TY - JOUR
T1 - Training of Low-Literacy and Low-English-Proficiency Hispanic Workers on Construction Fall Fatality
AU - Lin, Ken Yu
AU - Lee, Wonil
AU - Azari, Rahman
AU - Migliaccio, Giovanni C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript was produced as an outcome of a larger project funded by the OSHA Susan Harwood Training and Educational Material Development Grant, U.S. Department of Labor (Grant SH22317-11-60-F-53).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - The construction industry has made extensive efforts to improve the safety of its labor force through various approaches, including training. However, many construction workers in the United States are recent immigrants who lack English proficiency and do not possess sufficient literacy levels in their own language for training comprehension. This reduces the effectiveness of traditional text-dominated translated training materials, which depend on both literacy and proficiency in a language. Thus, in this study, the authors used three-dimensional (3D) visualization to overcome the communication barriers that hinder effective safety training for low-literacy (LL) and low-English-proficiency (LEP) construction workers. This article summarizes the contributions of a study sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Training Grant Program; it describes the methodology to develop scenario-based 3D training materials on fall safety for LL and LEP workers and to validate the effectiveness of the materials. The results show that 3D training materials improve interaction between trainer and trainee during safety training, facilitate learning processes, and can overcome some of the communication barriers that hinder effective safety training.
AB - The construction industry has made extensive efforts to improve the safety of its labor force through various approaches, including training. However, many construction workers in the United States are recent immigrants who lack English proficiency and do not possess sufficient literacy levels in their own language for training comprehension. This reduces the effectiveness of traditional text-dominated translated training materials, which depend on both literacy and proficiency in a language. Thus, in this study, the authors used three-dimensional (3D) visualization to overcome the communication barriers that hinder effective safety training for low-literacy (LL) and low-English-proficiency (LEP) construction workers. This article summarizes the contributions of a study sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Training Grant Program; it describes the methodology to develop scenario-based 3D training materials on fall safety for LL and LEP workers and to validate the effectiveness of the materials. The results show that 3D training materials improve interaction between trainer and trainee during safety training, facilitate learning processes, and can overcome some of the communication barriers that hinder effective safety training.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000573
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85034567939
VL - 34
JO - Journal of Management in Engineering - ASCE
JF - Journal of Management in Engineering - ASCE
SN - 0742-597X
IS - 2
M1 - 05017009
ER -