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Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector NORA Liaison & Partnership Update June 17, 2009

Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector NORA Liaison & Partnership Update June 17, 2009. Paul Schulte, Manager Vern Anderson, Coordinator.

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Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector NORA Liaison & Partnership Update June 17, 2009

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  1. Wholesale and Retail Trade SectorNORA Liaison & Partnership Update June 17, 2009 Paul Schulte, Manager Vern Anderson, Coordinator The findings and conclusions in this presentation have not been formally disseminated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy

  2. Trade: NAICS codes 42, 44, 45 Retail industry is the nation’s second largest employer.21 Million: 146 Sub sectors Where they work : • 441 --- Motor vehicle and parts dealers • 442 --- Furniture and home furnishings • 443 --- Electronics and appliance stores • 444 --- Building material and garden equipment supplies • 445 --- Food and beverage stores • 446 --- Health and personal care stores • 447 --- Gasoline stations • 448 --- Clothing and clothing accessories stores • 451 --- Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores • 454 --- Non-store retailers • 421--- Wholesale: Storing, distributing, and selling merchandise to other businesses

  3. Magnitude of WRT morbidity and mortality, 2005 • 849,700 injury/illness (5.0/100 FTE) * • * Industry average 4.6 FTE • 30% cases > 1 day away work (1.5 DAW) • Overexertion, Contact with Objects, Falls: Event* • Sprains, Strains: Nature of Injury • Containers Floors, Vehicles: Source • Trunk, L & U Extremities: Body Part • 609 fatalities 4th highest Sector (2.9/100,000)* • 11% of all fatalities Total 5,214 4.0/100,000 • 80% of WRT employees engage in MMH • Manual Materials Handling: lifting, carrying, pushing, stacking

  4. Higher Risk OccupationsPeople that are Impacted* • 1. Retail Salespersons 11,300 • 2. Stock Clerks & Order fillers 9,840 • 3. Cashiers 6,140 • 4. Supervisors/Managers 5,410 • 5. Drivers & Sales Workers 4,490 • 6. Customer Service Reps. 3,480 • * = Cases of lost work days, 2005

  5. High-Risk Wholesale Trade Subsectors • Beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverage wholesale merchants • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers • Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers • Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers • Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers • Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers

  6. High-Risk Retail Trade Subsectors • Home centers • Warehouse clubs • Other building material dealers • Tire dealers • Supermarkets and other grocery • Hobby, toy, and game stores • New car dealers • Department stores

  7. WRT Sector Overview Some accomplishments since our last NORA Liaison meeting • Research Agenda completed. • Surveillance data available in the WRT Chartbook • Scientific Surveillance paper in review AJIM • Translating the WRT surveillance information to subsector trade newsletters and periodicals (3 articles, plus Synergist) • Continuing Worksites Studies in high risk sub sectors • Established Partnership with the “Loss Prevention Foundation” in developing a “Safety Certification focus” that will elevate the role of safety in the trade industries.

  8. WRT SectorCouncilMember Affiliation: 2009 • Academia 1 Ergonomist 1 Epidemiologist 1 Economist 1 Violence Specialist • State 1 Surveillance • Professional Association 1 ASSE • Employer 3-4 [Need more] • Trade Assn. 0 [Need more] • Labor Unions 2 • Insurance Industry 1 ? • Total Active 15

  9. A Planning Council 5 researchers 3 employers 2 labor reps 1 insurance rep 1 OSH prof association rep An Implementation Council 3 employers 3 trade associations 2 labor reps 2 insurance reps 1 marketing rep 2 sector media reps 1 researcher Who Should be on the WRT Council – And When?

