Construction firm practices and manager beliefs regarding the employment and safety of teenaged employees: a North Carolina based study.
Construction firm practices and manager beliefs regarding the employment and safety of teenaged employees: a North Carolina based study.
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建筑公司对青少年员工的就业和安全的做法和经理的信念：一项基于北卡罗来纳州的研究。
作者：
Kimberly J. Rauscher;M. Schulman;C. Runyan
目的
这项研究的目的是审查报告的做法，建筑公司和信念的公司经理/主管雇用18岁以下的青年和确保他们的安全。
参与者
本研究的参与者是来自北卡罗来纳州54家建筑公司的代表，大多数是中小型建筑公司。
方法
使用描述性统计分析了整个样本和公司规模分层（1-10，11+员工）的调查答复。计算了平均值和95%置信区间。卡方检验用于检验公司规模之间差异的统计学显著性。
结果
调查结果表明，对建筑业青年的安全培训不足，特别是考虑到公司对年轻员工的最低经验要求，管理人员对年轻工人受伤原因的信念主要集中在工人的行为上，而不是危险的存在，管理人员对童工法的了解不足，以及对法律的有用性和执行情况的矛盾心理，可能会阻碍他们遵守这些法律。
结论
虽然需要更大规模的研究来确认和推进这些发现，但与先前的研究沿着考虑时，它们表明需要改善青年建筑环境的安全性。支持针对建筑公司的健康和安全专业人员制定新的教育干预措施，政府监管机构努力加强执法和雇主对童工法的了解。
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to examine the reported practices of construction firms and the beliefs of firm managers/supervisors with respect to employing youth under age 18 and ensuring their safety.
PARTICIPANTS
The participants in this study were firm representatives from 54, mostly small to medium sized, construction firms in North Carolina.
METHODS
Survey responses were analyzed for the entire sample and within strata of firm size (1-10, 11+ employees) using descriptive statistics. Percentages and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Chi-square tests were used to test for statistical significance in differences between firm sizes.
RESULTS
The findings suggest limits in the adequacy of safety training given to youth in construction, particularly in light of the minimal experience firms require of young hires, that managers' beliefs about the causes of young worker injury are largely focused on worker behaviors rather than on the presence of hazards, and that managers' compliance with child labor laws may be hampered by their lack of knowledge of these laws and an ambivalence toward their usefulness and enforcement.
CONCLUSIONS
While larger studies are needed to confirm and advance these findings, when considered along with prior studies, they demonstrate the need to improve the safety of the construction environment for youth. The development of new educational interventions by health and safety professionals targeted at construction firms are supported, as are efforts by government regulators to increase enforcement and employer knowledge of the child labor laws.