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Utility optimization strategy of safety management capability of coal mine - A case study of JCIA - Liu T, Wang Z, Li W, Li Z.
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This article describes optimization strategy of SMCCM from perspective of utility of coal miner with the method of empirical research. Four elements of SMCCM are put forward which consist of "employee safety knowledge", "equipment safety knowledge", "envir...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Unemployment and suicide in the Stockholm population: A register-based study on 771,068 men and women. - Lundin A, Lundberg I, Allebeck P, Hemmingsson T.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVES: Several studies have reported a higher risk of suicide among the unemployed. Some individuals may be more prone to both unemployment and suicide due to an underlying health-related factor. In that case, suicide among the unemployed might be a c...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Sadly caught up in the moment: an exploration of horizontal violence. - Walrafen N, Brewer MK, Mulvenon C.Email this article to a colleague.
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The behaviors associated with horizontal violence can have negative consequences for nurses, patients, and organizations. Participants in this study were sent a survey that listed nine behaviors associated with horizontal violence. They were asked if they ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Letter to the editor re Pedersen et al. [realistic evaluation as a new way to design and evaluate occupational safety interventions] - Verbeek J, Ruotsalainen J.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
What You Need to Know About Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderEmail this article to a colleague.
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Most women would say they have PMS. Inevitably, once a month you get cranky, weep at funny movies, have mood swings, get cramps or feel bloated. In fact, about 85 percent of women experience one or two premenstrual symptoms.
But this isn’t PMS, also known as premenstrual syndrome. According to Andrea Rapkin, M.D., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, there’s confusion over the true definition of premenstrual syndrome – and it seems to get applied to everyone who has a period.
In actuality, only about 8 to 18 percent of women struggle with PMS, she said. The American...
Source: Psych Central - April 9, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Disorders General Healthy Living Psychology Women's Issues American Congress Appetite Changes David Geffen School David Geffen School Of Medicine David Geffen School Of Medicine At Ucla Depressed Mood Dsm Iv Lack Of Energy Loss O Source Type: news
US Department of Labor's OSHA Seeks Applications for $1.2 Million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Training GrantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is soliciting applications under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program to fund training for workers and employers in recognizing workplace hazards and control measures, and understanding their rights and responsibilities.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - April 9, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Toxicity of diet aids: reviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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Toxicity of Weight Loss Agents. Yen M, Ewald MB. J Med Toxicol 2012 Feb 14 [Epub ahead of print]
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The authors of this review article did a PubMed search for the years 1935 to 2011 (no methods given) to identify articles related to toxicities of weight loss agents. As the authors note, even banned diet drugs can not be purchased over the internet, the the annual U.S. market for weight loss aids amounts to some $61 billion dollars.
The agents covered in this paper include ipecac, laxatives, human chronic gonadotropin hormone (HCG), guar gum, phenylpropanolamine, ma huang/ephedra, caffeine, and thyro...
Source: The Poison Review - April 9, 2012 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical caffeine clenbuterol diet aid dinitrophenol ephedra fen-phen fenfluramine guar gum HCG human chorionic gonadotropin ipecac laxatives ma huang phentermine phenylpropanolamine Review Rimonabant thyroid hormone w Source Type: news
Workplace homicides among U.S. Women: the role of intimate partner violence. - Tiesman HM, Gurka KK, Konda S, Coben JH, Amandus HE.Email this article to a colleague.
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PURPOSE: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health issue with serious consequences for the workplace. Workplace homicides occurring to U.S. women over a 6-year period, including those perpetrated by an intimate partner, are described. M...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Overwork suicide in Japan: a national crisis. - Targum SD, Kitanaka J.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Effects of the workplace violence on the sub-health status of nurses. - Wu SY, Li HY, Lin SW.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of workplace violence on sub-health status of nurses and to provide the theoretical basis for preventing the workplace violence in the hospitals and improving the health status of nurses. METHODS: A total of 679 nurses wer...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
States with low non-fatal injury rates have high fatality rates and vice-versa. - Mendeloff J, Burns R.Email this article to a colleague.
