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{"title":"Artificial Neural Network–based Prediction Model to Minimize Dust Emission in the Machining Process","authors":"Hilal Singer ,&nbsp;Abdullah C. İlçe ,&nbsp;Yunus E. Şenel ,&nbsp;Erol Burdurlu","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Dust generated during various wood-related activities, such as cutting, sanding, or processing wood materials, can pose significant health and environmental risks due to its potential to cause respiratory problems and contribute to air pollution. Understanding the factors influencing dust emission is important for devising effective mitigation strategies, ensuring a safer working environment, and minimizing environmental impact. This study focuses on developing an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict dust emission values in the machining of black poplar (<em>Populus nigra</em> L.), oriental beech (<em>Fagus orientalis</em> L.), and medium-density fiberboards.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The multilayer feed-forward ANN model is developed using a customized application built with MATLAB code. The inputs to the ANN model include material type, cutting width, number of blades, and cutting depth, whereas the output is the dust emission. Model performance is assessed through graphical and statistical comparisons.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The results reveal that the developed ANN model can provide adequate predictions for dust emission with an acceptable level of accuracy. Through the implementation of the ANN model, the study predicts intermediate dust emission values for different cutting widths and cutting depths, which are not considered in the experimental work. It is observed that dust emission tends to decrease with reductions in cutting width and cutting depth.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study introduces an alternative approach to optimize machining-process conditions for minimizing dust emissions. The findings of this research will assist industries in obtaining dust emission values without the need for additional experimental activities, thereby reducing experimental time and costs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 317-326"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000520/pdfft?md5=b917c5a3a9257fc077566a0282125bb8&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000520-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141713014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Meaning of Work-life Balance for Workers With Disabilities","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>This article aims to show that work-life balance (WLB) for workers with disabilities can have important meanings that can affect turnover intention and exclusion from the labor market.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Using the Korean Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled (1st–8th), panel logit models were applied to analyze the effect of WLB on the voluntary turnover intention and behavior of workers with disabilities. WLB types were categorized into four groups (Work-Life Dissatisfaction Group, Only Work Dissatisfaction Group, Only Life Dissatisfaction Group, and Work-Life Balance Group) based on the integration of job satisfaction and life satisfaction.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Turnover intention was significantly higher in the work-life imbalance groups (Work-Life Dissatisfaction Group, Only Work Dissatisfaction Group), which is commonly associated with job dissatisfaction. The effect of WLB on turnover intention was 1.38 times higher in Only Work Dissatisfaction Group (<span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi><mtext>:</mtext></mrow></math></span> 2.25, 99% confidence interval [CI]: 1.50, 2.31), characterized by dissatisfaction solely with their job, than in Work-Life Dissatisfaction Group (<span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow></math></span>: 1.90, 99% CI: 1.97, 2.53), which was experiencing dissatisfaction with both work and life. Only Work Dissatisfaction Group resulted in actual turnover, with females (β: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.37, 1.09) more likely to exit the labor market and males (β: 0.66, 99% CI: 0.41, 0.89) showing a higher tendency to change jobs.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>WLB policy should focus on job dissatisfaction, a key predictor of turnover intention that leads to actual turnover behavior. Furthermore, women workers with disabilities are a priority policy target group to prevent exclusion from labor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 271-277"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000398/pdfft?md5=37603a9938fd85755cc66bb260c3e714&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000398-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141511627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measures of Work-life Balance and Interventions of Reasonable Accommodations for the Return to Work of Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review","authors":"Giuliana Buresti ,&nbsp;Bruna Maria Rondinone ,&nbsp;Antonio Valenti ,&nbsp;Fabio Boccuni ,&nbsp;Grazia Fortuna ,&nbsp;Sergio Iavicoli ,&nbsp;Maria Cristina Dentici ,&nbsp;Benedetta Persechino","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Nearly half of patients diagnosed with cancer are in the middle of their traditional working age. The return to work after cancer entails challenges because of the cancer or treatments and associated with the workplace. The study aimed at providing more insight into the occupational outcomes encountered by workers with cancer and to provide interventions, programs, and practices to support their return to work.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for scoping review guidelines. Relevant studies were systematically searched in PubMed/MEDLINE, SCOPUS and Grey literature from 01 January 2000 to 22 February 2024.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The literature search generated 3,017 articles; 53 studies were considered eligible for this review. Most of the studies were longitudinal and conducted in Europe. Three macroarea were identified: studies on the impact of cancer on workers in terms of sick leave, employment, return to work, etc.; studies reporting wider issues that may affect workers, such as the compatibility of treatment and work and employment; studies reporting interventions or policies aiming to promote the return to work.