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Interventions to prevent injuries in construction workers

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van der Molen, Henk F, Basnet, Prativa, Hoonakker, Peter LT, Lehtola, Marika M, Lappalainen, Jorma, Frings-Dresen, Monique HW, Haslam, Roger, Verbeek, Jos H·2018·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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  • The adoption of a combination of risk mitigation strategies has significant impacts on the incidence rate of injuries in the construction sector.

    “This also supports the findings from other studies showing that the adoption of a combination of risk mitigation strategies was found to have significant impacts on the incidence rate of injuries in the construction sector (Hsieh et al. 2021; Dresen et al. 2018; Gibb et al. 2014).”

    From Impact of risk mitigation strategies on non-fatal injuries in the construction sector in qatar: a retrospective analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Dresen et al. 2018

    The Safety campaigns and Drug-free workplace programme sections report reductions in non-fatal injury rates for two multifaceted interventions, with confidence intervals excluding zero. But the Safety campaigns section also reports no reduction for a regional campaign, and the Discussion rates the evidence as very low quality and says these interventions *may* reduce injuries. The claim overstates these limited findings as a general, significant impact of combined strategies. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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van der Molen, H. F., Basnet, P., Hoonakker, P. L., Lehtola, M. M., Lappalainen, J., Frings-Dresen, M. H., Haslam, R., & Verbeek, J. H.
Affiliations
  • Academic Medical Center; Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department: Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases, Amsterdam Public Health research institute; P.O. Box 22700 Amsterdam Netherlands 1100 DE
  • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FI)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Lic.Sc.(Tech.), Senior Adviser (emeritus); Tampere Finland
  • Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam; Coronel Institute of Occupational Health and Research Center for Insurance Medicine; Meibergdreef 9 PO Box 22700 Amsterdam Netherlands 1100 DE
  • Loughborough University (GB)
Venue
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-02-05
Volume
2018
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 1361-6137 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-1858
OpenAlex
W2794504103
Cited by
55
References
76
Citations by year
2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4
FWCI
1.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Radiological and Ultrasound Technology › Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Agriculture and Farm Safety
Keywords
injury prevention, construction workers, occupational injuries, nonfatal injuries, workplace safety interventions

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