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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2009 Jun;52(6):491–499. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20698

Table III.

Comparisons by contractor size for interview results (n= 506 workers)

Interview Results
Small$
(n=20^)
Medium$
(n=34^)
Large$
(n=452^)
Median age (in years) 30 25 28
Median years in trade 7 5 7
Median years in union 4 4 5
Median years with employer* 0.8 2 3
Median number of safety training sessions/yr* 4 12 16
Median number of fall prevention training sessions/yr* 3 11 6
Percentage with positive response
 Know contractors’ fall prevention plan** 43% 94% 79%
 Report personal fall arrest is available** 19% 94% 81%
$

small: < 25 carpenters employed, medium: 26–75 carpenters, large: > 75 carpenters

^

reflects number of respondents for median age, slight variation for other variables was noted

*

p ≤ 0.05 ANOVA

**

p ≤ 0.05 Kruskal-Wallis test