Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Linyi Zhao, Daojian Yang, Suxia Liu, Edmund Nana Kwame Nkrumah
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis to explore the relationship between safety leadership and safety participation among employees. The findings show that safety leadership has a positive impact on safety climate and safety participation, with transformational and transactional leadership styles having a more significant influence on safety participation than passive leadership style. Additionally, it was found that safety climate partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and employee safety participation. In developed economies or high-risk industries, safety leadership has a greater influence on safety participation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anca Draghici, Salih Dursun, Oguz Basol, Maria Elena Boatca, Alin Gaureanu
Summary: This study examined the mediating effect of safety climate on the relationship between transformational leadership and safe behavior. The results showed that safety climate partially mediated this relationship, and transformational safety leadership significantly influenced employees' perceptions of safety climate and occupational safety-related behaviors.
Article
Ecology
Todd D. Smith, Mari-Amanda Dyal, David M. DeJoy
Summary: This study examined the relationship between safety-specific passive leadership and safety behavior outcomes among firefighters. The findings suggest that passive leadership is associated with increased stress and anxiety among firefighters, which in turn leads to diminished safety compliance and personal protective equipment behavior.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leila Omidi, Hossein Karimi, Colin Pilbeam, Saeid Mousavi, Gholamreza Moradi
Summary: This study investigated the relationships among safety leadership, safety climate, psychological contract of safety (PCS), risk perception, and deep compliance and surface compliance behavior of workers, as well as the effects of these compliance behaviors on safety outcomes. The results showed that safety leadership, safety climate, and PCS positively predicted deep compliance, while risk perception negatively predicted deep compliance. Safety leadership and safety climate positively predicted surface compliance, while risk perception negatively predicted surface compliance.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sharifah N. N. Syed-Yahya, Andrew J. Noblet, Mohd Awang Idris, Michelle Chin Chin Lee
Summary: The study conducted a longitudinal, multi-level analysis on the effects of safety climate on safety compliance and participation among firefighters, finding that the intermediary effects associated with coworker support were stronger than those attributed to supervisory support.
Article
Ergonomics
Chandrakantan Subramaniam, Johanim Johari, Munir Shehu Mashi, Rohaizah Mohamad
Summary: This study examines the relationships among safety leadership, safety motivation, safety knowledge, and safety behavior in a tertiary hospital in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Based on the self-efficacy theory, it is argued that high-quality safety leadership can enhance nurses' safety knowledge and motivation, which in turn improves their safety behavior. The findings reveal that safety knowledge and safety motivation significantly predict nurses' safety behavior, and they serve as important mediators in the relationship between safety leadership and nurses' safety compliance and participation.
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Joao Carolino, Carlos Rouco
Summary: This research explores the development of leadership competence in the Portuguese fire services and focuses on the impact of the initial training course for professional firefighters on the proficiency level of leadership competences in trainees at the Lisbon Fire Service. The findings indicate that problem solving, participatory leadership, delegative leadership, conflict management, influence by example, task orientation, decision making, vision, and proactivity are the leadership competences with the highest level of proficiency at the end of the course.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
S. Senthamizh Sankar, K. S. Anandh, Sathyanarayanan Rajendran, Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, Mariusz Szostak
Summary: This study investigates the impact of safety leadership factors on construction site safety and organizational safety climate. It suggests adopting optimistic leadership styles and a zero-accident vision. The study developed a questionnaire to examine the relationship between organizational safety climate and safety leadership styles. The results showed the importance of personal safety knowledge and the negative association between pessimistic leadership styles and safety climate.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Junwei Zheng, Xueqin Gou, Mark A. Griffin, Yang Miang Goh, Nini Xia
Summary: This study examines how temporal leadership influences individual safety behaviors by applying social information processing theory. The results show that attentiveness mediates the relationship between temporal leadership and safety compliance and safety participation. The study also identifies the moderating roles of team abusive supervision and individual safety consciousness in this relationship.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dawei Wang, Li Wang, Shuangju Wei, Peng Yu, Haichao Sun, Ximing Jiang, Yixin Hu
Summary: This study examined the impact of authoritarian leadership on safety behavior of employees, with trust in leadership found to partially mediate this relationship. Additionally, locus of control was found to moderate the effects of authoritarian leadership on safety behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tony Antonio, Agoes Tinus Lis Indrianto, Liestya Padmawidjaja