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BACKGROUND: State-level injury rates or fatality rates are sometimes used in studies of the impact of various safety programs or other state policies. How much does the metric used affect the view of relative occupational risks among U.S. states? This pape...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Gender differences in the effect of weekly working hours on occupational injury risk in the United States working population. - Wirtz A, Lombardi DA, Willetts JL, Folkard S, Christiani DC.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVES: Long working hours can lead to an accumulation in fatigue that may increase worker's risk of injury. However, it is not known if this association is different for men and women. Our aim was, therefore, to investigate gender differences in the e...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Improving your workplace violence prevention program. - Pinheiro A, Anderson DO.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Epidemiology of occupational hand injury in Hong Kong. - Garg R, Cheung JP, Fung BK, Ip WY.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVES. To study the epidemiology of occupational hand injuries and associated social and industrial factors. DESIGN. For this retrospective case series of patients with occupational hand injuries, case records were retrieved to gather data. In additio...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Analysis on the occupational poisioning case of trichloroethylene reported in Dongguan during 2002 to 2009 . - Zhong YF, Yang W, Zhong JY, Li GH.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVE: To understand the demographic, occupational and clinic characteristics of occupational poisioning case due to trichloroethylene in Dongguan in recent years for the purpose of prevention. METHODS: Using the trichloroethylene patients of poisionin...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Workplace Bullying, Working Environment and Health. - Oxenstierna G, Elofsson S, Gjerde M, Hanson LM, Theorell T.Email this article to a colleague.
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Background: Improved work organisation could be of importance for decreased bullying in workplaces. Methods: Participants in SLOSH (the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health) responded to questions about work and workplace and whether they had...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Systems-based accident analysis methods: A comparison of Accimap, HFACS, and STAMP - Salmon PM, Cornelissen M, Trotter MJ.Email this article to a colleague.
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Three accident causation models, each with their own associated approach to accident analysis, currently dominate the human factors literature. Although the models are in general agreement that accidents represent a complex, systems phenomenon, the subsequ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Risk management and workers' safety behavior control in coal mine - Qing-gui C, Kai L, Ye-jiao L, Qi-hua S, Jian Z.Email this article to a colleague.
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According to the risk management characteristics and the actual needs of safety production in coal mine, we thoroughly analyze the system of risk management method in coal mine and implement it in Geting Coal Mine. The system manages and controls the poten...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Results and lessons learned from the ESReDA's Accident Investigation Working Group: Introducing article to "Safety Science" special issue on "Industrial Events Investigation" - Dechy N, Dien Y, Funnemark E, Roed-Larsen S, Stoop J, Valvisto T, Arellano ALV.Email this article to a colleague.
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The European Safety Reliability and Data Association (ESReDA) established in year 2000, a Working Group on Accident Investigation (WGAI) that ended in the year 2008. With the objective of improving the quality of accident investigation and as a consequence...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Psychiatric nursing emergency: a simulated experience of a wrist-cutting suicide attempt. - Lilly ML, Hermans M, Crawley B.Email this article to a colleague.
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A simulated wrist-cutting suicide attempt scenario was developed and implemented, with the goal of integrating the concepts of psychiatric emergency care, contraband, environmental assessment, and personal safety. Faculty also wanted to convey and provide ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Perspectives regarding industrial events investigation - Dien Y, Dechy N, Stoop J.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
On-the-job ocular injuries. - Dansby-Kelly AF.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Workers' Compensation Benefits and Shifting Costs for Occupational Injury and Illness. - Leigh JP, Marcin JP.Email this article to a colleague.
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BACKGROUND:: Whereas national prevalence estimates for workers' compensation benefits are available, incidence estimates are not. Moreover, few studies address which groups in the economy pay for occupational injury and illness when workers' compensation d...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
"Support for everyone": Experiences of occupational therapists delivering a new model of school-based service. - Campbell WN, Missiuna CA, Rivard LM, Pollock NA.Email this article to a colleague.
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BACKGROUND: Occupational therapists working in school health have recognized the need to move away from a one-to-one direct service delivery model towards a more collaborative, classroom-based approach. Partnering for Change (P4C) is an innovative service ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Unanimous Missouri Panel Affirms Occupational Disease, Disability Benefits AwardEmail this article to a colleague.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A unanimous Second Division Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, panel on March 21 affirmed an award of permanent disability workers' compensation benefits and $752,000 in medical expenses reimbursement for occupational exposure to chemicals at a Joplin, Mo., refinery (Howard Moreland v. Eagle Picher Technologies, No. 31692, Mo. App., Southern Dist., 2nd Div.; 2012 Mo. App. LEXIS 396).
