Hazardous Work Environments and Safety – Page 3

Safety Promotion in Turbulent Times: Development and Validation of a COVID-19 Safety Climate Scale

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

The present study developed and validated a COVID-19 safety climate scale. This study extends the SC literature by incorporating urgent pandemic-related policies, procedures, and practices for the adequate control of COVID-19 and promotion of workplace health and well-being during the pandemic. The newly developed and validated COVID-19 SC scale consists of two levels: Organization-level COVID-19 SC (18 items) refers to the employees? perceptions of the strategies and efforts upstream in an organization; and Group-level COVID-19 SC (11 items) refers to the employees? perceptions of the intermediate support and care from supervisors.

The comparison of psychological and physical well-being using interdisciplinary methods of assessment

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Two methods of assessing well-being were compared. Psychological well-being was appraised by standardised questionnaires and physical well-being was established by a MAS recording mobility, loads of joints during activity of machining and assembling workers. The analysis of raw data showed some difficulties in comparing it and the results were not fully convergent. In the presented study psychological well-being was on the average level while physical well-being was high. It makes the general well-being hard to establish. However practical implications from this study are comprehensive, and may be useful in many areas in the organisation including HR, H&S and ergonomics.

Occupational Health Impact of COVID-19 Response on Nurses’ Stress and Well-being in Hospital Setting

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

This study examined COVID-19 and personal factors associated with the health and well-being of 314 US nurses in hospital setting, during a heightened wave of the pandemic. A significant percentage of nurses reported high level of stressors associated with COVID-19 experience at work and in their personal lives, significant COVID-19 related anxiety, depression, and high levels of burnout. Nurses with children at home, caring for COVID-19 patients, with higher workload and less seniority, reported worse mental health and well-being outcomes. The results indicate the need for interventions to support nurses during and post-pandemic.

Longitudinal Trends in Musculoskeletal Health, Chronic Pain, and Occupational Factors Among correctional Officers.

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

This study investigates the trend of musculoskeletal health, chronic pain, violence/assault exposures, physical and psychosocial work factors, and individual health of Correctional Officers. A group of 120 correctional officers from two facilities were followed at two time points with self-reported survey and physical assessments. We will examine the changes in musculoskeletal health and physical and psychosocial work exposures overtime.

Loneliness at work. A systematic review.

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

The objective of this study was to provide an integrative review analyzing the relation between loneliness and workplace. A systematic review was conducted using Web of Science and Semantic Scholar with ?loneliness?, ?perceived social isolation? and ?workplace? , ?work environment? as the main keywords in the field of psychology and neuroscience. Results suggest that loneliness at work decreases job performance, organizational commitment, trusting in leaders, and is the strongest predictor of mental health problems. Practical implications for designing loneliness-reduction based interventions in the work environment are further discussed.

Descriptive epidemiology of Fire Service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) beta-test data: Differences by safety climate

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Safety climate has been identified as an upstream predictor of organizational and safety outcomes. The Fire Service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey measures the industry specific safety climate of the United State (US) Fire and Rescue Service. This presentation will present descriptive epidemiology results of the FOCUS beta-test survey data in response to queries by participating fire departments.

A Spanish Translation of Zohar and Luria’s Safety Climate Scale and a Test of Measurement Equivalence

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The purpose of this study is to provide a Spanish-language version of Zohar and Luria?s (Zohar & Luria, 2005) commonly-used safety climate scale using a rigorous translation-back translation process. Given the widespread use of the Spanish language across the globe and that as of 2020, 17.6% percent of the United States working population is Hispanic (BLS, 2021), there is a need for valid safety climate scales written in Spanish. This study demonstrates that a test of measurement equivalency can provide confidence of the translation process from one language to another. There is significant evidence supporting the reliability and validity of this safety climate scale.

Worry about COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The purpose of this research was to examine hospitality employees? worries about guest vaccination status, and its impact on mental health. Participants of a short survey included 219 laid-off or furloughed hospitality workers from Prolific.com. This study found that hospitality employees? worry about COVID-19 exposure partially mediated the relationship between worry about guest vaccination status and mental health. Employees who were more concerned about guest vaccination had worsened mental health, and some of this effect was explained by worry about COVID-19 exposure.

Developing and Validating a Respectful Workplace Climate Scale with Construction Workers as Exemplar: A Total Worker Health Approach (Phase I)

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Our project aims to develop and validate a Respectful Workplace Climate Scale to support the goal of fostering, promoting, and measuring a respectful workplace culture and climate in the workplace. In order to develop a reliable and valid respectful climate scale, we will utilize a mixed methods approach with both qualitative and quantitative methods. The current study represents Phase I of the project, providing insight on this topic based on the literature review and analysis of 10 SME?s responses. The long-term goal of this project is to help companies build a respectful workplace by developing a psychometrically sound Respectful Workplace Climate Scale that they can use to gauge the status of respect in their workplaces and the progress of interventions implemented.