{"title":"US female firefighter anthropometrics versus wildland firefighting protective clothing sizing standards.","authors":"Josephine Bolaji, Ziwen Qiu, Meredith McQuerry, Cassandra Kwon","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2492947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2492947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Female firefighters in the USA face increased risk of injury due to ill-fitting personal protective clothing. The purpose of this research was to assess the adequacy of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1977 sizing system for wildland female firefighters, using the first and largest female firefighter anthropometric database (<i>n</i> = 187) in the USA. Ten body measurements in the upper and lower torso garment sizing ranges were analyzed. Results of descriptive analyses and sample estimation highlighted varying degrees of discrepancies in the NFPA 1977 sizing system. Extreme cases were observed, such as the front rise length, for which only 4.3% (<i>n</i> = 8) of participants fell within the NFPA 1977 size range. Overall, findings suggest the NFPA 1977 standard remains insufficiently inclusive of the US female firefighter population based on the sample analysis. Improvements are necessary to improve firefighter performance and safety and to reduce the heightened risk of injury for female firefighters.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nermin Taşkale, Cem Güney Özveren, Aslı Halaçoğlu, Rumeysa Cemre Yalçin
{"title":"Examining the route from perceived organizational support to psychological symptoms of white-collar workers: a serial mediation path model.","authors":"Nermin Taşkale, Cem Güney Özveren, Aslı Halaçoğlu, Rumeysa Cemre Yalçin","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2498263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2498263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is considered important for employees to be able to establish a work-life balance during the adaptation process for changes and managing circumstances that negatively affect their psychological well-being and may cause depression and anxiety as the result of stress factors. The current study aimed to analyze the relationships among perceived organizational support, work-family conflict, cynicism about organizational change, job-related affective well-being and psychological symptoms of white-collar workers. The sample consisted of 202 white-collar workers from urban cities in Turkey. The results from structural equation modeling revealed a good fit for the data. Work-family conflict, organizational change cynicism and job-related affective well-being were found to serially mediate the path from perceived organizational support to psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress. These findings provided an important contribution to the literature by presenting a new and original research model.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study of the relationship between EEG and situation awareness of forklift drivers in task scenarios with different complexities.","authors":"Yutao Kang, Yaojie Tao, Jianjun Wu, Yu Jiao, Feng Liu, Wei Huang","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2498226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2498226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Situation awareness (SA) loss in forklift operations is a major human error source. Accurately assessing the SA levels of forklift drivers is essential. While physiological sensors such as electroencephalography (EEG) have been proposed to measure SA, the EEG-SA relationship remains unclear. This study analyzed EEG data from 11 forklift operators, comparing EEG states between high and low SA groups. Using permutation tests, the study assessed multi-band EEG correlations (F, C, P, O regions) with SA and examined how scenario complexity influenced these relationships. Results revealed distinct EEG patterns (θ, α and β waves in F, C, P and O regions) between high and low SA groups: θ / β, θ / (α + β) in the C and P regions, and θ / β, (α + θ) / (α + β) in the O region consistently correlating with SA across scenarios - and these indicators strengthened with scenario complexity. The findings advance EEG-based SA assessment, aiding accurate SA measurement in real-world settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanisms of influence of abusive supervision on employees' unsafe production based on exchange theory and social cognitive theory.","authors":"Shuai Qu, Yun Teng, Qianyi Zhang, Chenglong Wang","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2481690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2481690","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study, grounded in the theories of psychological capital and social cognition, constructs a theoretical model exploring the impact of abusive management on employee unsafe behavior, incorporating psychological capital as a mediating variable and transformational leadership as a moderating variable. Survey data were collected from 412 employees of large coal mining enterprises, and structural equation modeling was employed for empirical validation. The findings reveal that abusive management can trigger unsafe behaviors among employees and diminish the influence of psychological capital. Additionally, psychological capital, serving as an intermediary, indirectly reduces unsafe production behaviors. Transformational leadership, by facilitating employees to attain optimal safety performance through personalized care, exerts a negative moderating effect between abusive management and unsafe behavior. The conclusions of this study offer valuable insights for enterprises aiming to minimize employee unsafe behaviors and enhance the efficiency of safety management.