The efficacy of a safety training course on changes in supervisorial staff safety attitudes and knowledge at a major central California newspaper publisher

The purpose of this study was to determine if the safety attitudes and knowledge of supervisory staff at a major central California newspaper publisher would change after attending a basic safety training course. Seventy-two supervisory/managerial staff members at a newspaper publisher completed a survey instrument measuring their safety attitudes and knowledge immediately before they participated in a 3-hour safety training course. The instrument was provided to all 72 attendees approximately 30 days after training to measure safety attitudes and knowledge at that time. Thirty participants completed the second survey. The instrument also collected information regarding age, years of supervisory experience, and gender. Analysis of variance tests were conducted to measure change in attitudes and knowledge between the two surveys.; This training was effective in changing supervisory staff attitudes and knowledge. The demographics of age, years of experience, and gender were not significant factors in effecting change.