandatory overtime work. Our study shows disparities in health and safety between construction sectors and high-lights the need for interventions tailored to the residential sector.
AB - There are substantial differences in work organization between residential and commercial construction sectors. This paper examined differences in work factors between construction sectors and examined the association between sector and health behaviors, health outcomes, and work outcomes. We surveyed 929 male construction apprentices (44% residential and 56% commercial) and found that residential apprentices reported fewer workplace safety policies, higher frequency of heavy lifting, and greater likelihood of reporting musculoskeletal pain compared to apprentices in commercial work. Residential apprentices reported higher job strain, lower supervisor support, more lost workdays due to pain or injury, and lower productivity related to health than commercial apprentices. Multivariate Poisson regression models controlling for multiple work factors showed that residential construction work, high job strain, heavy lifting, low coworker support, and low supervisor support were each independently associated with one or more work or health outcomes. These findings suggest that interventions should seek to improve coworker and supervisory sup-portive behaviors, decrease job strain, and reduce organizational stressors, such as mandatory overtime work. Our study shows disparities in health and safety between construction sectors and high-lights the need for interventions tailored to the residential sector.
KW - Nontraditional workplace hazards
KW - Psychosocial job factors
KW - Total Worker Health
KW - Worker injury
KW - Workplace health supports
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18178899
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18178899
M3 - Article
C2 - 34501489
AN - SCOPUS:85113287101
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 17
M1 - 8899
ER -