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Stress reduction: a comparative analysis of watering indoor plants and computer work. 减压：室内植物浇水与电脑工作的比较分析。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2550858

Huang Yan, Ahmad Hassan

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Fatigue monitoring tool usage in operational paramedics. 操作护理人员疲劳监测工具的使用。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2552540

Matthew Ferris, Alexander P Wolkow, Aislinn Lalor, Kelly-Ann Bowles

{"title":"Fatigue monitoring tool usage in operational paramedics.","authors":"Matthew Ferris, Alexander P Wolkow, Aislinn Lalor, Kelly-Ann Bowles","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2552540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2025.2552540","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. Fatigue Monitoring Tools (FMTs) are one strategy employed to monitor and mitigate effects of fatigue in occupational settings. In ambulance services, these tools often involve simple, validated, rapid self-assessment instruments. This study reports on the frequency of FMT completion by paramedics, identifies their attitudes and perceptions towards these tools and examines how prevalent fatigue education is among paramedics. Methods. The study was a cross-sectional, online survey using validated instruments and open-ended questions which were analysed via descriptive statistics and content analysis. Paramedics were recruited through college membership, social media and study flyers. Results. Of the 223 participants, nearly all (85.0%) were found to infrequently use FMTs, with 76.8% reporting no FMT completion in the last 30 days. Non-completion was due to poor managerial response, poor fatigue safety culture, competing priorities at the start of a shift and perception the tool is not fit for purpose. Half of all participants had received fatigue education, but 79.4% felt they would benefit from further training. Conclusion. This study demonstrates low utilization rates of FMTs amongst paramedics due to varying, potentially preventable, organizational factors. Integration of fatigue education and streamlined fatigue management processes could promote fatigue safety culture within the paramedical setting.","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076418","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}

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Silence please! How school noise affects the well-being of school teachers. 请安静!学校噪音如何影响学校教师的健康。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2544444

Victoria Heumann, Manuela Sirrenberg, Stefanie Heinze, Marco Steinhauser

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Hazards in the port system and their impact on safety performance: an empirical study of the hazard management system of the Tianjin Port Group. 港口系统危险源及其对安全绩效的影响——基于天津港集团危险源管理体系的实证研究

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2539603

Wenchao Wang, Jian He, Jingjing Wang

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Enhancing safety and comfort in a microbiology teaching laboratory: a case study. 提高微生物学教学实验室的安全性和舒适性：个案研究。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-06 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2548697

Tamer Yousif, Lina Jamil M Abdel-Hafez, Maha Shawqi, Alaa F Elsayed, Dina H Amin

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Prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain among different occupational groups of a large German chemical company: results of a cross-sectional study. 流行的慢性肌肉骨骼疼痛的不同职业群体的大型德国化学公司：结果横断面研究。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2461911

Bärbel Holzwarth, Stefan Webendörfer, Matthias Claus

{"title":"Prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain among different occupational groups of a large German chemical company: results of a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Bärbel Holzwarth, Stefan Webendörfer, Matthias Claus","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2461911","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2461911","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain among employees of a large German chemical company and how it varies depending on occupational group. Methods. Cross-sectional data were collected between 2019 and 2022 during a voluntary occupational health check-up, including a written questionnaire. Chronic musculoskeletal pain was defined as lasting at least 3 months in the past year. Occupational group was operationalized either by self-reported work area or by the International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08). Associations between occupational group and chronic musculoskeletal pain were analyzed using robust Poisson regression. Results. The final sample included 13,705 employees. The 12-month prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain was 18.6% for the whole sample, and 22.0, 21.9, 20.2 and 15.0% for employees in the work areas other, office, research/laboratory and production/craft, respectively. Regression analyses showed that the prevalence was 24.1% (p < 0.001) lower for employees in production/craft and 11.2% (p < 0.05) lower for employees in research/laboratory compared to office employees in the fully adjusted model. Conclusions. The high prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain underscores the importance of both the prevention and management of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Thereby, workplace-specific needs-based offerings could play an important role.","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"780-787"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143542880","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}

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Water vapour transmission behaviour of the outer layer of multilayer thermal protective clothing. 多层热防护服外层的水蒸气透过性能。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2456370

Sudhanshu Maurya, Rochak Rathour, Apurba Das, Ramasamy Alagirusamy

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Risk factors of workplace violence: evidence from Turkey. 工作场所暴力的危险因素：来自土耳其的证据。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2460362

Kubra Cosar, Seher Nur Sulku, Yagmur Tokatlioglu

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The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal system disorders in health personnel working in the operating room and their relationship with sleep disorder. 在手术室工作的卫生人员中与工作相关的肌肉骨骼系统疾病的患病率及其与睡眠障碍的关系。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2462454

Ferda Surel, Aziz Ahmet Surel, Esra Şahingöz Bakırcı, Gülseren Demir Karakılıç, Pınar Borman

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Postural factors contributing to reaching speed and accuracy. 姿势因素有助于达到速度和准确性。

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2025.2466919

Nicole J Chimera, Sarah Bohunicky, Cheryl Glazebrook, Trisha Scribbans

{"title":"Postural factors contributing to reaching speed and accuracy.","authors":"Nicole J Chimera, Sarah Bohunicky, Cheryl Glazebrook, Trisha Scribbans","doi":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2466919","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10803548.2025.2466919","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives. Occupational reaching tasks performed with faulty postures may contribute to inefficient movement patterns that could lead to injury. Understanding relationships between posture and muscle activation during reaching tasks may elucidate movement patterns that increase occupational injury risk in workers. This study assessed whether postural factors and muscle activation predict forward reaching movement performance and accuracy. Methods. Predictor variables of forward shoulder posture (FSP), pectoral length, upper (UT), middle (MT) and lower trapezius (LT) and pectoralis major (PM) muscle activation, and UT:PM, MT:PM, and LT:PM co-activation during forward reaching were analysed for 56 individuals. Sequential linear regression equations assessed reaching variance. Results. For females, FSP, UT activation, and UT:PM co-activation explained 36% of reaction time (RT) variance, and MT:PM co-activation explained 14% of endpoint accuracy variance. For males, MT:PM co-activation explained 17% of movement time (MvT) variance, and FSP, MT:PM co-activation and MT explained 23% of accuracy variance. Conclusion. Increased co-activation was a predictor of movement performance; however, performance outcome variables differed between males (MvT) and females (RT). Muscle co-activation coupled with FSP and posterior shoulder muscle activation resulted in differences in predicting reaching performance variance. Practitioners might consider evaluating these muscle activation and postural factors in occupational reaching tasks.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04944745.","PeriodicalId":47704,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"903-912"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587696","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}

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