scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Safety Behavior of German Equestrians: Attitudes towards Protective Equipment and Peer Behaviors

Animals ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina-Maria Ikinger ◽  
Jana Baldamus ◽  
Achim Spiller
Keyword(s):  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Peer Behaviors

scholarly journals Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Employees’ Anxiety and Safety Behavior at Higher Educational Institutions in Banjarmasin

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
Rizky Nastiti ◽  
Devi Rusvitawati
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Equipment Safety ◽  
Higher Educational

The policy to return to work amidst the pandemic has caused anxiety among employees, including those who work at universities and colleges. In order to maintain organization’s performance in the era of COVID-19, the management needs to pay attention to employees’ adjustment and well-being. Moreover, figuring out employees’ anxiety level and safety behavior during the pandemic will help the managements ease their employees’ anxiety and improve their work performance. Thus, this study focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on employees’ anxiety and safety behavior at higher educational institutions in Banjarmasin. A total of 78 responses were collected from employees of higher educational institutions in Banjarmasin. From the data analysis, it was found that physical concerns and psychological concerns had significant impacts on anxiety and safety behavior. This study offers suggestions for institutions to provide adequate protective equipment safety and enforce their human resource management to help their employees cope with new work environment.

scholarly journals Safety Climate Perceptions in the Construction Industry of Saudi Arabia: The Current Situation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mosly ◽  
Anas A. Makki
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Climate Perceptions ◽  
And Performance

Workers’ wellbeing and safety is important in the construction industry due to the high risk of accidents. Safety climate development is a positive initial step toward raising the safety levels of construction practitioners. This study aims at revealing the factors influencing safety climate perceptions in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia. A set of extracted factors from the literature was validated and used to design a comprehensive questionnaire survey. Data was collected from 401 personnel working on 3 large construction project sites in Saudi Arabia. Descriptive statistics and the crosstabulation algorithm, Kendall’s tau-b correlation test, were used to analyze the data. The study revealed a set of 13 factors influencing safety climate perceptions, which are: Supervision, guidance and inspection, appraisal of risks and hazards, social security and health insurance, workmate influences, management safety justice, management commitment to safety, education and training, communication, workers’ safety commitment, workers’ attitude toward health and safety, workers’ involvement, supportive environment, and competence. The results also indicate the significant and anticipated role of top management in safety climate at sites. Implications of this study include assisting construction industry stakeholders to better understand and enhance safety climate, which in turn will lead to improved safety behavior, culture, motivation, and performance.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Factors Influencing Eye Injuries among Welders in Accra, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Karl Kafui Kwaku Tetteh ◽  
Richard Owusu ◽  
Wisdom Kudzo Axame
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Electric Arc ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Eye Injuries ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Factors Influencing

Background. Eye injuries are one of the most common work-related injuries among certain occupations, including welders. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors influencing eye injuries among welders in Accra, Ghana. Methods. In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 382 welders in Accra from two welding sites. Systematic sampling was used to select participants. A pretested semistructured questionnaire was used to collect demographic information, history of eye injuries, ownership, and use of eye protective equipment and workplace characteristics. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions at 5% level of significance were used to determine factors influencing eye injuries. Data were entered into Microsoft excel and exported to Stata 16/MP for analysis. Results. We found 59.7% of welders engaged in electric/arc welding and 40.3% in gas welding. Overall prevalence of eye injuries was 47.9%, higher among electric/arc welders (73.7%) compared to gas welders (9.7%). Factors associated with eye injuries were engaging in gas welding [AOR: 0.08, 95% CI: 0.04–0.16], higher monthly income [AOR = 5.26; 95% CI: 1.72–16.09], nonuse of eye PPE while working [AOR = 1.86; 95% CI: 1.02–3.43], and no training on the use of eye personal protective equipment [AOR = 2.17; 95% CI: 1.07–4.38]. Conclusion. There is high prevalence of welding-related eye injuries among electric welders. Gas welding, high monthly income, nonuse of eye protective equipment, and inadequate training on the use of eye protective equipment were significantly associated with eye injuries. Health policies should be implemented to ensure all welders use eye personal protective equipment.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Use of Personal Protective Equipment related to Acute Respiratory Infections in General Hospital Nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Jungeun Kang ◽  
Jiyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Negative Pressure ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Factors Influencing

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to identify the risk perception of acute respiratory infections, safety climate and the use of personal protective equipment, and to verify the factors influencing use of personal protective equipment by nurses’ working in general hospitals.Methods: The survey was conducted with 133 nurses working in general hospitals with 200 beds to 499 beds. Data collection was done, from November 13 to December 12, 2017. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.Results: Factors influencing the use of personal protective equipment related to acute respiratory infections in general hospital nurses were training (β=.36, <i>p</i><.001), types of isolation facilities in the respective departments (negative pressure room) (β=.27, <i>p</i><.001), patient instructions (β=.20, <i>p</i>=.027), and absence of job hindrances (β=.15, <i>p</i>=.042). The explanatory power of these results was 47.6%.Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that for general hospital nurses it is necessary to establish a physical safety climate such as a negative pressure room, and to encourage the use of personal protective equipment related to acute respiratory infections. Also, changes should be accompanied by training in the use of personal protective equipment, provision of patient care guidelines, compliance with standard precaution, and the creation of an organizational safety climate and support for the organization.

