The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational and personal (individual) factors with prevalence musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in office workers Iranian Gas Transmission Company. participants rated two questionnaires – standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire measure MSDs, Veterans Healthcare Administration All Employee Survey questionnaire (2004 version) psychosocial, individual aspects job satisfaction workplace climate. highest MSDs found...

Ammonia is a toxic compound and has many effects on humans the environment. This study was designed to model consequences of ammonia leakage in an industrial slaughterhouse. Given potential hazard ammonia, only dimension this gas evaluated. The scenarios were evaluated worst possible condition case complete rupture. Findings showed that catastrophic rupture scenario reservoir 1 first second 6 months year, distances 920.37 569.38 m from wind direction at Emergency Response Planning...

Many workers are exposed to electrical energy during the fulfillment of their tasks. It is necessary identify potential risk factors for damages. The present study aimed develop a novel Electrical Industry Safety Risk Index (EISRI) in electricity power distribution industry based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). In this several different safety assessment methods were analyzed. Then, common activities classified into ten occupational groups. To general structure and determine...

Objectives. Leading indicators are an important approach for evaluating safety performance. Safety behavior is one of the leading and existence a valid standardized tool to measure essential. Therefore, aim this study was provide standard assessing in industrial workplaces. Methods. A preliminary questionnaire with 25 items prepared based on comprehensive literature review. After performing face validity, content construct validity reliability checks, 22-item finally validated assess...

Introduction: Shift work combined with the nature of duty in occupations such as nursing can lead to spread psychological consequences and disorders nurses. The aim this study was investigating cognitive psycho-social associated shift Material Methods: This performed 7 hospitals 2023. population 636 Data collection tool part a comprehensive questionnaire that translated modified by Choobineh et al. data were analyzed using IBM SPSS software v. 22.0, significance level considered 0.05....

This study follows the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to develop a semiquantitative technique assess safety risk of construction projects based on effective parameters affecting probability and severity rates. Various studies targeting assessment in together with their research characteristics were investigated. In second step, initial structure was designed assessment. third three-round Delphi method employed, an expert panel comprising 41 project managers senior authorities determined...

Introduction. The main purposes of this study were to investigate shift-work-related health problems in 12-h shift schedule and identify major factors associated with these problems. Materials methods. This cross-sectional was conducted at 8 petrochemical plants. population consisted 1203 workers (549 654 day workers). Data on personal details, the adverse outcomes collected a self-administered questionnaire. Results. results showed that more prevalent than workers; however, differences...

1,3-Butadiene is classified as carcinogenic to humans by inhalation. This study aimed assess cancer and non-cancer risk following occupational exposure 1,3-butadiene. cross-sectional was conducted in a petrochemical plant producing acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer Iran. Occupational 1,3-butadiene measured according the National Institute for Safety Health 1024 method. Cancer assessment were performed United States Environmental Protection Agency The average during work shifts among...

Due to their unique nature, construction projects are considered one of the world’s most hazardous and incident-prone industrial sectors. The present study aimed analyze health, safety environmental (HSE) risks relating based on project management body knowledge (PMBOK) sustainability approach. This was conducted with participation 30 experts, using semi-quantitative risk assessment technique, in nine areas management’s knowledge, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. Risk, this study, estimated...

Abstract Construction industry involves the highest risk of occupational accidents and bodily injuries, which range from mild to very severe. The aim this cross-sectional study was identify factors associated with accident severity rate (ASR) in largest Iranian construction companies based on data about 500 recorded 2009 2013. We also gathered safety health management training systems. Data were analysed using Pearson’s chi-squared coefficient multiple regression analysis. Median ASR (and...

Effectiveness of Three Ergonomic Risk Assessment Tools, Namely NERPA, RULA, and REBA, for Screening Musculoskeletal Disorders

There are many human injuries induced by occupational accidents in construction industries. Determination and analysis of accidents' contributing factors is a good way to prevention reduction. Therefore, this study was done view identification analyzing related frequency severity the big This analytical-cross sectional implemented on 500 during five years Iraninan sites. Data gathering based accident report form information were all reviewed accidents. carried out using statistical tests...

Objectives: Work-related accidents as one of the most prominent indicators safety and health in industry play an undeniable role developing improving quality industrial management. Therefore, their accurate analysis on a large scale is essential. To provide controlling solutions, we aimed to investigate causes occupational Iran for 10 years (2007-2017). Methods: At first, reports 10-year work-related were taken from Social Security Organization, then classified, entered into SPSS software,...

Occupational injuries as a workforce's health problem are very important in large-scale workplaces. Analysis and modeling the health-threatening factors good ways to promote fundamental step developing programs. The purpose of this study was ANN severity occupational determine introduce model predict injuries.This analytical chain conducted 10 large construction industries during 10-year period (2005-2014). Nine hundred sixty were analyzed modeled based on feature weighting by rough set...

Objectives. Safety behavior significantly affects safety performance in the workplace. This study aimed to develop a Bayesian network (BN) model for managing and improving behavior. Methods. was carried out chemical industries Iran. The data were gathered by questionnaire consisting of 13 variables including organization priority, systems design, communication, education, work strategy, human-system interaction, mental workload, environmental distractions, pressure, fatigue, sleepiness,...

The potential of formaldehyde to produce chronic respiratory tract disease remains a controversial issue. main purpose this study was investigate the effects, if any, long term occupational exposure formaldehyde. This cross-sectional carried out at local melamine-formaldehyde resin producing plant. population consisted seventy exposed and 24 non-exposed (referent) employees. Using questionnaire, data on symptoms were gathered. Atmospheric concentrations measured different contaminated areas...

Shift-work, which is an ergonomics issue in workplaces, can negatively affect workers. The security personnel of medical centers Iran have multiple responsibilities and consequently are exposed to such unwanted situations as observing patients, disputing with patient's attendants, shift schedules, being away from family for long periods.This study assessed health problems Iranian hospital (shift-worker personnel) using the Survey Shift-workers (SOS) questionnaire (Persian version).This...

Background Individual and organizational factors are the influencing traumatic occupational injuries. Objectives The aim of present study was short path analysis severity injuries based on individual factors. Materials Methods cross-sectional analytical implemented within a ten-year timeframe in 13 large Iranian construction industries. Modeling data were done using structural equation modeling (SEM) approach IBM SPSS AMOS statistical software version 22.0, respectively. Results mean age...