TABLE 1—
Disattenuated Effect Size | |||
Study | Safety Knowledge | Safety Performance | Safety and Health Outcomes |
Alavosius and Sulzer-Azaroff 29 | . . . | 0.42 | . . . |
Albers et al.30 | 0.90 | . . . | . . . |
Arcury et al.31 | 0.32 | 0.39 | . . . |
Arnetz and Arnetz 32 | 0.20 | . . . | . . . |
Askari and Mehring33 | 0.43 | . . . | . . . |
Azizi et al.34 | . . . | 0.96 | . . . |
Baker 35 | . . . | 2.33 | . . . |
Barnett et al.36 | 0.30 | . . . | . . . |
Bosco and Wagner 37 | 1.45 | . . . | . . . |
Calabro et al.38 | 2.44 | . . . | . . . |
Caparez et al.39 | 1.53 | . . . | . . . |
Carlton40 | 3.67 | 0.56 | . . . |
Carrabba et al.41 | . . . | 0.29 | 0.20 |
Chaffin et al.42 | . . . | 0.19 | . . . |
Chhokar and Wallin43 | . . . | 0.86 | . . . |
Cohen and Jensen44 | |||
Plant 1 | . . . | 0.12 | . . . |
Plant 2 | . . . | 0.42 | . . . |
Cole et al.45 | . . . | 0.60 | . . . |
Coutts et al.46 | 0.82 | . . . | . . . |
Curwick et al.47 | 1.27 | . . . | . . . |
Daltroy et al.48 | 0.99 | . . . | . . . |
Daltroy et al.49 | |||
Mailhandlers | . . . | –0.02 | |
Clerks | . . . | 0.01 | |
DeVries et al.50 | . . . | 0.60 | . . . |
Dortch and Trombly 51 | |||
Group 1 vs group 3 | . . . | 1.60 | . . . |
Group 2 vs group 3 | . . . | 1.51 | . . . |
Eckerman et al.52 | 2.35 | . . . | . . . |
Evanoff et al.53 | . . . | . . . | 0.39 |
Ewigman et al.54 | 0.43 | 0.69 | . . . |
Feldstein et al.55 | . . . | . . . | 0.37 |
Fox and Sulzer-Azaroff 56 | . . . | 0.72 | . . . |
Froom et al.57 | . . . | 1.55 | . . . |
Gerbert et al.58 | 1.04 | 0.23 | . . . |
Girgis et al. 59 | 0.10 | 0.37 | . . . |
Goldrick60 | |||
78 nurses | 1.65 | . . . | . . . |
66 nurses | 1.78 | . . . | . . . |
Haiduven et al.61 | . . . | . . . | 0.61 |
Hopkins62 | . . . | 0.59 | . . . |
Hultman et al.63 | . . . | 1.61 | . . . |
Hurlebaus and Link64 | 0.94 | . . . | . . . |
Infantino and Musingo65 | . . . | . . . | 0.58 |
Inman and Blanciforti 66 | . . . | 0.21 | . . . |
Knobloch and Broste67 | . . . | 1.02 | . . . |
Komaki et al.68 | |||
Makeup department | . . . | 0.85 | . . . |
Wrapping department | . . . | 0.76 | . . . |
Komaki et al.69 | |||
Department 1 | . . . | 0.37 | . . . |
Department 2 | . . . | 0.29 | . . . |
Department 3 | . . . | 0.20 | . . . |
Department 4 | . . . | 0.26 | . . . |
Leslie and Adams70 | . . . | 0.18 | 0.91 |
Ludwig and Geller 71 | . . . | 0.06 | . . . |
Ludwig and Geller 72 | |||
Participative goal setting | . . . | 1.15 | . . . |
Assigned goal setting | . . . | 1.07 | . . . |
Lueveswanij et al.73 | 1.21 | . . . | . . . |
Luskin et al.74 | 0.91 | . . . | . . . |
Lynch et al.75 | |||
Combined sample | 0.72 | . . . | . . . |
Medical personnel | . . . | 0.58 | . . . |
Nursing personnel | . . . | 0.43 | . . . |
Lynch and Freund76 | 0.64 | 0.30 | . . . |
Maples et al.77 | . . . | . . . | 0.79 |
Marsh and Kendrick78 | 0.76 | . . . | . . . |
Martyny et al.79 | 0.10 | . . . | . . . |
Materna et al.80 | . . . | 1.68 | . . . |
Mattila81 | . . . | 0.29 | . . . |