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143989756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People as interconnected beings: the impact of leader and colleague safety consciousness on employee safety performance from the perspective of social interaction.","authors":"Yuanyuan Liu, Yueyue Zhang, Yu Zhang, Chunyang Huo, Xingyu Zhou, Pingqing Liu, Jizu Li","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2487356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2487356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Safety performance, a critical metric directly linked to employees' well-being and property protection, serves as a cornerstone in advancing modern productive forces. Grounded in social interaction theory, this study employed a survey-based method and hierarchical regression analysis to explore the mechanism of how leader and colleague safety consciousness affect employee safety performance. Analyzing survey data from 535 questionnaires, the following research results were obtained: leader and colleague safety consciousness has a positive impact on employee safety performance; safety role identification plays a positive mediating role between leader and colleague safety consciousness and employee safety performance; the leader-member exchange relationship positively moderates the relationship between leader safety consciousness and safety role identification, and positively moderates the mediating role of safety role identification; and the team-member exchange relationship positively moderates the relationship between colleague safety consciousness and safety role identification, and positively moderates the mediating role of safety role identification.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on the antecedent configuration of work safety information disclosure of listed companies in high-risk industries in China.","authors":"Su-Xia Liu, Xuan-Yu Zhang, Qiang Mei, Jing-Jing Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2474339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2474339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to ascertain the conditions and pathways to improve the quality of work safety information disclosure of listed companies in high-risk industries in China, this study collated 222 listed companies in high-risk industries in China as valid samples, and used the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method to analyze the mixed effects of seven conditional variables. Seven kinds of substantive disclosure configurations and six kinds of symbolic disclosure configurations of work safety information were obtained. The results showed that any single condition is inadequate to drive enterprises to effectively disclose work safety information. The joint effect of the work safety strength and manager safety cognition is significant and they are mutually complementary. Moreover, there is a substitute relationship between regulatory pressure on stock exchange disclosure and the profitability and the work safety strength, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wisanti Laohaudomchok, Wantanee Phanprasit, Pajaree Konthonbut, Chaiyanun Tangtong, Sirkka Rissanen, Kirsi Jussila, Tiina M Ikäheimo, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Simo Näyhä
{"title":"Work clothing and cold sensitivity among poultry workers in Thailand: differences between subgroups.","authors":"Wisanti Laohaudomchok, Wantanee Phanprasit, Pajaree Konthonbut, Chaiyanun Tangtong, Sirkka Rissanen, Kirsi Jussila, Tiina M Ikäheimo, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Simo Näyhä","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2484901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2484901","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objectives.</i> Cold-related adversities among poultry workers in Thailand vary by subgroup, but the impact of clothing insulation (<i>I</i><sub>cl</sub>) is not well understood. <i>Methods.</i> The authors interviewed 283 poultry workers and compared <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> values across subgroups, adjusting for confounding factors. <i>Results.</i> The average worksite temperature was 3.8 °C, with average <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> of 1.23 clo. After adjustments, <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> was 0.38 clo lower in office workers compared to other job categories, and 0.11 clo lower in workers with the highest body mass index (37.5) compared to those with the lowest (15.6). <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> was 0.08 clo higher in the oldest workers (age 57 years) compared to the youngest (age 18 years), 0.07 clo higher among weekly alcohol consumers compared to non-consumers, 0.06 clo higher in women than in men and 0.04 clo higher among those engaged in light compared to heavy work. Perceiving temperatures >0 °C as cold was associated with an increase of 0.22 clo in <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub>. <i>Conclusions.</i> Office workers should wear more clothing. Relatively high <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> values observed in some subgroups suggest sensitivity to cold, warranting further individual examination to determine optimal <i>I</i><sub>cl</sub> levels. Targeting preventive measures at vulnerable worker groups in Thailand's poultry industry could reduce the burden of cold-related harm.