OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING FOR TELEWORKERS

描述(申请人提供)：本研究的目的是减少 远程办公员工的职业伤害和疾病风险 他们的家(远程办公)。远程办公的快速发展引发了几个 与雇主对雇员的责任有关的社会和法律问题 员工的家庭办公室。目前的OSHA政策规定，雇主不是 负责家庭办公室；然而，远程工作人员可能面临更大的风险 职业安全和健康危害比通勤的同事更大。在一个 企业或政府工作场所、职业安全和健康风险因素 由雇主、建筑物所有者或消防队长控制或消除。 在家庭工作场所，员工必须控制或消除风险因素 他们自己的。 这个项目的长期目标是：(1)开发一个经过验证的 为从事下列工作的工人提供计算机职业安全和健康培训计划 从家里远程办公；(2)展示短期和长期 培训对老年人的知识、态度和行为的影响 远程工作人员；以及(3)演示安全培训对 远程工作者的职业伤害和患病率。主题将包括 办公室人体工程学、消防安全、电气安全、室内空气质量/氡、 摔倒/绊倒。该程序将以光盘形式提供，并以网络为基础 格式。 建议的商业应用： 远程工作人员安全计划有很大的市场。美国远程工作者的数量从1990年的400万人增加到1999年的1650万人。国际远程工作协会和理事会表示有兴趣将远程工作人员的安全纳入其国际远程工作协会(ITI)。网络版的远程工作人员安全也将提交给Click2Learn，以纳入他们的企业培训目录。Click2Lune为朗讯科技、微软和AT&T等大公司提供电子学习培训解决方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this research is to reduce the risk of occupational injury and illness to employees who telecommute from their homes (telework). The rapid growth of teleworking has raised several social and legal issues regarding an employer's responsibility for an employee's home office. Current OSHA policy states that employers are not responsible for home offices; yet, teleworkers may be more at risk from occupational safety and health hazards than their co-workers who commute. In a corporate or government workplace, occupational safety and health risk factors are controlled or eliminated by the employer, building owner, or fire marshal. In the home workplace, employees must control or eliminate risk factors on their own. The long-range goals of this project are: (1) to develop a validated computer-based occupational safety and health training program for workers who telecommute from their homes; (2) to demonstrate the short- and long-term effects of the training on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of teleworkers; and (3) to demonstrate the effect of the safety training on the occupational injury and illness rates of teleworkers. Topics will include office ergonomics, fire safety, electrical safety, indoor air quality/radon, and falls/tripping. The program will be delivered in CD-ROM and web-based formats. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: There is a large market for a teleworker safety program. The number of U.S. teleworkers rose from 4 million in 1990 to 16.5 million in 1999. The International Telework Association and Council has expressed an interest in including Safety for Teleworkers in their International Telework Institute (ITI). The web-version of Safety for Teleworkers will also be submitted to Click2Learn, for inclusion in their corporate training catalog. Click2Learn provides e-learning training solutions to large corporations, such as Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, and AT&T.