T he field of ergonomics science comprises planning to carry out works in accordance with human abilities and capacities while occupational health of employee and minimizing occupational accidents [1]. The aim of ergonomics is to reduce or eliminate situations that may cause musculoskeletal disorders, to prevent incidents and occupational accidents occurring in the workplace [1,2,3,4]. The task of management is to ensure the continuity of a safe work environment and employee safety. These include following the principles of occupational safety in workplace design, equipment selection, providing protective equipment and mechanisms, planning employee training and preparing clear and understandable occupational safety rules [5]. Protecting the health and comfort of the employee is one of the pioneers of work health and safety during the warehousing processes, which is one of the important service areas of the logistics sector. The logistics sector has some processes in working environment of warehousing, such as handling, storage, material handling, packing and stacking. [6].Intense working tempo and improper working postures may cause musculoskeletal diseases [7]. There exist several ergonomics risk evaluation methods to prevent musculoskeletal diseases [8,9]. These methods are divided into two as observational and measurement-Article History:
Background: There exist many fatal occupational accidents in the works carried out in wastewater treatment plants. Objective: This research was carried out to determine the relationship between job satisfaction levels and occupational safety perceptions of employees working in wastewater treatment plants. Methods: In this study, a questionnaire including Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale and Occupational Safety Scale is applied to a total of 161 people aged 16-65 years working in two different Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants in Istanbul by simple random sampling. Statistical Package for Social Science version-22 was used. Seventeen hypotheses were analyzed to show the relation between the occupational safety perceptions and socio-demographic parameters of employees. Results: The results show that there is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and occupational safety perception of the personnel working in wastewater treatment plants (F=0.096 and p=0.227 >0.05). On the other hand, it is found that there is a statistically significant difference between the level of job satisfaction perception and age of the employees (F=2.358 and p=0.002 <0.05), as well as monthly income ranges (F=4.126 and p=0.008 <0.05). Conclusion: Consequently, the hazards associated with the work should be explained to employees of the wastewater treatment plant in detail. Furthermore, it is suggested to maintain an increase in wages to increase job satisfaction.
Gıda üretim fabrikalarında yapılan temizlik işlerinde kaldırma, indirme, itme-çekme gibi işlerde oluşan uygunsuz çalışma pozisyonlarına bağlı olarak çalışanlarda kas iskelet sistemi hastalıkları meydana çıkabilmektedir. Araştırma kapsamında gıda üretim fabrikasında çalışan temizlik işçilerinin duruş pozisyonları BAUA yöntemi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. BAUA risk analizi metodunda yapılan işin türü, süresi ve iş yapılma esnasındaki fiziki özellikler ön plandadır. 1 ay süresince fabrikada tüm temizlik işleri izlenerek, hatalı duruş oluşturabilecek 101 adet fotoğraf çekilmiştir. 101 adet fotoğraf içerisinden, 5 tanesi manuel yapılan işler, 3 tanesi kaldırma işleri ve 4 tanesi itme-çekme işleri olarak iş bazından en uygun olan toplamda 12 adet çalışma pozisyonu seçilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre manuel yapılan işlerde risk seviyesinin daha yüksek olduğu, itme-çekme işlerinin orta riskli ve kaldırma işlerinin daha az riskli olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Temizlik çalışanlarının uygun fiziki duruşlarda çalışması, çalışma ortamındaki ergonomik risklerin giderilmesi, kas iskelet sistemi hastalıklarının azaltılması ve önlenmesi konularında önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
This study aims to investigate the level of the safety culture of firefighters and the factors that affect the safety culture, and to find out the answers to the questions on which areas the safety of firefighters can be developed, and what can be done in these areas. In this study, the safety culture questionnaire developed by S. Williams in 2007 as a measurement tool is applied to 209 fire brigades, and the safety culture level of the participants is determined by statistical analysis. In order to determine the significance level of the relationship between the participants' responses to the safety culture questionnaire and the determined 11 hypotheses, the chi-square test is used, and the results are analyzed under three categories. As a result, a significant difference is found between the safety culture of firefighters, their education levels and occupational accidents. There is also a significant difference between the firefighters' accident situations and their ranks.
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