b'HARPUpdate RecessionAre There Any Positives? . FrankM ino, CSP M Saf ty AdvJ.ar RCAe iser Duringthisvery difficulteco Examples of the very same trendtisticalmeritastoincidents n iccon al I over thegobackmuchfartherthantherecorded in the diffe categorieom time,tractorsrents. country are finding ways to decrease1 "T ically,rec According to Carliffith,ty 990\'s.echn twoessionGr safe and reasecy,uaryh- c. costs andinc efficien as aperiodsin theera;From Jan qualitydirectorfor Trenc it, Indecrease in demand for roofing1979 to July 1 , and from July" come to w with the jobs" jobs979 Theyork willlan already competi 1980toNovember1981.Duringheof thes l staff. "If we add fue tosaidsea onative marketplace. Asdim as thingsth two periods,eu and ill don getthework, wedon\'t h e oseth inj ry\'tirmayseem,therem actuallybeness rate p 100rkers b nthem" (Morrison,). T theory ayerwo ega at2009 he some r tooptimistic; that9.5 in 1 and fell to 7.7 in justb that the fewer seasonal wo easonsbe979eingrkis ofehistory repea itself.three years.",).ers,fewer e u you have. cours ifts(Morrison 2009 thexpos res al Sever contractorshave expressed to me their concerns of aWhat are the Reasons for thisBe sure to stickthe to riseinworkersc ionTrend?F entals. ompensat undamableAll roofingn ctorsu be co tra sho ld .hasclaims as the avaiwork contin Some feel this tre is caused by historyInd uestodecrease. To thecontrary,a decreasedworkedload,wh aware of aird theorytoy the ichth aswhshown that in recenthistoryhassh thatin r directly results infter productionrecession/incidentratesrelationownecentsoex toughes is economic recessions,shipists. Intim , itpossible that employees(who mayor nationwide accidentmay not be c for their jo ) oncernedbswill be relucta to r ort accidents rates actuallyntepunle it isry s ous. Theconssve eridecrease.c for contract is th thisn( , ernorsatis aein incidents, on tt\'l.l, tru decreasely entsreportingof those incid . This c uren maylook good on ult cha ge theyear\'s300 log, bcurrentOSHAut will have negativeg-term e ects lon ffon the co y\'styhealth mpan safe and p gram. Ifing, additionalme ro anyth tirashouldbespentreite tingthe economicrecessions, nationwideschedules. Whenk c be pimpo n ofaccidentr ing .wor aner rta ceeportaccid t rates actua d ase.formed withluxury of more time,a the benefit of lea ing fr any en llyecre thendrn om In aSafety &e,fewer in are likely to h n.incident. recentHealth articl cidentsappeal p isthatAccording to Paul Bartleson,iorRoofingcontracto willhave statistica atternidentifiedsen rs shows a d ect relationship bet directorofsafe andhealth atmany ch lengesintheu oming ir weentyal pcan economicand record KramerBrothers,aWisco in year, andif history hastaug us downtownns ht rates.toythi it\'sryely ableAccordingthe author,basedconstructioncompany,an ng,that it is ve lik to "In 1990, the inju andrate"T a finitenu erofcon r itself. Nom er what past ryillnesshere\'smb epeatattwas 8.8, a rate thatstructionworkersinthisco try.recession trends m indicate, there per 100 workers un ay had been steadily climbing since aBut whenndedssup isnosubstitu foran effective dema exce thete record low7 .6 in1983. Thetimeply of labor, the on th guSafety andHealthprogramasa lyin yo can period of Ju 1990 to March 1 sh nk, youhave to shrink s ed means to controld ts. It isill ly991ri ch acci en steredessionre isconsid a rec bytheules -work done in less time" (Mor themostreliableway toensuBureauof Economic An is,andrison, 2009).Theresu canbesafety for yo workers. alys ltur the injury and illn dropped toincreased incidents.Sourc Mo ison,KyleW. ess ratees:rr8.4 per 100 workers in 1991 beforeThere is also the the t sea Safety & Health, State of Safety -ory thaclimbing again thet(Morri sonalor work-for-hire workers areThe Recessions Potential Impact on nex year son, 2009).more lik be in than tradi Injury Rates.a 2009,. , ely tojuredJanu ry,pgtional workers. Thisrysta- -36 theo has 4'