## 3 Results and Discussion
### Feedback on the Training  
The training sessions with the workplaces were mostly well received:  
_\"The training was very good. It should be required to be able to use the tool well. When the education is done in person, the person walks you through it, and then you see it and can ask questions. That way, you get a holistic picture of the tool. A recording of the training would be very helpful\"._  
However, some negative feedback on the training related to a lack of interactivity due to the presenters being online and the need for workers to wear masks (a COVID measure) while attending the training when carried out in a group. The importance of OHS training  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Industry Type** & **Total** **\# Employees & **Departments** & **Chemicals Used** & **\# Training** & **\# Participants** \\  & & **Represented** & **Represented** & **Participants (Step 4)** & **Providing Feedback** & **(Step 6)** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Municipality (small)} & 65 full-time; 100 volunteer fire & Public Works; Roads; Parks and Recreation; Community Centers; Administration; Maintenance; Water & 150–200 chemicals. Mostly used by Public Works and Water Depts. & 11 & 6 (version 41) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Municipality (small)} & 65 full-time; 117 volunteer fire & \begin{tabular}{c} Wastewater \\ Treatment; Fire; Transportation; \\ Public Works; \\ Community Services; Administration \\ \end{tabular} & 100 chemicals. Most hazardous: propane, gasoline, cleaning chemicals, and paint thinner/stripper & 15 & 14 (version 41) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Municipality (large)} & 8000 total & \begin{tabular}{c} Water Laboratory (47 \\ full time employees) \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Approx. \\ 150 chemicals. \\ acid, nitric acid, cyanide, silica gel, and dichloromethane \\ \end{tabular} & 8 & 6 (version 41) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Municipality (large)} & \multirow{4}{*}{520 full-time} & Assembly; Fabrication; Paint Line; Transport; Maintenance & About 500 chemicals. \\  & & \begin{tabular}{c} Powder paint, \\ lubricants, grasses, \\ paints, solvents, and \\ coolants \\ \end{tabular} & 12 & 3 (version 43) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Municipality (small)} & \multirow{4}{*}{316 full-time} & Assembly; Fabrication; Maintenance; Laboratory; Administration & About 150 chemicals, mainly used for fabrication, painting, and disinfection & 9 & 3 (version 43) \\ \cline{1-1}  & & \begin{tabular}{c} Public Works; Parks \\ and Recreation; \\ Wastewater; \\ Administration \\ \end{tabular} & \
\begin{tabular}{c} About 130 chemicals, \\ mainly used with \\ mechanical \\ equipment and for \\ cleaning \\ \end{tabular} & \multirow{4}{*}{4} & \multirow{4}{*}{0} \\ \cline{1-1}  & &
\begin{tabular}{c} 0 \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 1: Summary of workplaces and WHSC participants.  
in improving worker knowledge, behavior and practices is well established [29; 30], with active training more effective than passive training [31]. As indicated in our study, the effectiveness of online OHS training can have mixed results, particularly depending on the content of the material and purpose of the training [32; 33].