Summary: Team creativity is the first step to innovation in an organization, and team leaders play a significant role in fostering it. This study investigates the impact of leadership behavior on team creativity and proposes team climate and team ambidexterity as mediators for leadership behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Thomas B. B. Clarke, Mark Walker, Frank Mendham
Summary: This study investigated the Thermal Protective Performance (TPP) rating of firefighter garments and translated it into an available safe escape time for firefighters, aiming to improve their safety.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Ersin Aktas, Celal Hakan Kagnicioglu
Summary: Research has shown that safety behaviors play an important role in determining safety outcomes. Understanding the factors that predict safety behaviors is crucial for improving safety performance. This study examined the effects of safety leadership and safety climate on the safety behaviors of aircraft maintenance technicians. The results showed that both safety leadership and safety climate significantly predicted safety behaviors, and safety climate partially mediated the effects of safety leadership on safety behaviors. There was also a lower than expected reporting of unsafe acts by maintenance technicians, which was attributed to factors such as group cohesion and cultural influences.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Natalie V. Schwatka, Miranda Dally, Erin Shore, Lynn Dexter, Liliana Tenney, Carol E. Brown, Lee S. Newman
Summary: Our study found that employee engagement in Total Worker Health is highest when businesses have a strategy for implementing TWH and demonstrate leadership commitment to these strategies. Employees working for businesses with a focus on leadership and climate, in addition to a business strategy, reported the best safety and health behaviors. Suggestions on how to use TWH assessments to develop interventions for small businesses are offered, but more research is needed to understand how small businesses can improve over time and whether interventions can help them improve their profile.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Amanda Ulfdotter Samuelsson, Pernilla Larsman, Martin Grill
Summary: This study aims to investigate the relationships between perceived specific leadership behaviors and employee safety behaviors. The results show positive associations between perceived leadership behaviors and employee safety behaviors. The study also found reciprocal influences between employee safety compliance behaviors and perceived active listening leadership behaviors.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Stephanie A. Andel, Todd D. Smith
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Todd D. Smith
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Aurora B. Le, Su-Wei Wong, Hsien-Chang Lin, Todd D. Smith
Summary: This study examined the association between union membership and worker perceptions of safety climate, finding that union members had more negative perceptions of safety climate compared to non-union workers. This may be due to higher expectations and stronger safety awareness among union members in the workplace.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Mari-Amanda A. Dyal, Todd D. Smith, David M. DeJoy, Brian A. Moore
Summary: Research has shown that there are reciprocal relationships between occupational stress, sleep health, and burnout in firefighters, indicating the need for comprehensive assessments to aid interventions.
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Aurora B. Le, Susan E. Middlestadt, Hsien-Chang Lin, Carrie L. Docherty, Todd D. Smith
Summary: This study applied the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA) to identify belief factors associated with university employees' intention to evacuate. The findings suggest that belief factors play a significant role in predicting employees' intention, with normative factors showing particularly high weights.
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Todd D. Smith, Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Abby L. Dillman
Summary: This research aims to identify the risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in stone, sand, and gravel mining (SSGM), as well as the protective safety resources that can reduce MSD. The study highlights the demographic, personal, work, and job demand factors associated with MSD, and suggests safety resources such as worker fitness, resource adequacy, and positive safety culture.
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aurora B. Le, Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Todd D. Smith
Summary: Research has found that long work hours and overtime are related to stress, burnout, and overall health impairment. This study examined whether there were significant differences in stress, burnout, and overall health among stone, sand, and gravel mine workers who worked different hours each week. The results showed that workers working over 60 hours per week experienced higher levels of stress and burnout, as well as lower overall health.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alex Belyayev, Todd D. Smith
Summary: This study explored the roles of Certified Hand Therapists in rehabilitating individuals with upper extremity injuries, their participation in work-related injury prevention, their interactions with occupational safety professionals, and ways to improve their relationships. The study also identified challenges such as patient education, patient compliance, and the workers' compensation system.
WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zuojin Yu, Aurora B. Le, Alexa Doerr, Todd D. Smith
Summary: This study compared the levels of concern, spending, and use of external support among older adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on their working status. The results showed that older adults who worked had lower concerns about the pandemic and were less likely to increase their spending or use external support. Additionally, women and participants who had friends or family members diagnosed with COVID-19 reported higher levels of concern and were more likely to use support.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Charmaine Mullins-Jaime, Todd D. Smith
Summary: Residential fires are the main cause of fire deaths and injuries globally, creating a demand for better fire-resistant building materials. Nanotechnology shows potential, but faces challenges in terms of economy, sustainability, and safety. This research critically examines the use of nanotechnology in residential construction materials from a safety perspective, aiming to fortify buildings and prevent fire-related injuries and deaths. The paper reviews different types of nanomaterials, discusses their known toxicity, and evaluates their ability to meet requirements for sustainability, economy, and safety.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christopher Owens, Aurora B. Le, Todd D. Smith, Susan E. Middlestadt
Summary: Despite workplaces having fire evacuation policies, many employees fail to evacuate when there is a fire alarm. This study uses a Reasoned Action Approach to investigate university employees' beliefs and determinants regarding leaving the office building during a fire alarm.
SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Todd D. Smith, Mari-Amanda Dyal, David M. DeJoy
Summary: This study examined the relationship between safety-specific passive leadership and safety behavior outcomes among firefighters. The findings suggest that passive leadership is associated with increased stress and anxiety among firefighters, which in turn leads to diminished safety compliance and personal protective equipment behavior.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Todd D. Smith, Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Zuojin Yu, Charmaine Mullins-Jaime
Article
Ergonomics
Todd D. Smith, Charmaine Mullins-Jaime, Mari-Amanda Dyal, David M. DeJoy
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aurora B. Le, Lily A. McNulty, Mari-Amanda Dyal, David M. DeJoy, Todd D. Smith
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hao Sun, Haiqing Wang, Ming Yang, Genserik Reniers
Summary: To maintain continuous production, chemical plant operators may choose to ignore or handle faults online rather than shutting down process systems. However, the interaction and interdependence between components in a digitalized process system are significant, and faults can propagate to downstream nodes, potentially leading to risk accumulation and major accidents. This study proposes a dynamic risk assessment method that integrates the system-theoretic accident model and process approach (STAMP) with the cascading failure propagation model (CFPM) to model the risk accumulation process. The proposed method is applied to a Chevron refinery crude unit and demonstrates its effectiveness in quantifying the process of risk accumulation and providing real-time dynamic risk profiles for decision-making.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
M. Rempel
Summary: This article examines a major maritime disaster scenario and explores the evacuation process in such a situation. The study finds that there are various factors that affect the number of lives saved, including the uncertainty of individuals' medical condition, the arrival time of maritime and air assets, and the decision policies used. The authors formulate the multi-domain operation as a sequential decision problem using a modeling framework and provide decision support through a hypothetical case study.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
D. Scorgie, Z. Feng, D. Paes, F. Parisi, T. W. Yiu, R. Lovreglio
Summary: This study investigates the application and effectiveness of VR safety training solutions in various industries such as construction, fire, aviation, and mining. The findings suggest a need for more studies that adopt theories and measure long-term retention. Two meta-analyses demonstrate that VR safety training outperforms traditional training in terms of knowledge acquisition and retention.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Shital Thekdi, Terje Aven
Summary: This paper examines biases in risk studies and investigates how to identify and address them to ensure high-quality risk analysis. By considering biases related to systematic error, event inclusion, models, and cognitive factors, the paper explores their influence on risk characterization. The insights gained from this exploration can be valuable to risk analysts, policymakers, and other stakeholders involved in risk study applications.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Maryam Lari
Summary: Occupational health and safety (OHS) are crucial for employee well-being and productivity. This study examines the impact of OHS practices on employee productivity in a UAE Fire and Security company, finding that OHS interventions can enhance workplace ambiance and significantly boost employee productivity.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Elleke Ketelaars, Cyrille Gaudin, Simon Flandin, Germain Poizat
