Risk Assessment of Ergonomic Risk Factors at Construction Sites

Torghabeh, Zahra Jabbarani; Hosseinian, S. Mahdi; Ressang, Aziruddin

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“…Many methods to assess the risk of jobs have been developed and used in various fields. The most frequently used method is the method of determining the action level by calculating the risk score by using the product of the severity and likelihood/frequency variables by level [ [31] , [32] , [33] ]. However, the tasks performed by nursing service workers are typically nonroutine and vary highly regarding frequency, duration, and contents of the tasks [ 25 ].…”

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A Taxonomy of the Common Tasks and the Development of a Risk Index for Physical Load Assessment in Nursing Job

Ryoo

Lee

Koo

2020

Safety and Health at Work

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Background Nursing service is a nonroutine work with an excessive physical load and diverse tasks. This study derived representative common tasks based on the frequently occurring tasks with a high physical load in the nursing workers' daily work and developed indicators to evaluate the work risk by reflecting the characteristics of nonroutine work. Methods Common tasks were classified through the following stages: literature review, first focus group interview (FGI) with experts, first classification of common tasks, second FGI with hospital health managers, a survey of nursing service workers, and the final classification of common tasks for each task type. To develop an objective risk index for physical load assessment, we investigated the frequency and duration of the derived common tasks via survey. Results Nursing common tasks were categorized into six task types and 56 subtasks. To evaluate the risks of various tasks in nonroutine works, three frequencies and three working time levels were defined by examining the task frequency and working hours. Exposure time was defined to reflect the characteristics of a nonroutine job. The final risk assessment was the product of the exposure time level and job intensity level. From this, four risk action levels were derived. Conclusion This study has the advantage of solving the problem of focusing on some tasks in evaluating the physical load. It was meaningful in that a new risk assessment index based on exposure time was proposed based on the development of an evaluation scale for frequency and time by reflecting the characteristics of nonroutine work.

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A Taxonomy of the Common Tasks and the Development of a Risk Index for Physical Load Assessment in Nursing Job

Ryoo

Lee

Koo

2020

Safety and Health at Work

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“…Similarly, the perilousness of being trapped by the machineries was emphasized by Chong and Low [ 2 ]. Likewise, Torghabeh et al [ 64 ] stated that the safety professionals in Malaysia are concerned with the ergonomic-pertinent injuries, as the majority of respective construction workers suffer from these non-fatal injuries through their careers. The main reason behind this lies in the fact that ergonomic-related injuries are not usually reflected in related databases or archives, since they mostly do not account for any direct fatalities; however, their direct or indirect impacts on workers or their family members can be disastrous.…”

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Developing an Ensemble Predictive Safety Risk Assessment Model: Case of Malaysian Construction Projects

Sadeghi

Mohandes

Hosseini

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)-related injuries are vexing problems for construction projects in developing countries, mostly due to poor managerial-, governmental-, and technical safety-related issues. Though some studies have been conducted on OHS-associated issues in developing countries, research on this topic remains scarce. A review of the literature shows that presenting a predictive assessment framework through machine learning techniques can add much to the field. As for Malaysia, despite the ongoing growth of the construction sector, there has not been any study focused on OHS assessment of workers involved in construction activities. To fill these gaps, an Ensemble Predictive Safety Risk Assessment Model (EPSRAM) is developed in this paper as an effective tool to assess the OHS risks related to workers on construction sites. The developed EPSRAM is based on the integration of neural networks with fuzzy inference systems. To show the effectiveness of the EPSRAM developed, it is applied to several Malaysian construction case projects. This paper contributes to the field in several ways, through: (1) identifying major potential safety risks, (2) determining crucial factors that affect the safety assessment for construction workers, (3) predicting the magnitude of identified safety risks accurately, and (4) predicting the evaluation strategies applicable to the identified risks. It is demonstrated how EPSRAM can provide safety professionals and inspectors concerned with well-being of workers with valuable information, leading to improving the working environment of construction crew members.

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“…Studies examining the occupational health and safety impact of systems called 'lean' indicate positive effects such as increased involvement of workers in control over tasks, greater focus on quality and improved training, task diversification, more teamwork with greater autonomy, a system that treats workers as equals, but also negative effects such as more tasks and stress, less autonomy, more intense and complex work, more intrusive supervision and frequent overtime on short notice (Westgaard and Winkel [16], Dul and Neumann [39], Saurin and Ferreira [40]). These contrasts stem from organizational culture issues, from the maturity of the production philosophy being introduced, from the socioeconomic context of the business and from the level of worker participation (Saurin and Ferreira [40]).…”

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De-Icing of aircraft: Incorporating business risks and occupational health and safety

Nadeau¹,

Morency²

2017

Int. J. SAFE

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Airliner maintenance is a high-risk sector from an occupational health and safety perspective. In the current context of increasing air traffic worldwide and in view of the economic and safety issues associated with aircraft maintenance, it is imperative that companies providing this service receive support in their quest to reconcile operational performance with OHS. A survey of interdisciplinary research published from 2004 to 2014 allowed analysis of current thought in industrial engineering, human factors engineering and aeronautical de-icing, thus revealing a need for the design of aircraft de-icing activities that are sustainable, holistic and integrated. In response to market evolution, aeronautics will have to offer aircrafts that are greener, meaning safe for all users (including maintenance workers) and the environment throughout the product lifecycle.

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Risk Assessment of Ergonomic Risk Factors at Construction Sites

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

A Taxonomy of the Common Tasks and the Development of a Risk Index for Physical Load Assessment in Nursing Job

A Taxonomy of the Common Tasks and the Development of a Risk Index for Physical Load Assessment in Nursing Job

Developing an Ensemble Predictive Safety Risk Assessment Model: Case of Malaysian Construction Projects

De-Icing of aircraft: Incorporating business risks and occupational health and safety

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