专业伐木行业安全气候的决定因素
Elise Lagerstrom1, Sheryl Magzamen1, Pete Kines2
1Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, CO, USA.
概括
伐木是危险的,但安全气候可以测量. 这项研究确定了诸如伐木系统和工人经验等因素,这些因素可以预测蒙大拿州伐木工人的安全气候,从而使得有针对性的安全干预措施成为可能.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 林业科学 林业科学
- 安全管理安全管理安全管理
背景情况:
- 森林砍伐是一项高风险的职业,挑战性地形,偏远地区和蒙大拿州和爱达荷州等地区的恶劣天气加剧了这种风险.
- 尽管机械化,伐木仍然是危险的,促使业界对安全气候作为积极的安全措施感兴趣.
- 安全气候是工作场所安全的主要指标,它提供了一种方法,可以在事故发生之前识别和解决风险.
研究的目的:
- 量化蒙大拿州伐木行业的安全气候.
- 确定影响专业伐木者安全气候的特定决定因素.
- 探索人口特征,肌肉骨症状和安全气候之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在蒙大拿州,对743名专业伐木者进行了一项测量安全气候的调查 (NOSACQ-50).
- 收集的数据包括人口统计信息,肌肉骨症状 (MSS) 和工作场所变量.
- 进行了统计分析,将这些变量与安全气候的五个维度联系起来.
主要成果:
- 确定了安全气候的关键预测因素,包括采伐系统类型,监督地位,年龄,经验年限和报告的肌肉骨症状.
- 评估的特定安全气候维度包括管理层的安全优先级和能力,员工的承诺和不接受风险,同行沟通以及对安全系统的信任.
- 该研究确定了安全气候及其影响因素在这个职业群体中的可量化的措施.
结论:
- 识别具有较低安全气候评分的工作组,可以进行有针对性的安全干预.
- 这种主动的方法,使用安全气候等领先指标,可以改善安全计划的资源配置.
- 这些发现支持使用安全气候评估来加强伐木行业的安全管理系统.
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