Mattila and Hyodynmaa82 | |||
Office building site | 0.36 | . . . | |
Apartment building site | 0.39 | . . . | |
McCauley 83 | . . . | 1.27 | . . . |
Melhorn 84 | |||
Standard rivet gun training | . . . | . . . | 0.34 |
Vibration-dampening rivet gun training | . . . | . . . | 0.13 |
Michaels et al.85 | |||
Carpenters | 0.92 | . . . | . . . |
Construction laborers and pipe caulkers | 0.52 | . . . | . . . |
Custodial assistants | 0.40 | . . . | . . . |
Dental assistants/hygienists and dentists | 0.80 | . . . | . . . |
Electricians | 0.79 | . . . | . . . |
Engineers and high-pressure plant tenders | 0.78 | . . . | . . . |
Plumbers | 0.78 | . . . | . . . |
Print shop workers | 0.56 | . . . | . . . |
Traffic device maintainers | 0.94 | . . . | . . . |
Nasanen and Saari 86 | . . . | 0.55 | 0.63 |
Parenmark et al.87 | . . . | . . . | 0.73 |
Parkinson et al.88 | 0.67 | 0.51 | . . . |
Peters89 | 0.35 | . . . | . . . |
Porru et al.90 | 0.40 | . . . | . . . |
Ray et al.91 | . . . | 0.69 | . . . |
Ray et al.92 | . . . | 0.38 | . . . |
Reber and Wallin93 | . . . | 0.20 | . . . |
Reber et al.94 | . . . | 0.95 | 0.68 |
Reddell et al.95 | . . . | . . . | 0.88 |
Rhoton96 | . . . | . . . | 0.98 |
Rundio97 | 1.85 | . . . | . . . |
Saarela98 | . . . | . . . | 0.20 |
Saarela et al.99 | |||
Tankers | . . . | . . . | –0.27 |
Ferries | . . . | . . . | –0.21 |
Saari100 | . . . | 0.46 | . . . |
Saari and Nasanen101 | . . . | 0.55 | 0.31 |
Sadler and Montgomery 102 | |||
Leader-directed group | . . . | 0.39 | . . . |
Standard lecture | . . . | 0.25 | . . . |
Schwartz103 | . . . | . . . | 1.39 |
Seto et al.104 | 1.45 | 1.48 | . . . |
Streff et al.105 | . . . | 0.29 | . . . |
Sulzer-Azaroff and de Santamaria106 | |||
Department 1 | . . . | . . . | 0.43 |
Department 2 | . . . | . . . | 0.66 |
Department 3 | . . . | . . . | 0.62 |
Department 4 | . . . | . . . | 0.16 |
Department 5 | . . . | . . . | 0.53 |
Department 6 | . . . | . . . | 0.13 |
Symes et al.107 | 0.45 | . . . | . . . |
Troup and Rauhala108 | . . . | 0.97 | . . . |
Uwakwe109 | 0.57 | 0.07 | . . . |
van Poppel et al.110 | . . . | . . . | 0.17 |
Vaught et al.111 | |||
Hands-on training | . . . | 0.51 | . . . |
Computer-based training | . . . | –0.33 | . . . |
Videman et al.112 | . . . | 1.33 | 0.11 |
Wang et al.113 | 1.74 | 0.73 | 0.58 |
Wertz et al.114 | 0.47 | . . . | . . . |
Whitby et al.115 | 0.25 | 0.83 | . . . |
Williams and Geller 116 | . . . | 0.21 | . . . |
Williams and Zahed 117 | |||
Lecture method | 3.67 | . . . | . . . |
Computer-based training | 3.37 | . . . | . . . |
Wolford et al.118 | . . . | 0.44 | . . . |
Wong et al.119 | . . . | 0.23 | . . . |
Wynn and Black 120 | 0.97 | . . . | . . . |
Yarall121 | |||
Worksite B | 0.67 | 1.12 | . . . |
Worksite C | 0.80 | 2.07 | . . . |
Yassi et al.122 | . . . | 0.29 | 0.09 |
Zohar et al.123 | . . . | 1.21 | . . . |
Note. Effects are expressed as d statistics corrected for dependent variable unreliability.