Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1661690
P. Waterson
In a career stretching back over many decades, the Australian academic Andrew Hopkins, can rightly claim to be one of the most foremost thinkers in the domain of safety science. Professor Hopkins h...
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Pub Date : 2019-04-05DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1591040
G. Spinardi, J. Baker, L. Bisby
Abstract A challenge in preventing fire disasters is that fires with severe consequences are rare. The history of fire safety has been to respond to such disasters through ‘stable door’ regulation, fixing the specific cause of the latest major disaster, but not necessarily addressing systemic failures in the broader fire safety system. This paper argues that a range of evidence exists that should be used in developing fire safety policy, and that reliance on annual statistics of deaths alone to guide policy may fail to address failings that can be inferred from other types of data. Qualitative data should not be ignored simply because they appear complex and subjective. Rather, consideration should be given to establishing a methodology for integrating the use of a range of evidence in fire safety policy governance. It is further suggested that UK post-construction fire safety regulation is inconsistent in a number of important ways, and that serious failings in fire safety are not being addressed by the existing regulatory mechanisms.
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Pub Date : 2019-04-05DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1590765
R. Potter, Valerie O’Keeffe, S. Leka, M. Dollard
Abstract The regulation of psychosocial hazards and risks, for the protection of psychological health, is a highly debated issue within work health and safety (WHS). Increasing work-related psychological illness and injury, alongside growing academic evidence and community awareness, has fuelled the need to better prevent and regulate psychosocial hazards and risks. Research must clarify challenges and improvements to policy and practice from stakeholder perspectives. We conduct a qualitative interview-based investigation with 25 informed participants on the effectiveness of Australian WHS policies for psychosocial risk regulation. Participants are active in diverse roles including policy development, program implementation, industry advice, and psychosocial risk inspection. Inductive analysis revealed divergent viewpoints that are categorized into three broad themes: (1) scant specificity in the current regulatory WHS policy framework, (2) compliance complexities and (3) the role of regulators in action. Tension points also emerged between these themes and subthemes, including: (a) how psychosocial risks should be addressed in legislation, (b) how to establish compliance, and (c) the role of the regulator in evaluating compliance, and facilitating education and better practice. Future research must continue to disseminate knowledge from WHS informants to guide better practice. Also, researchers should investigate organizational barriers that hinder WHS psychosocial risk regulation.
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Pub Date : 2019-04-04DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1590764
L. Flux, A. Hassett, M. Callanan
Abstract In order to provide insight for employers in maintaining a mentally healthy and productive workforce, it is essential to understand how bereaved employees experience workplace support. A global literature search was conducted between February 2018 and April 2018, resulting in 15 papers directly matching stipulated inclusion and exclusion criteria. Three common themes emerged from the data, namely Instrumental Support, Informational Support and Emotional Support. Findings suggest that while various employers endeavoured to show sympathy and flexibility to bereaved employees, others were found to be less responsive with certain areas of workplace support being reported as insufficient.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1600307
L. Bellamy
Sir, I am writing this letter at the invitation of Taylor and Francis to correct a misrepresentation of my views and a misleading conclusion with respect to my published work (Bellamy, 2015) on an analysis of occupational accidents from the Storybuilder database of the National Institute of Public Health & the Environment (RIVM) in The Netherlands. In 2017, a special issue of Policy and Practice in Health and Safety appeared in which the ‘Vision Zero’ concept of occupational safety was addressed by a small group of authors under the editorship of Patrick Waterson (Waterson, 2017). Amongst the authors was Sidney Dekker who wrote a critical paper on the Vision Zero concept (Dekker, 2017). There are three aspects of this paper that I wish to contest. The first involves a quote, the second involves an incorrect statement about my relationship to the analysis of the original data, and the third is about what my research allegedly shows and hence the position I am taking. This published paper by Dekker takes a quote from a paper by me in Safety Science (Bellamy, 2015) out of context. Dekker starts in the middle of my sentence but uses a capital letter, thereby creating the illusion that I started the sentence there. The text in the quote is actually my description of someone else’s model but Dekker presents it in such a way as to suggest this is my point of view. On p.4 he says (Dekker, 2017):
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Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2019.1596626
P. Waterson
Within my own field of research (human factors and ergonomics – HFE), one of the most well cited and important papers is Lisanne Bainbridge’s ‘The ironies of automation’ (Bainbridge, 1983). In the paper Bainbridge discusses the ways in which automation of industrial processes may expand rather than eliminate problems with the human operator. Bainbridge argued that a common irony of introducing automation into the workplace (e.g. email systems, computerized manufacturing systems) was that often rather than reducing the need for workers, it actually resulted in more people being employed in organizations. Automated systems regularly breakdown and need to be regularly maintained and updated, hence the need for extra staff. This is not to say that automation always results in increased employment. There are a huge range of examples where automation has resulted in increases in productivity and the need for fewer workers (e.g. the production of many forms of metal including steel). Likewise, new technologies have often resulted in safer workplaces and led to the replacement of a range of otherwise unpleasant, dangerous and hazardous jobs. The point is that Bainbridge’s ironies underline the need for caution in evaluating the impact of automation in the workplace and elsewhere. The debate continues today and can be seen in numerous headlines which are more or less variations on a theme of ‘the robots are coming’ or some other threat posed by new technology (e.g., autonomous vehicles – Hancock, 2019; Waterson, 