State of science: occupational slips, trips and falls on the same level

Chang, Wen-Ruey; Leclercq, Sylvie; Lockhart, Thurmon E.; Haslam, Roger

doi:10.1080/00140139.2016.1157214

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“…van der Molen et al 2012;Leider et al 2015;Chang et al 2016). We hope to be publishing papers that build the evidence base for ergonomics interventions: high quality studies, prospective rather than cross-sectional designs and robust sample sizes.…”

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“…An ongoing series of well received editor led State of Science reviews has been initiated. The two most recent of these on mental workload (Young et al 2015) and occupational slips, trips and falls (Chang et al 2016) feature in the lists of most cited, most accessed recent papers in Tables 3 and 4. Another innovation supported by our publishers has been experimenting with cartoon abstracts.…”

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Ergonomics at 60: mature, thriving and still leading the way

Haslam¹

2017

Ergonomics

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Ergonomics at 60: mature, thriving and still leading the way

Haslam¹

2017

Ergonomics

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“…These categories include traumatic injuries or common industrial-type trauma (slips, trips falls, or cuts, being hit by objects), vehicular or heavy equipment accidents (large, heavy equipment used for cleanup operations), media exposure (soil, dust, water), biological exposures (diseases, noxious animals), chemical exposures, and radiological exposures [34]. Any ecological worker may be exposed to any combination of these exposures, in any intensity, for any length of time (Table 2).…”

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Health Risks to Ecological Workers on Contaminated Sites - The Department of Energy as a Case Study

Burger

Gochfeld

2016

J Community Med Health Educ

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Background At most contaminated sites the risk to workers focuses on those ‘hazardous waste workers’ directly exposed to chemicals or radionuclides, and to the elaborate approaches implemented to protecting their health and safety. Ecological workers generally are not considered. Objectives To explore the risks to the health and safety of ecological workers on sites with potential chemical and radiological exposures before, during or after remediation of contamination. To use the U.S. Department of Energy as a case study, and to develop concepts that apply generally to sites contaminated with hazardous or nuclear wastes, Methods Develop categories of ecological workers, describe their usual jobs, and provide information on the kinds of risks they face. Ecological activities include continued surveillance and monitoring work on any sites with residual contamination, subject to institutional controls and engineered barriers following closure as well as the restoration. Results The categories of ecological workers and their tasks include 1) Ecological characterization, mapping and monitoring, 2) biodiversity studies, 2) Contaminant fate and transport, 3) On-going industrial activities 4) Remediation activities (environmental management), 5) Environmental restoration, 6) Post-cleanup surveillance and monitoring, and 7) Post-closure future site activities. There are a set of functional activities that can occur with different frequencies and intensities, including visual inspection, collecting biological samples, collecting media physical samples, collecting biological debris, restoration planting, and maintaining ecosystems. Conclusions Ecological workers face different exposures and risks than other environmental cleanup workers. Many of their tasks mimic shift work with long hours leading to fatigue, and they are exposed to biological as well as chemical/radiological hazards. DOE and other entities need to examine the risks to ecological workers on site with an eye to risk reduction.

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“…Failure to link vision with action is a key causal factor in many personal accidents. For example, failure to link visual input with motor systems is likely to contribute to accidents that involve tripping, falling or colliding with objects (Chang, Leclercq, Lockhart, & Haslam, 2016).…”

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Accident Vulnerability and Vision for Action

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Sharma²,

Ryckman³

2019

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Many accidents, such as those involving collisions or trips, appear to involve failures of vision; but the association between accident risk and vision as conventionally assessed, is weak or absent. We addressed this conundrum by embracing the distinction inspired by neuroscientific research, between vision for perception and vision for action. A dual-process perspective predicts that accident vulnerability will be associated more strongly with vision for action than vision for perception. Older and younger adults, with relatively high and relatively low self-reported accident vulnerability (Accident Proneness Questionnaire), completed three behavioural assessments targeting: vision for perception (Freiburg Visual Acuity Test); vision for action (Vision for Action Test -VAT); and the ability to perform physical actions involving balance, walking and standing (Short Physical Performance Battery). Accident vulnerability was not associated with visual acuity or with performance of physical actions; but was associated with VAT performance. VAT assesses the ability to link visual input with a specific action -launching a saccadic eye movement as rapidly as possible, in response to shapes presented in peripheral vision. The predictive relationship between VAT performance and accident vulnerability was independent of age, visual acuity and physical performance scores. Applied implications of these findings are considered.

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State of science: occupational slips, trips and falls on the same level

Cited by 81 publications

References 170 publications

Ergonomics at 60: mature, thriving and still leading the way

Ergonomics at 60: mature, thriving and still leading the way

Health Risks to Ecological Workers on Contaminated Sites - The Department of Energy as a Case Study

Accident Vulnerability and Vision for Action

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