Are your safety procedures effective aids to help navigate safe and reliable work? Do you know? And, do your workers use and value those procedures? Today we’re uncovering the painful realisation of how a compliance culture can erode trust, disengage workers and leave you dangerously exposed when things go wrong. Today’s study is Peres, S.… Continue reading Safe As 25: Do workers in high-risk industries use and value procedures?
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Sleep Problems and Workplace Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Are sleep problems (SP) and workplace violence (WV) related? Quite possibly. This meta-analysis and systematic review unpacked 34 studies exploring the links. Extracts: VW can be classified into four types: · “Type 1, Criminal Intent, when no legitimate relationship exists between the perpetrator and the business or its employees and the perpetrator commits a crime (robbery,… Continue reading Sleep Problems and Workplace Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The day-to-day stability of safety climate in the offshore oil and gas industry
Is safety climate stable day-to-day or more dynamic and variable? A really interesting study which explored the stability of safety climate over a 28 day offshore work period (hitch). Background: · “Safety climate is a domain-specific form of organizational climate (Schneider, 1975). It is defined as ‘shared perceptions with regard to the priority of safety policies,… Continue reading The day-to-day stability of safety climate in the offshore oil and gas industry
Endoscopist De-Skilling after Exposure to Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy: A Multicenter Observational Study
Does AI use contribute to de-skilling? Probably, according to this study of endoscopists. This study compared >1.4k patient outcomes who underwent non-AI assisted colonoscopy before and after AI implementation. Background: · A recent meta-analysis of 20 randomised trials “showed an absolute 8.1 % increase in ADR [Adenoma detection rate] with the use of AI during colonoscopy.5… Continue reading Endoscopist De-Skilling after Exposure to Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy: A Multicenter Observational Study
Working Too Hard to Advise You Not to Work Too Hard: Psychosocial Risk Factors and Quality of Life Among Occupational Health and Safety Experts
OHS professionals exposed to several psychosocial risks in the course of their work, according to this study, amplified by the social interactivity of their role. This Turkish study surveyed 101 OHS experts (65 male, 36 female) on psychosocial factors, quality of life and more. Key findings: · While OHS professionals may help others with eliminating or… Continue reading Working Too Hard to Advise You Not to Work Too Hard: Psychosocial Risk Factors and Quality of Life Among Occupational Health and Safety Experts
Safe As podcast ep15: Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and incident prevention – do they ‘work’?
Many organisations rely on their root cause analyses (RCA) to help learn about incidents, and, ideally, prevent incident reoccurrences. So the logic goes. But does the published evidence support RCA approaches as effective means for preventing incident reoccurrences? Today’s paper is Martin-Delgado, J., Martínez-García, A., Aranaz, J. M., Valencia-Martín, J. L., & Mira, J. J.… Continue reading Safe As podcast ep15: Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and incident prevention – do they ‘work’?
Exposure to Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work and the Incidence of Occupational Injuries: A Cohort Study in Spain
This study explored the links between psychosocial risk factors (PRF) on the incident of occupational injuries (OIs). Compared to many other studies, they used a dynamic cohort longitudinal design (>16k) participants over 1 year follow-up. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire was used. For background: Findings: Why are PRF and OI potentially linked? They suggest: Limitations were… Continue reading Exposure to Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work and the Incidence of Occupational Injuries: A Cohort Study in Spain
Physical and Psychosocial Correlates of Occupational Physical Injury in the Global Construction Industry: A Scoping Review
This recent scoping review evaluated 77 construction studies covering various geographical regions on the physical and psychosocial correlates of physical injury. They stratified the correlates into three domains: 1. workplace physical environment (eg, exposure to physical hazards, PPE, company size & more) 2. workplace culture (eg, psychosocial stressors, gender-related barriers, migrant and ethnic disparities, educational background) 3. physical… Continue reading Physical and Psychosocial Correlates of Occupational Physical Injury in the Global Construction Industry: A Scoping Review
Implications of sleep loss or sleep deprivation on muscle strength: a systematic review
Does sleep deprivation (SD) affect various indices of muscle strength? To Jack’s complete lack of surprise: probably yes. This systematic review investigated 13 studies on the links. Tl;dr: Drop setting those Z’s may be eating into sick gainz bro For background: · 7-9 hrs sleep per night is recommended for most people · Poor quality and duration… Continue reading Implications of sleep loss or sleep deprivation on muscle strength: a systematic review
Relationships between occupational stress and occupational safety and health outcomes amongst construction workers: A meta-analysis of evidence from the past twenty years
This meta-analysis investigated the effects of occupational stress (OS) on safety and health outcomes in construction. 20 studies over 20 years, including >6k construction workers was included (not such a big sample given all of the research in construction safety, indicative of the relatively poorer quality of research that didn’t meet their inclusion criteria). [Trigger… Continue reading Relationships between occupational stress and occupational safety and health outcomes amongst construction workers: A meta-analysis of evidence from the past twenty years
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