Summary: This systematic literature review examines the literature on resilience training (RT), specifically focusing on the effectiveness of RT interventions in preparing professionals to effectively respond to critical situations. The review identifies five types of RT and suggests the need for conceptual advancements, vocational education and training perspectives, and a cross-disciplinary approach in future research to enhance resilience in safety-related domains.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Meng Shi, Zhichao Zhang, Wenke Zhang, Yi Ma, Hanbo Li, Eric Wai Ming Lee
Summary: This study investigates pedestrian behaviours and evacuation processes in both fire and non-fire conditions using Minecraft. The results demonstrate the potential of Minecraft for realistically simulating evacuation processes, as the behaviours and flow patterns of pedestrians in virtual experiments fit well with real-life experiments. The study also shows that pedestrians exhibit fire avoidance behaviours and orderly queuing during a fire emergency, resulting in faster evacuation.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Andrea Bikfalvi, Esperanza Villar Hoz, Gerusa Gimenez Leal, Monica Gonzalez-Carrasco, Nuria Mancebo
Summary: This paper proposes a solution for integrating occupational safety and health (OSH) into education, combining theoretical foundations and empirical evidence. The findings include analysis of teachers as stakeholders, barriers and facilitators of OSH integration, and the development of an ICT tool for interaction and sharing in this field. The main contribution lies in envisioning, orchestrating, and validating a solution to integrate OSH into schools and ultimately contribute to sustainable development goals.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
David Rehak, Alena Splichalova, Martin Hromada, Neil Walker, Heidi Janeckova, Josef Ristvej
Summary: This article discusses the adoption of a new directive on the resilience of critical entities and emphasizes the importance of assessing their level of resilience in relation to current security threats. The authors have developed a tool, known as the CERFI Tool, which uses a probabilistic algorithm to predict the failure point of critical entity resilience based on the relationship between threat intensity and protection. The tool is important for increasing the safety of technically oriented infrastructures, particularly in the energy and transport sectors.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Leonardo Leoni, Ahmad Bahootoroody, Mohammad Mahdi Abaei, Alessandra Cantini, Farshad Bahootoroody, Filippo De Carlo
Summary: This paper presents a systematic bibliometric analysis (SBA) on the research of machine learning and deep learning in the field of safety. The main research areas, application fields, relevant authors and studies, and temporal evolution are investigated. It is found that rotating equipment, structural health monitoring, batteries, aeroengines, and turbines are popular fields, and there is an increase in popularity of deep learning and new approaches such as deep reinforcement learning.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Tom Becker, Peter Ayton
Summary: By analyzing global civil aviation data, we found that there is a significant increase in the number of accidents and safety critical incidents, as well as the fatalities, when the Pilot-in-Command acts as the Pilot Flying instead of the Pilot Monitoring. Most of these events occurred in technically airworthy aircraft without any emergencies, and the flight crew assessed them as preventable. These findings align with the crew assignment effect, suggesting that role-dependent status hierarchy and cognitive overload contribute to ineffective flight crew teamwork. The measures implemented to enhance flight crew teamwork, such as Crew Resource Management training, have not been successful in preventing these issues.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Ben Hutchinson, Sidney Dekker, Andrew Rae
Summary: This study found that health and safety audits often fail to identify critical deficiencies, with corrective actions mainly focusing on superficial fixes rather than addressing significant operational risks.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Sina Rasouli, Yaghoub Alipouri, Shahin Chamanzad
Summary: Construction projects are risky environments, but the development of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and comprehensive safety management can effectively control the number of accidents.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Laura Mills, Verity Truelove
Summary: This study investigated the use of police location communities (PLCs) for obtaining information about roadside drug testing (RDT) among drivers, and found that drivers who used PLCs were more concerned about being caught for drug driving, had a better understanding of the related penalties and procedures, and knew others who also used PLCs to avoid detection for drug driving. Furthermore, the study found that the use of PLCs was associated with choosing back roads for driving, which may reduce the risk of detection for drug driving.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Chao Wu, Xi Huang, Bing Wang
Summary: After decades of development, the safety discipline in China has made remarkable progress. The project led by the Safety & Security Theory Innovation and Promotion Center of Central South University has filled the gaps in safety science education by creating textbooks and courses for postgraduate students. These achievements have played an important role in the development of safety science and can serve as a reference for basic research and talent training in safety science globally.