  10. NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA (WRT NORA) 1: Reduce chronic musculoskeletal disorders* 2: Reduce acute traumatic injuries 3: Reduce workplace violence 4: Reduce motor vehicle-related injuries 5: Improve outreach to the small businesses 6: Increase understanding of vulnerable workers [Consists of 13 IM, 74 Outcomes/Activities] Ready to be Finalized: All Comments

  11. Stages of WRT Prevention CampaignIntermediate Goals (IM): Define Process IM 1. Identify High Risk Subsectors: Surveillance Project & E-Network: WRT ChartBook IM 2 Establish Partnerships: Develop/Adopt Best Practices: Hold Biennial Workshops Information: Engage Practitioners/Demonstration Projects IM3 Launch Marketing Campaign: Attending RILA/NRF Meetings: Preparing Articles for Trade Journals & Simple Solutions Publications

  12. Publication of Awareness Information for the Campaign The High Cost of Overexertion Injuries: Guidance for Retailers. Retail Merchandiser, Jan/Feb 2009, pp 28-31. Anderson, V., Mulhern, B. Reduce the Risk of Costly Overexertion Injuries, Progressive Grocer, May, 2009. p. 108. Anderson, V., Mulhern, B. Health and Safety in Wholesale and Retail Trade: Hidden Dangers. The Synergist (An AIHA Publication), vol 20, no.3., March, 2009, pp 31-34. Anderson, V. Linn, H., Whole and Retail Trade Sector, A Rapporteur’s report, Mroszczyk, J., J or Safety Research, 39, 2008, 199-201, Occupational Fatalities, Injuries, Illnesses, and Related Economic Loss in the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector; In Review AJIM Vern Putz Anderson, Ph.D,[1], Paul Schulte, Ph.D[2], John Sestito, JD[3], Herb Linn, MS[4], Long Nyguen, MS[5]

  13. The WRT Chartbook Colorful surveillance tool: 116 pages with 213 tables & figures from the BLS and CPS

  14. Future of EID WRT Campaign • Launch WRT Campaign with 1st RILA _NIOSH Exhibit (May, 2009) • Continue funding Demonstration Studies on MMH in high risk workplaces – FY 2008 -2009 • Organize MMH workshop with focus on application to WRT sector, 2010. • Produce Document of MMH Simple Solutions for WRT Sector, 2010 • Work with WRT Loss Prevention Associations in establishing safety and health training and certification for employers, 2009. MOU? Potential Contest for “Best WRT Practices”

  15. Barriers: Provided by Employers • Occupational safety and health is considered a ``luxury'' to be worried about only after the core business. • There is a lack of resources (money and information) to address occupational safety and health. • There is resentment of government ``interference'' and a suspicion that contacting the government for help will somehow result in new or more oppressive regulations. • There is also a skepticism about the government information on the association of health effects with specific exposures, such as back injuries from lifting.

  16. Strategies to overcome barriers: • Develop partnerships with appropriate groups that are trusted by small businesses (trade associations, small business assistance groups, universities); • Develop concrete affordable solutions to reduce hazards specific to that industry; • Prepare outreach materials that are brief, use familiar contexts and diagrams, and make the benefits of controlling the hazard clear. • Show organizations that serve WRT employers that they may add to their value proposition by including S&H information, products, and services. Otherwise, our efforts will not be sustained • Lack of sustainability is why NIOSH should de-emphasize doing its own publications for sectors and start inspiring partners to do so -- by showing the value in it.

  17. NORA Liaison Support: Help needed • 1. Work to position NORA for the public as an implementation effort. Could do this as individuals and as a group. • 2. Work to position Sector councils as places for leaders on the implementation side. • 3. Use their personal and collective influence to attract non-OSH leaders to the councils. • 4. Work to promote NORA sector councils among employers, trade associations, and insurers rather than the OSH community. • 5. Work to advise sector councils on the collaborative opportunities across sectors that have the most potential for prevention.

  18. Lesson learned • 1. The process is based on relationships. • 2. The process takes time to build trust. • 3. Multiple communication channels should be used to reach the target audience. • 4. Equipment manufacturers and suppliers should be involved in the process. • 5. Sell the hazard first. If businesses are not convinced that there is a hazard, they see no reason to spend money to prevent it.

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