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Table 2 Mean number of safety violations and proportion of penalties in intervention groups and control group

From: National evaluation of strategies to reduce safety violations for working from heights in construction companies: results from a randomized controlled trial

 

Face-to-face

Direct mail

Control

P-value

Number inspected companies (worksites) by labor inspectorate

5 (5)

4 (4)

57 (60)a

 

Penalty for companies

4 (80 %)

4 (100 %)

43 (72 %)

0.435

of which

…urging

-

1 (25 %)

4 (9 %)

 
 

…warning

4 (100 %)

2 (50 %)

24 (56 %)

 
 

…paying

-

1 (25 %)

7 (16 %)

 
 

…shutting down

2 (50 %)

1 (25 %)

17 (40 %)

 

Mean number (SD) violations

2.4 (2.70)

1.8 (1.71)

1.9 (2.05)

0.847

Range number violations

0–7

0–4

0–8

 
  1. aIn control group at three companies two independent worksites