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California's Taking Action for Safety and Health program: Are small businesses creating effective injury and illness prevention programs as a result of the program?
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Robin Dewey, MPH
,
Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Laura Stock, MPH
,
Labor Occupational Health Program, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
What motivates small businesses to create effective workplace safety and health programs? Do small businesses actually implement recommended health and safety activities, including those that encourage employment involvement in their safety program? This presentation describes the results of an evaluation of the Taking Action for Safety and Health (TASH) program -- California's statewide initiative to help small businesses create effective health and safety programs that meet the requirements of Cal/OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard. The TASH program offers 1) a free half-day training program to help owners and managers to develop their Injury and Illness Prevention Programs; 2) written materials that support injury and illness prevention activities; and 3) problem-solving assistance provided by a statewide resource center located at LOHP. The evaluation of the TASH program includes a written survey and follow-up telephone calls with training attendees 2 months following their attendance at a TASH training. Preliminary results indicate that small business owners and managers are motivated to attend a health and safety training program when encouraged by their insurance carriers and/or by having received a past citation for not having the required Injury and Illness Prevention Program. Attendees will be able to describe the impact of the Taking Action for Safety and Health training program for small businesses and what motivates small business owners and managers to attend a training program and to go back to their workplace to implement key elements of an Injury and Illness Prevention Program.
Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety
Learning Objectives:
Describe the impact of the Taking Action for Safety and Health training program for small businesses.
Describe what motivates small business owners and managers to attend a training program and to go back to their workplace to implement key elements of an Injury and Illness Prevention Program.
Keyword(s): Occupational Health and Safety, Prevention
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the coordinator in charge of California's Taking Action for Safety and Health program for small businesses. I was the lead developer of the materials and the training program. I also coordinate the partnership that guides the program. I conduct most of the training classes and am providing input to the program's independent evaluator on the evaluation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
