PMID- 29962302
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180925
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 2165-0969 (Electronic)
IS  - 2165-0799 (Linking)
VI  - 66
IP  - 10
DP  - 2018 Oct
TI  - Effectiveness of Health and Safety Training in Reducing Occupational Injuries 
      Among Harvesting Forestry Contractors in KwaZulu-Natal.
PG  - 499-507
LID - 10.1177/2165079918774367 [doi]
AB  - Forestry work is generally characterized by a combination of personal and 
      environmental risks in health and safety. Employers need to ensure intensive and 
      continuous safety training to mitigate these risks; however, the efficacy of this 
      training is seldom evaluated. The aim of this study was to assess the 
      effectiveness of health and safety training in reducing injuries and improving 
      knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward safety among forestry workers in 
      KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. A descriptive cross-sectional study was 
      conducted among 300 harvesting contract workers employed at a forestry company in 
      KZN. A questionnaire to assess the efficiency of health and safety training was 
      administered. In addition, a retrospective review of the injury register and 
      medical records of employees who sustained work-related injuries from 2009 to 
      2013 was completed. The company injury data for harvesting contractors reported 
      68 lost-time injuries during postcommencement of training. Slip, trip, and fall 
      injuries were the most reported cause of injuries, particularly among manual 
      harvesters. Respondents who were male, younger in age, and with less experience 
      had an increased risk of occupational injury. Most participants displayed 
      adequate knowledge of safety and were able to translate training into practice. 
      The health and safety training initiative was successful in reducing injuries and 
      increasing workers' awareness of, and responsibility for, health and safety 
      issues.
FAU - Nkomo, Hloni
AU  - Nkomo H
AD  - 1 Durban University of Technology.
FAU - Niranjan, Ivan
AU  - Niranjan I
AD  - 1 Durban University of Technology.
FAU - Reddy, Poovendhree
AU  - Reddy P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0197-8951
AD  - 1 Durban University of Technology.
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180702
PL  - United States
TA  - Workplace Health Saf
JT  - Workplace health & safety
JID - 101575677
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Contract Services
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Forestry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Occupational Health/*education
MH  - Occupational Injuries/epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - South Africa/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - forestry
OT  - injury prevention
OT  - logging
OT  - occupational health
OT  - tree felling
OT  - workplace safety
EDAT- 2018/07/03 06:00
MHDA- 2018/09/27 06:00
CRDT- 2018/07/03 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/09/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/2165079918774367 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Workplace Health Saf. 2018 Oct;66(10):499-507. doi: 10.1177/2165079918774367. 
      Epub 2018 Jul 2.