Effects of safety pattern, cabin ergonomics, and sleep on work-related stress and burnout of city and transit bus drivers in Lahore, Pakistan

Batool, Zahara; Younis, Muhammad Waqas; Yasir, Ammar; Rehman, Atteq Ur; Dilawar, Mudassar; Yasin, Mazhar; Hamza, Muhammad; Shahzad, Saqib; Ali, Muhammad; Jamil, Arslan; Khan, Muhammad Haris Asghar

doi:10.1080/00140139.2021.1983029

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“…However, clay swelling is generally caused by the variation in moisture content, which induces fractures and cracks in soil foundations and structure walls (Hamza et al, 2022). In fact, expansive clay containing montmorillonite and illite as clay minerals shows a considerable volume change upon small variations in water content considering the environmental changes (Batool et al, 2021;Hamza et al, 2022). Recently, Ebailila et al (2022) have studied the effective role of different gypsum contents on the long-term performance of limestabilized kaolin soil.…”

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Behavior of Natural Pozzolana-Lime-stabilized Clayey Soils Artificially Contaminated by Sulfates

Gadouri

2023

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The use of lime in sulfate-bearing clayey soils has historically caused structural damage to infrastructures due to the formation of an expansive ettringite mineral. In this paper, a research was conducted to study the effectiveness of natural pozzolana (NP) for providing better stabilization of sulfate-bearing soils. Compaction and free-swell potential tests were first performed on lime-stabilized grey and red clayey soils (GS and RS) containing different contents of added sodium and calcium sulfates (2, 4 and 6% Na2SO4 or CaSO4·2H2O). Then, the same tests were repeated by adding 20%NP. The test results indicated that the presence of 4% and 6% Na2SO4 in the soil resulted in an abnormal increase in the swell potential of both lime-stabilized GS and RS. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results confirmed the growth of the ettringite mineral responsible for this higher swell potential. However, the use of 8% lime with 20%NP in stabilizing sulfate-bearing clayey soils produced significant improvements in the optimum moisture content (OMC) and maximum dry density (MDD), as well as in the swell potential. The addition of 20%NP into the lime-stabilized GS and RS eliminated the harmful effect of Na2SO4. In addition, for 120-day curing period, the use of 6% CaSO4·2H2O was found very effective by reducing the swell potential of NP-lime-stabilized GS and RS from 7.33% to 0.4% and from 2.79% to 0.2%, respectively trips. KEYWORDS: Clayey soils, Mineral additives, Sulfates, Compaction, Swell potential, Stabilization.

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Behavior of Natural Pozzolana-Lime-stabilized Clayey Soils Artificially Contaminated by Sulfates

Gadouri

2023

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“…Ergonomic research indicates that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between workplace ergonomics and the ability of staff to work. It appears that there are few studies from the healthcare sector that address ergonomic aspects of stress, job burnout or bullying ( 1 , 2 ).…”

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Assessment of selected psychosocial risk factors: stress, job burnout, and bullying in the case of medical staff as part of workplace ergonomics during the COVID-19 pandemic—A prospective pilot study

Rypicz

Witczak

Gawłowski

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Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe purpose of the pilot study conducted by the authors was to assess occupational risk in selected areas of psychosocial risk factors among health professions in a pilot study. Medical staff working in the healthcare sector experience stress, job burnout and bullying on a daily basis. Monitoring occupational risks in the above areas provides an opportunity to take appropriate preventive measures.MethodsThe prospective online survey included 143 health care workers from various professional groups. Eighteen participants did not complete the survey, and the results of 125 participants were eventually included in the analysis. The study used health and safety questionnaires in the healthcare sector, which are not widely used as screening tools in Poland.ResultsThe following statistical methods were performed in the study: the Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Dunn's test. In addition, multivariate analysis was performed. The results obtained in the study indicate that the questionnaires used in the study can be widely used by employers or occupational medicine as screening tools.ConclusionsOur findings show that level of education attainment in healthcare is correlated with higher chance of experiencing stress and burnout. Among the surveyed professions, nurses reported a higher amount of stress and burnout. Paramedics reported the highest chance of being bullied at work. This can be explained by their nature of work which requires directly interacting with patients and their families. In addition, it should be noted that the tools used can be successfully applied in workplaces as elements of workplace ergonomics assessment in the context of cognitive ergonomics.

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How job stressors and economic stressors impact public transport drivers’ performance and well-being under the health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic

Chen,

Sih

2024

Journal of Safety Research

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Effects of safety pattern, cabin ergonomics, and sleep on work-related stress and burnout of city and transit bus drivers in Lahore, Pakistan

Cited by 5 publications

References 53 publications

Behavior of Natural Pozzolana-Lime-stabilized Clayey Soils Artificially Contaminated by Sulfates

Behavior of Natural Pozzolana-Lime-stabilized Clayey Soils Artificially Contaminated by Sulfates

Assessment of selected psychosocial risk factors: stress, job burnout, and bullying in the case of medical staff as part of workplace ergonomics during the COVID-19 pandemic—A prospective pilot study

How job stressors and economic stressors impact public transport drivers’ performance and well-being under the health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic

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