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - April 5, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Employee Claims Against Laundry Dismissed; Source Of Shop Towels Denied JudgmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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CAMDEN, N.J. - Summary judgment was granted March 29 to a commercial laundry accused of occupational exposure to toluene by one of the company's drivers, but negligence claims brought by the driver against a print shop survived summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Brian Steele, et uxor v. Aramark Corp., et al., No. 09-4340, D. N.J.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43429).
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - April 5, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Study: Risk of Stroke, Cardiovascular Disease Increases with Asbestos ExposureEmail this article to a colleague.
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The risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease increases with the risk of occupational exposure to asbestos, according to a recent study in Great Britain.
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 3, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: TimPovtak Tags: Asbestos Exposure Featured Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Mesothelioma Cancer Source Type: news
Eye-To-Eye Communications, Inc. Selected by Tangent Medical to Unveil Innovative IV Catheter TechnologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eye-To-Eye Communications, Inc. (www.eyetoeyepr.com), a top PR firm based in San Diego, today announced its selection by Ann Arbor, MI-based Tangent Medical, an innovator in IV therapy products, as its PR firm of choice. While waiting for FDA clearance, Tangent Medical will work with Eye-to-Eye Communications in preparing for commercial launch of a next generation IV catheter system, while also raising awareness around complex IV therapy challenges including catheter stabilization, occupational exposure to blood, and patient discomfort.
"We've been branding and promoting tec...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - April 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Omnidirectional safety culture analysis and discussion for railway industry - Wang CH, Liu YJ.Email this article to a colleague.
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On the basis of literature relevant to safety culture and investigation of the Taiwan Occupational Safety and Health Management System (TOSHMS), the Omnidirectional Safety Culture Model (OSCM) was proposed in which a questionnaire composed of 18 safety dim...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The influence of supervisor leadership practices and perceived group safety climate on employee safety performance - Kapp EA.Email this article to a colleague.
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The current study investigates the influence of the leadership practices of first-line supervisors on the safety compliance and safety participation of the employees who work for them. Contingent reward and transformational leadership are examined under co...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The effects of a psychosocial dimension of socioeconomic position on survival: occupational prestige and mortality among US working adults. - Christ SL, Fleming LE, Lee DJ, Muntaner C, Muennig PA, Caban-Martinez AJ.Email this article to a colleague.
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The association between education or income and mortality has been explored in great detail. These measures capture both the effects of material disadvantage on health and the psychosocial impacts of a low socioeconomic position on health. When explored in...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The effect of integrated management system on safety and productivity indices: Case study; Iranian cement industries - Hamidi N, Omidvari M, Meftahi M.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study which aims ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Reply to letter regarding Realistic evaluation as a new way to design and evaluate occupational safety interventions - Pedersen LM, Nielsen KJ, Kines P.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Predictors for suicidal ideation after occupational injury. - Kuo CY, Liao SC, Lin KH, Wu CL, Lee MB, Guo NW, Guo YL.Email this article to a colleague.
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Risk of suicide has been associated with trauma and negative life events in several studies. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal ideation, and the population attributable risk among workers after occupational injuries. We...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Pattern of ocular injuries in Owo, Nigeria. - Omolase CO, Omolade EO, Ogunleye OT, Omolase BO, Ihemedu CO, Adeosun OA.Email this article to a colleague.
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PURPOSE: To determine the pattern of ocular injuries in patients presenting to the eye clinic and the accident and emergency department of Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. METHODS: This prospective study was conducted between January and D...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational injury and accident research: A comprehensive review - Khanzode VV, Maiti J, Ray PK.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this paper, a comprehensive review of the concepts of occupational injury and accident causation and prevention is presented. Starting with hazard identification, the issues on risk assessment, accident causation, and intervention strategies are discuss...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational accidents among mototaxi drivers. - Amorim CR, Araújo EM, Araujo TM, Oliveira NF.Email this article to a colleague.
