Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
The use of personal protective equipment, including a safety harness, is one of the basic methods of protection against falls from a height. The presented studies, using an anthropomorphic dummy, identified the effect on the human body of the dangerous phenomena accompanying safety harness performance during fall arrest. The displacement of the dum...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
To ensure that vertical lifeline systems (VLLSs) are well designed, calculation methods are required to estimate the extension of a personal energy absorber (PEA) (xPEA) and the total fall distance (hTFD). Thus, the authors conducted 28 tests to validate the accuracy of the energy balance approach for estimating xPEA and hTFD of VLLSs and propose s...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Background. Work traffic accidents are an issue both in Spain and all over the world, and specific evidence on commuting accidents is scarce. Even though both industrial safety and welfare have been improved during the last decades, the commuting accidents rate is growing worldwide. Purpose. The aim of this study was to examine and describe the cha...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
This study aimed to assess respiratory symptoms and the pulmonary function test (PFT) in a group of poultry workers. The prevalence of respiratory symptoms was determined. Airborne concentrations of total and repairable dusts exceeded the threshold limit values. Gram-positive cocci and Cladosporium were the dominant genera of bacteria and fungi, re...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Purpose. The probability of being injured or killed from an occupational incident is much higher than a process mishap in the oil and gas industry. The aim of this study was to establish a model for predicting the probability of occupational fall incidents using Bayesian networks. Methods. The study was performed in a selected number of oil refiner...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Introduction. Demographic information is one of the key parameters that organizations utilize to modify their practices in order to respond to the existing risk within work environments. The present article aims to assess the level of safety climate factors as well as to evaluate the influence of personal factors on safety climate in two different-...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
The objective of this work was to examine the mechanical strength properties of polycarbonate toecaps designed for commercially available protective footwear, subjected to repeated impacts simulating workplace conditions. The effects of impacts on the toecaps were expressed as the height of toecap clearance, which has a direct bearing on the safe u...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
The release of toxic chemicals is an important hazard of chemical plants. The purpose of this study is to compare the chemical exposure index (CEI) and consequence modeling to determine the hazard distance of toxic chemical release, utilizing a gas refinery as the case study. The CEI was utilized and considerable release scenarios were determined. ...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Objective. This study aims to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in prosthetists/orthotists working in Australia. Secondary to this, the relationship between work-related hazards and work-related musculoskeletal disorders will be examined. Methods. In 2012, a self-report survey was conducted with the prosthetist/orth...
Published in International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Purpose. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of personal protective equipment (PPE) on firefighters' perceptions of mobility and their experienced occupational injury risks between China and the USA. Materials and methods. An online survey was conducted and a total of 328 firefighters, including 203 Chinese firefighters and 125 U...
