{"title":"Working under the Shadow of Drones: Investigating Occupational Safety Hazards among Commercial Drone Pilots.","authors":"Hoda Rahmani, Gary R Weckman","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2023.2251009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TECHNICAL ABSTRACT<b>Background</b>: Commercial drones are rapidly transforming business operations, however there is a paucity of research evaluating occupational hazards and risks associated with drone deployment in the workplace.<b>Purpose:</b> We aimed to identify challenges of human-drone collaborations and assess drone pilot perceptions of workplace safety.<b>Methods:</b> An online questionnaire was generated and sent to 308 drone pilots working in different industries. A total of 75 of responses were included for data analysis. Descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and association rule mining were employed to extract knowledge from the obtained data.<b>Results:</b> Our results indicate that human factors are the main contributors to workplace drone mishaps. Poor communication, information display, and control modes were found to be chief obstacles to effective human-drone collaboration. Drone pilots indicated a propensity for complying with and participating in safety practices. Following safety procedures, receiving technical training, and flying outdoors may all be associated with a lower risk of drone mishaps.<b>Conclusions:</b> Offering professional training to pilots and following safety procedures could decrease the risks associated with occupational drones.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"55-67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24725838.2023.2251009","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/9/5 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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TECHNICAL ABSTRACTBackground: Commercial drones are rapidly transforming business operations, however there is a paucity of research evaluating occupational hazards and risks associated with drone deployment in the workplace.Purpose: We aimed to identify challenges of human-drone collaborations and assess drone pilot perceptions of workplace safety.Methods: An online questionnaire was generated and sent to 308 drone pilots working in different industries. A total of 75 of responses were included for data analysis. Descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and association rule mining were employed to extract knowledge from the obtained data.Results: Our results indicate that human factors are the main contributors to workplace drone mishaps. Poor communication, information display, and control modes were found to be chief obstacles to effective human-drone collaboration. Drone pilots indicated a propensity for complying with and participating in safety practices. Following safety procedures, receiving technical training, and flying outdoors may all be associated with a lower risk of drone mishaps.Conclusions: Offering professional training to pilots and following safety procedures could decrease the risks associated with occupational drones.
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