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143990224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and application of a university laboratory safety culture index system based on the analytic hierarchy process-fuzzy comprehensive evaluation approach.","authors":"Mengjing Cui, Lijun Fan, Wei Du","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2482313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2482313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objectives</i>. This study aimed to construct a theoretic framework for evaluation of the occupational safety and health culture in university laboratories, and develop an evaluation index system by applying the analytic hierarchy process in combination with fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (AHP-FCE). <i>Methods</i>. A theoretic framework was developed based on the literature review of 69 publications and expert consultation. The AHP method was applied to construct an index system with indicators for the safety culture of university laboratories, and the criteria weights were determined. The FCE method was applied to construct an evaluation model for calculation of the membership degree of each indicator and the corresponding evaluation value using YAAHP. <i>Results</i>. The '1-3-10-33' hierarchical index system was established in this study. The pilot evaluation revealed that safety culture in the study university belonged to the proactive stage with a comprehensive score of 3.9984. Low scores were recorded for four key indicators, i.e., combating deviance (3.5000), incident reporting (3.4000), incentive methods (3.4000), and matching power and responsibility (3.5000). <i>Conclusion</i>. The novel findings shed lights on the continuous monitoring and evaluation of occupational health and safety, and inform policy and practice to improve safety culture in university laboratories in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of individual and professional factors on the mental health of employees working remotely: Russian companies' evidence.","authors":"Tatyana Sakharova, Andrey Sivkov, Sergey Sivkov, Natalya Chernus, Yuliya Tikhonova","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2484074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2484074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objectives</i>. This study aimed to assess the impact of remote work on the mental well-being of employees and to identify factors influencing levels of anxiety, depression and stress. <i>Methods</i>. The study employed surveys and data analysis involving 1002 remote employees from various companies. A diverse range of statistical analyses, including correlation, regression and multivariate analysis, was employed to scrutinize the data. <i>Results</i>. Employees with children exhibited a higher job satisfaction level (with children <i>M</i> 7.5, without children <i>M</i> 6.8; <i>p</i> < 0.05). Women (<i>M</i> 5.2) displayed a statistically higher level of anxiety compared to men (<i>M</i> 4.5) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Employees with more than 10 years of remote work experience (<i>M</i> 4.2) had lower levels of anxiety and depression than those with less than 2 years of experience (<i>M</i> 6.0) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Men (<i>M</i> 4.5) reported lower stress levels than women (<i>M</i> 5.2) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Disparities in job satisfaction were observed between information technology specialists (<i>M</i> 8.5) and marketers (<i>M</i> 7.2) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Employees with higher education (<i>M</i> 8.0) exhibited lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to employees with secondary education (<i>M</i> 7.2) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). C<i>onclusions.</i> The findings underscore the significance of considering individual and professional factors in the management of remote employees' mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of psychosocial hazards and their effects on safety culture in mining with structural equation modeling.","authors":"Seyhan Onder, Mustafa Onder, Ece Kundak","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2024.2374176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2024.2374176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objectives.</i> Psychosocial hazards causing stress in the workplace are one of the sources of danger to be considered in risk assessment. In this study, to determine the exposure of employees to psychosocial hazards, a questionnaire was created with occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals and psychiatrists based on the work created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on work stress. <i>Methods.</i> The questionnaire was applied to 306 mining workers and the interaction levels of psychosocial hazards were evaluated using structural equation modeling (SEM). <i>Results.</i> The psychosocial hazard assessment scale (PHAS) was developed and used to investigate the effects of other factors on the safety culture of employees. <i>Conclusion.</i> The study determined that employees who are worried about being unemployed reflect their social problems in work life and have difficulty in following OHS rules. Employees who have a clear role in a company with a developed organizational culture have a better safety culture. The study also determined that employees working in workplaces where the management looks positively toward OHS improvements try to act in accordance with the OHS rules.</p>","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144004565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}