scholarly journals Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Dentists Public and Private Structures and Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Developing Coronavirus Disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 1-2 (33-34) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
L. Horzov ◽  
◽  
I. Hanhur ◽  
I. Sorokopud ◽  
P. Tanasiychuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
International Health ◽  
Influenza Viruses ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Level Of Use

Context. Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses with single-stranded “plus” RNA, with genome sizes from 25 to 32 thousand nucleotides. Under normal conditions, coronaviruses have a strict species affiliation. Coronaviruses as well as influenza viruses are known to be capable of mutation: a combination of certain factors make animal coronaviruses acquire the ability to infect humans, causing disease, and then become able to be transmitted from person to person. In early January 2020, a new coronavirus was identified. On February 11, 2020, the WHO gave it an official name – COVID-19. The International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses has named the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The criteria for the WHO declaration of the International Health Emergency of 30 January 2020 (International Health Emergency) were the rapidity and suddenness of the disease, which “threatens the consequences for the health of the population outside the national borders of the affected state and may require prompt action at the international level”. Because SARS-CoV-2 infection occurs during close contact, dentists are at increased risk, and therefore there is a need to inform them about the factors that affect the occurrence and severity of this disease. Objective. To find out the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among dentists engaged in public and private structures and the factors influencing the probability of developing coronavirus disease. Materials and methods. A survey of 50 dentists from private and public institutions in different regions of Ukraine was conducted. Statistical analysis of the obtained data was performed to identify the correlation between these factors and the incidence of SARS-CoV-2. Results. The investigation showed that 54.00 % of dentists surveyed did not have SARS-CoV-2, 24.00 % did not know whether they had it, and 22.00 % of dentists had contracted coronavirus disease, which is almost ten times more common (2.30 % of the population of Ukraine was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the time of the study) than among the general population of Ukraine. Among those who relapsed, 72.72 % of respondents had a mild, 18.18 % moderate and 9.09 % severe course of the disease. Among the chronic diseases of dentists in the case histories, autoimmune (27.00 %), cardiovascular (27.00 %) lesions and chronic lung diseases (9.00 %) predominate. There is a positive correlation between the severity of coronavirus disease and the presence of chronic diseases. There is a negative correlation between the level of use of personal protective equipment and the presence of the disease. There is a positive correlation between the severity of the disease and the presence of chronic diseases. There is a negative correlation between the level of use of personal protective equipment and the presence of the disease. Conclusions. The study found that dentists belong to the risk group for SARS-CoV-2 (22.00 % of patients in the population of dentists against 2.30 % in the population of Ukraine). This fact confirms the importance of preventing the spread of nosocomial infection. Therefore, well-known preventive measures against SARS-CoV-2 infection should be strengthened. It has been confirmed that the presence of chronic diseases complicates the course of SARS-CoV-2. The effectiveness of the use of personal protective equipment should be highlighted.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Non-compliance to Occupational Safety and Health Practices in the Informal Non-food Manufacturing Sector in Kampala City, Uganda

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Stephen Aurice Wekoye ◽  
Wilkister Nyaora Moturi ◽  
Stanley Makindi
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

The informal non-food manufacturing sector is an engine of growth and development in both developed and developing countries. It’s unregulated and unregistered in official government statistics. However, this particular sector is faced with occupational safety and health hazards without preventive measures. A number of factors affect compliance with control measures. The study assessed factors influencing non-compliance to occupational safety and health practices in the informal non-food manufacturing sector in Kampala, Uganda. The purpose of the study was to acquire occupational safety and health data on the informal sector and identify needed interventions for mitigation. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted with qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques in 424 firms. Chi-square analysis showed occupational safety and health was good among male respondents compared to females (p<0.05. c2 =23.9), use of Personal Protective Equipment (c2 =40.393, p<0.000), education level (c2 =147.3, p< 0.000), period working at the enterprise (p<0.05. c2 = 87.5, p=0.002) the period spent working provides experience to workers hence better equipped to manage occupational safety and health. Hours spent at work (p<0.05. c2 =19.8), due to less fatigue and exhaustion. Multivariate logistic regression showed that respondents who were 31-40 years old had significantly reduced odds (COR 0.0467-0.0478) of practising occupational safety and health practices at work and able to employ good occupational safety and health practices at work, compared to below 30 and above 50 years. Men in general employed safe practices of occupational safety and health than women (COR 0.0918-0.0997) hence safer at work due to higher literacy in men. Adequate knowledge and awareness had (COR 0.860-0.863) knowledge empowers workers about hazards prevention, usually provided through training by employers. Duration of work (COR 1.189-1.10) as result of experience in managing hazards at work coupled by supervision over time. Use of personal protective equipment (COR of 0.0317- 0.0319) being cheap. Creation of awareness, safe work practices Provision and use of PPE and provision of occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations, as well as proactive multi-media strategies to improve the situation is required.