2019; virtual workplaces – Eason, 2001). The reason for mentioning Bainbridge’s paper in this editorial is that in the course of editing PPHS I frequently come across what might be called some of the ‘ironies of OSH’. Some of these I have already mentioned in previous editorials (e.g. the gap between research and practice – PPHS, 14, (1), 97–98; the imbalanced focus of OSH research on high-risk safety and less on occupational health – PPHS, 16, (1), 1–3). Another irony is that the majority of papers which appear in the journal come from countries which might be said to be in the developed world. Articles from authors in North America and Europe make up the bulk of papers not only appearing in PPHS, but also those which are submitted to the journal for peer review. It strikes me as a shame that we receive much fewer papers from developing countries from continents such as Africa, the Far East and South America. The point was struck home to me by a recent research visit to Johannesburg in South Africa. I accompanied my host back and forth from the University of Witswaterland on most of the days of my visit. During our car journeys I saw among other things, many examples of hazardous driving, pedestrians wandering in the road, dented and broken down cars. At one stage during my time in South Africa, I experienced a power cut which lasted for the best part of a day. None of the workers that I saw repairing the overhead electricity lines used safety ha
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Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1560990
S. Bendak, Sara S. Alnaqbi
Abstract Wearing seat belts by all vehicle passengers minimizes human and financial losses due to traffic collisions. Little is available in the literature on seat belt wearing rates among rear seat passengers in most developing countries. There is, therefore, a dire need to estimate this rate and to find out how people interact with this traffic safety measure with the aim of finding solutions and developing strategies to improve wearing rates. An observational study was done to estimate the wearing rate of seat belts for passengers on rear seats in a rapidly developing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Also, a questionnaire was distributed to explore demographic characteristics affecting seat belt wearing on rear seats. Observational study results show that the estimated wearing rate in UAE is 12.3% which is very low when compared to developed countries. Questionnaire results show that single, less educated rear seat passengers from Arab and South Asian backgrounds reportedly wear seat belts less than others and that close to two thirds of those surveyed support introducing a seat belt enforcement law on rear seats. Based on the results, it can be concluded that there is an urgent need to introduce a law that enforces wearing seat belts on all motor vehicle rear seats knowing that introducing such a law is likely to have public support based on the findings of the questionnaire. This law should be accompanied with rigorous awareness campaigns that would help in raising public awareness of the importance of wearing rear seat belts and change the public behaviour in this regard.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1508116
D. Van Eerd
Abstract Workplace injury and illness can be burdensome for workers and workplaces regardless of jurisdiction. The notion of research to practice is important in health and safety research. The objective of this article is to describe and synthesize the literature describing knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) approaches relevant to workplaces. A rapid review of the literature was done. Search strategies were run in eight electronic databases. Documents describing a KTE approach for workplaces were reviewed. Data related to key aspects of the KTE approach as well as conceptual guidance were extracted and synthesized. Literature searches revealed 34 documents that described 23 different KTE approaches designed to reach workplace audiences. Many KTE approaches were guided by conceptual frameworks. Common elements related to audience, activities and impact were found to guide future KTE approaches. Including workplace parties as an audience in a multi-faceted approach are important principles of KTE for health and safety.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1528724
J. Lunt, Malcolm Staves, A. Weyman
Abstract A case study is presented that systematically examines how L’Oréal builds upon compliance to prevent unsafe behaviour globally. It does so by using a gap analysis methodology to compare the content and implementation of L’Oréal’s approach with a template that captures essential evidence-based behaviour change features for Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) interventions. Strategies are unpacked for maintaining OSH prioritization in a multinational organization with a strong commercial tradition, and for ensuring global standard adherence across a culturally diverse workforce. This case study demonstrates how an OSH behaviour change evidence-based gap analysis can guide a company on how it can more reliably improve the effectiveness of its approach by filling gaps in content and implementation. As is occurring in other behaviour change fields, such methodology could help pave the way for a much-needed standardized approach to designing, implementing and evaluating behaviour change in the OSH context.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-20DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2018.1539385
N. Karanikas, A. Roelen, Selma Piric
Abstract Literature and industry standards do not mention inclusive guidelines to generate safety recommendations. Following a literature review, we suggest nine design criteria as well as the classification of safety recommendations according to their scope (i.e. organizational context, stakeholders addressed and degree of change) and their focus, the latter corresponding to the type of risk barrier introduced. The design and classification criteria were applied to 625 recommendations published by four aviation investigation agencies. The analysis results suggested sufficient implementation of most of the design criteria. Concerning their scope, the findings showed an emphasis on processes and structures (i.e. lower organizational contexts), adaptations that correspond to medium degree of changes, and local stakeholders. Regarding the focus of the recommendations, non-technical barriers that rely mostly on employees’ interpretation were introduced by the vast majority of safety recommendations. Also, statistically significant differences were detected across investigation authorities and time periods. This study demonstrated how the application of the suggested design and classification frameworks could reveal valuable information about the quality, scope and focus of recommendations. Especially the design criteria could function as a starting point towards the introduction of a common standard to be used at local, national and international levels.
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