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What moves truck drivers? - A person-centered perspective on workplace physical activity promotion
CONCLUSION: The results reveal a variety of needs that are fundamental to the development of PA-promoting interventions for truck drivers. These needs appear to be closely linked, so a combination of capabilities, opportunities, and/or motivation should be considered when developing holistic interventions. An example would be linking automatic motivation and psychological capabilities that encompass motivational techniques combined with information for psychoeducation of truck drivers.PMID:38326221 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2024.2315898 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - February 7, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Angeli Gawlik Source Type: research

Evaluating the impact of different hard hats on the peripheral vision of construction workers
This study aims to examine the effects of hard hats with different peak lengths on the field of view at different angles in the upward part and to examine the effects of possible field of view losses caused by the hard hat on the reaction times of the workers. A questionnaire was designed and administered to the construction workers. Then, experiments were conducted with a group of subjects to assess their peripheral vision level as well as reaction times. The study found that peripheral vision is affected by the peak size of hard hats. The study further revealed that there is a significant relationship between reaction ti...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - February 7, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Isik Ates Kiral Sevilay Demirkesen Source Type: research

Impacts of Ergonomic Risk Factors on the Well-being and Innovation Capability of Employees in Manufacturing Industry
CONCLUSION: As there haven't been any studies addressing the integration of ergonomic risk factors and the capacity for innovation of employees in the manufacturing industry, this study provides a unique contribution to the body of knowledge. Further research is also required to develop an in-depth understanding of the relationship among components of each ergonomic risk factor, the well-being and innovation capability of employees.PMID:38303589 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2024.2313905 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - February 2, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shemelis Nesibu Wodajeneh Daniel Kitaw Azene Eshetie Berhan Atanaw Kassu Jilcha Sileyew Source Type: research

Statistical study and investigation of the cut resistant and thermo-physiological performance of protective gloves: A New Prospective
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2024 Feb 2:1-24. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2024.2313915. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: This research presents the work carried out to investigate the performance properties of protective gloves besides improvement in thermo-physiological comfort properties.METHOD: The knitted gloves prepared from filament Stainless steel, filament Kevlar, staple spun Kevlar, and filament Glass were used in the core. While 100% Viscose rayon and 50/50% Polyester /Viscose rayon were used in the sheath. Gloves were tested for cut resistance, tear resistance, puncture resistance, and abrasion resistance which w...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - February 2, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Muhammad Javid M Bilal Qadir Abdul Jabbar Hafsa Jamshaid Source Type: research

Transmission of fore-and-aft floor vibration to the spine and head of standing people
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2024 Jan 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2024.2308442. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSixteen standing male participants were subjected to fore-and-aft sinusoidal vibration with peak magnitude and frequency in the range 0.44-4.431 ms-2 and 2-6 Hz, respectively. The fore-and-aft, lateral and vertical transmissibilities to the first dorsal vertebra (T1), eighth dorsal vertebra (T8), twelfth dorsal vertebra (T12), fourth lumbar vertebra (L4) and head were measured. Large inter-participant variability was observed in the transmissibilities at all locations. Nevertheless, peaks in the range 3-4.5 Hz were ide...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - January 22, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Naser Nawayseh Ashokan Arumugam Ya Huang Source Type: research

Identification of critical causes of construction accidents in China using a hybrid HFACS-CN model
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2024 Jan 19:1-34. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2024.2308453. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTABSTRACTConstruction safety is of significance since construction accidents can result in the loss of property and enormous casualties. This research aims to identify the critical causes of construction accidents by introducing a hybrid approach. A hybrid approach is developed to identify the critical causes of construction accidents by combining the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) model with complex network (CN) theory. A total of 863 construction accident cases were collected, and 46 causal ...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - January 20, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Xiaolong Wang Xiang Yang Hu Lulu Wang Bingyu Dong Ruipeng Tong Source Type: research

Identifying key accident causation factors in the Malaysian construction industry
Conclusion. The study concludes that addressing all 11 factors will drastically reduce the incessant accident occurrences in the construction industry. The result of this study will help construction stakeholders know where to direct their energy in an effort to reduce construction accidents.PMID:38243387 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2024.2308376 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - January 20, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Olatoyese Zaccheus Oni AbdulLateef Olanrewaju Khor Soo Cheen Source Type: research

The effect of exposure to cold on dexterity and temperature of the skin and hands
Conclusion. No effect of cold exposure (-1 °C, +5 °C) on manual dexterity was observed, but there was an effect of -1 °C temperature change on weighted mean skin temperature and hand skin temperature during 1 h of exposure. The decrease in both right and left hand skin temperature after cold exposure was the largest for -1 °C while using single gloves, and differed significantly from the other variants.PMID:38191297 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2023.2293387 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - January 8, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Joanna Orysiak Magdalena M łynarczyk Emilia Irzma ńska Source Type: research

Understanding the "blues of safety professionals"
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Dec 28:1-29. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2023.2298561. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAbstractSomething is not right in the safety profession. Many books written by professionals in the 2010s express a strong discontent. These professionals are highly critical of their situation, practice, role and identity. In these books, they express what this article describes as the "blues of safety professionals". Although varying in writing style, tone, theoretical inspiration, emphasis, and experience, they address similar issues which relate to practices corresponding, in their eyes, to outmoded, inadequate, o...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - December 28, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jean-Christophe Le Coze Source Type: research