scholarly journals Relation between Activator Factors and Compliance Behavior of Using Personal Protective Equipment on Technician Workers at PT ARPS Surabaya

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Mu'afiah Mu'afiah ◽  
M. Misbakhul Munir ◽  
Indriati Paskarini
Keyword(s):  
Injection Molding ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Blow Molding ◽  
Compliance Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Introduction: Equipment that must be used by workers for work safety when working with potential work hazards or accidents is personal protective equipment (PPE). The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors associated with the use of PPE in the workforce of technicians at PT. APRS in terms of PPE usage. Methods: This research was an analytic observational study, with cross sectional design. The subjects of this study were all of the technician workforce in the section of Blow molding, Maintenance and Injection Molding unit, totalling 39 respondents. Results: This study showed that activator factors such as perception (r = 0.108), knowledge of occupational health and safety (r = -0.104), and PPE regulation (r = -0.166) had a weak relationship with safety behavior on compliance with PPE implementation. Conclusions: The workforce behaved poorly in using PPE in the workplace. In the Blow Molding, Maintenance and Injection Molding unit, workers who had a moderate level of perceptions, workers who had a moderate level of knowledge, and workers who had a enough ability to comply with PPE regulations.Keywords: knowledge, perception, personal protective equipment, policy

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety Training Intervention on Women Health Officers' Safety Behavior at Public Health Center Wolasi, South Konawe Regency

2020 ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
Syamsiar S. Russeng ◽  
Healthy Hidayanty ◽  
Adetya Firdyanti Malik ◽  
Harun Achmad
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety And Health

Background: Public Health Center is a workplace with the potential for occupational safety and health (K3) hazards to its officers, patients and visitors. The level of occupational safety and health risks can be significantly minimized by implementing safety behaviors. Increased safety behavior can be influenced by the practice of having interventions in the form of K3 training. Interventions are carried out based on risk assessments in the workplace. Objective: This study aims to know the potential for hazards by conducting a risk assessment and assessing the effect of K3 training on actions based on operational procedures, use of personal protective equipment, use of equipment and tools, work posture of officers at public health center of Wolasi South Konawe Regency. Methods: This research was a passive participatory observational study to assess potential hazards. To assess the effect of K3 training, a quasi experiment is used with a pretest - post test one group design. The sample obtained by 20 respondents with purposive sampling technique. Results: The results showed that there were 5 potential hazards of low risk categories, 12 potential hazards of medium risk and 18 potential hazards of high risk. The results of statistical test with Wilcoxon signed rank test was that there was a significant effect on behavior based on operational procedures (p = 0.000 <0.05), the use of personal protective equipment (p= 0,000<0,05) and the use of tools and equipment (p = 0.003 <0.05). There was no significant effect on work posture. Conclusion: There is an effect of occupational safety and health training on safety behavior in terms of operational procedures, use of personal protective equipment and the use of tools and equipment for officers at public health center of Wolasi. Public health center of officers are advised to be more disciplined in performing according to the public health center of SOP. It is better for the public health center of to form a K3 team that oversees the implementation of occupational safety and health and also socializes the Minister of Health Regulation number 52 of 2018.

scholarly journals Perilaku penggunaan alat pelindung diri para pengunduh sarang burung walet: studi etnografi perilaku keselamatan kerja di Pantai Karangduwur Kabupaten Kebumen

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Eka Denis Machfutra ◽  
Atik Triratnawati ◽  
Nida Ul Hasanat
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Harvesting Process ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
The Village ◽  
Depth Interviews

The use of personal protective equipment by swallow nest harvesters: an ethnographic study on safety behavior at Karangduwur BeachPurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of traditional self-protection used by the swallow nest harvesters.MethodsThis research is a qualitative study with an ethnographic approach. The researchers participated in observing the behavior of bird swallow nest harvesters. The sample was chosen purposively based on the recommendation of the village head. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews and field observations. Secondary data were collected through document search on swiftlet nest download. The study was conducted from August-October 2016 with the instruments of interview guides, observation sheets and documents.ResultsDHarvesters used non-standard personal protective equipment. Downloaders tended to use traditional personal protective equipment, with the reasoning that using too much protection will interrupt the harvesting process. ConclusionThe use of personal protective equipment by harvesters is influenced by an interaction of factors between individuals and the environment and vice versa. The concerned agencies should pay close attention to the use of personal protective equipment used by Swallow's nest harvesters.

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