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The use of motorcycles as a means of work has contributed to the increase in traffic accidents, in particular, mototaxi accidents. The aim of this study was to estimate and characterize the incidence of occupational accidents among the mototaxis registered...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
New recruit safety expectations: Relationships with trust and perceived job risk - Burt CDB, Williams S, Wallis D.Email this article to a colleague.
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Very little research has examined the safety expectations of new recruits, particularly those of individuals about to enter full-time work for the first time. There is evidence that new recruits have proportionally more accidents in the first period of the...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics - Kontogiannis T.Email this article to a colleague.
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Systems approaches to safety have received growing attention in modern accident investigation techniques (e.g., STAMP, Accimap) with the emphasis shifted to the organizational dynamics (or archetypes) that may lead to an erosion of defenses and a drift out...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Measuring direct and indirect treatment effects using safety performance intervention functions - El-Basyouny K, Sayed T.Email this article to a colleague.
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Recent traffic safety research has advocated the use of the Full Bayes (FB) approach to conduct controlled before-after safety evaluations. The FB approach was shown to offer both methodological and data advantages. However, there is still a lack of comple...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Is it possible to influence safety in the building sector?: A literature review extending from 1980 until the present - Swuste P, Frijters A, Guldenmund F.Email this article to a colleague.
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The available literature on construction safety is not very optimistic about the chances of evidence-based safety in the construction industry exerting a positive influence. Many articles indicate that the structures and processes that are designed to ensu...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Identifying an appropriate driving behaviour scale for the occupational driving context: The DBQ vs. the ODBQ - Newnam S, VonSchuckmann C.Email this article to a colleague.
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Self reported driving behaviour in the occupational driving context has typically been measured through scales adapted from the general driving population (i.e., the Manchester Driver Behaviour Questionnaire, (DBQ), Reason et al., 1990). However, research ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Further Validation of the Psychological Injury Risk Indicator Scale. - Winwood PC, Peters R, Peters M, Dollard M.Email this article to a colleague.
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OBJECTIVE:: Confirm the Psychological Injury Risk Indicator (PIRI) scale capacity to facilitate routine assessment of psychological health of workers in high-stress environments. METHOD:: A cross-sectional study compared the PIRI scale scores with two expe...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Ethics and fundamental principles of risk acceptance criteria - Vanem E.Email this article to a colleague.
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Ethics are concerned with distinguishing between what actions are "right" and "wrong" and what values are "good" and "bad", etc. and there is a long academic tradition in discussing ethics and ethical theories. Risk acceptance criteria, on the other hand, ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Effects of environment, vehicle and driver characteristics on risky driving behavior at work zones - Weng J, Meng Q.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study aims to analyze the effects of environment, vehicle and driver characteristics on the risky driving behavior at work zones. A decision tree is developed using the classification and regression tree (CART) algorithm to graphically display the rel...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Effects of a Comprehensive Police Suicide Prevention Program. - Mishara BL, Martin N.Email this article to a colleague.
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Background: Police suicides are an important problem, and many police forces have high rates. Montreal police suicide rates were slightly higher than other Quebec police rates in the 11 years before the program began (30.5/100,000 per year vs. 26.0/100,000...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Concussion in hockey: taking an occupational perspective on risk in sports. - Reed NP.Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Catch Me If I Fall! Enacted Uncertainty Avoidance and the Social Safety Net as Country-Level Moderators in the Job Insecurity-Job Attitudes Link. - Debus ME, Probst TM, König CJ, Kleinmann M.Email this article to a colleague.
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Job insecurity is related to many detrimental outcomes, with reduced job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment being the 2 most prominent reactions. Yet, effect sizes vary greatly, suggesting the presence of moderator variables. On the basis...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Availability organisational analysis: Is it a hazard for safety? - Voirin M, Pierlot S, Llory M.Email this article to a colleague.
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This main issue of this article analyses the possible way to use for availability improvement, the organisational analysis methodology initially developed for accident safety investigations. As the last decade examples in the industrial world prove that so...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Are safety investigations pro-active? - Stoop J, Dekker S.Email this article to a colleague.
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This paper elaborates on the debate whether safety investigations are obsolete and should be replaced by more modern safety assessment approaches. Despite their past performance, in particular in aviation, accident investigations are criticized for their r...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