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>There is a lack in the literature in defining multidisciplinary interventions combining physical, psycho-behavioural, educational, and vocational components that could increase the return-to-work rates. Future studies should focus on interdisciplinary return to work efforts with multiple stakeholders with the involvement of an interdisciplinary teamwork (healthcare workers and employers) to combine these multidisciplinary interventions at the beginning of sick leave period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 255-262"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000532/pdfft?md5=db245c8e1ce6070d57b37c4d64ffa0e1&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000532-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141839166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Safety Climate Transformation in Oil and Gas Company Ownership Transition (Study Case from Multinational to National Company)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.04.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The aim of this research is to analyze the transformation of workers perceptions of the safety climate in an oil and gas company in Indonesia when they experience a change in ownership from a multinational to a national company.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This cross-sectional study used questionnaires distributed offline and online in three periods of ownership of Company X. Data analysis was carried out descriptively by comparing workers perception scores regarding the safety climate at Company X when managed by the multinational holder, transition period, and national holder.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Workers perceptions of the safety climate in Company X when it experienced a change in ownership from a multinational company to a national company has a trend of decreasing scores (from 8.07 to 7.48). Overall, a decreasing trend in scores occurred in several sub-variables of safety climate, namely management commitment (8.33 to 7.56), communication (8.10 to 7.64), safety priority (8.55 to 7.68), personal appreciation of risk (8.25 to 5.48), involvement (7.50 to 7.36), and personal priority and need for safety (8.25 to 5.48).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Ownership changes cause a trend of decrease in employee perceptions of the safety climate at Company X. Company's priority on safety related to production target factors is decreasing due to the change of ownership. On the other hand, the national period had a higher score in supportive environments and work environments, compared to the multinational period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 292-299"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000313/pdfft?md5=e393f61f7aa4ad56323834b1b7d49b65&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000313-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141043384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Organizational Downsizing and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Workers: A Cross-sectional Analysis","authors":"Youngsun Park ,&nbsp;Juyeon Oh ,&nbsp;Heejoo Park ,&nbsp;Jian Lee ,&nbsp;Byungyoon Yun ,&nbsp;Jin-Ha Yoon","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Organizational downsizing may be significantly linked to depressive symptoms, yet research on this impact in Asian contexts is limited. This study investigates the association between downsizing during the COVID-19 pandemic and depressive symptoms across diverse employment statuses.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study used the data from 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey. Depressive symptoms were measured using WHO-5 well-being index with a cut-off of 50. Downsizing was defined as decrease in the number of employees during last three years. Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for socio-demographic and occupational factors was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for depressive symptoms associated with downsizing, including subgroup analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Among 26,247 Korean workers (mean age: 43.4, men: 47.5%), the prevalence of depressive symptoms was 29.5% (<em>n</em> = 7,751), and the proportion of downsizing was 15.2% (<em>n</em> = 3,978). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was significantly higher among the downsizing group (36.7%, <em>n</em> = 1,460) than among the no-downsizing group (28.3%, <em>n</em> = 6,291). The result of logistic regression revealed a significant association between downsizing and depressive symptoms (adjusted OR [95% CI]: 1.39 [1.29–1.50]), particularly pronounced among high socioeconomic status workers.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study underscores the significant association between depressive symptoms and organizational downsizing, especially high vulnerability of socioeconomically advantaged and stable workers. These findings highlight the necessity for targeted mental health support and further longitudinal research to clarify the relationship between employment changes and mental health within the Korean workforce.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 352-359"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000519/pdfft?md5=58185ac56822f5152f796fbbd180ad12&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000519-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141707885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Management Architecture With Multi-modal Ensemble AI Models for Worker Safety","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Following the Republic of Korea electric power industry site-specific safety management system, this paper proposes a novel safety autonomous platform (SAP) architecture that can automatically and precisely manage on-site safety through ensemble artificial intelligence (AI) models. The ensemble AI model was generated from video information and worker's biometric information as learning data and the estimation results of this model are based on standard operating procedures of the workplace and safety rules.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The ensemble AI model is designed and implemented by the Hadoop ecosystem with Kafka/NiFi, Spark/Hive, HUE, and ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The functional evaluation shows that the main function of this SAP architecture was operated successfully.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>The proposed model is confirmed to work well with safety mobility gateways to provide some safety applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 373-378"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000325/pdfft?md5=85a28d31668f052e3b844c7c2aaa717c&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000325-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141034967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Sickness Presenteeism and Depressive Symptoms by Occupation and Employment Type During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Sickness presenteeism (SP) has gained attention in occupational health. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between SP and depressive symptoms by occupation and employment type during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Community Health Survey data (August 16 to October 31, 2020–2021) were used to assess depressive symptoms and SP among workers (<em>n</em> = 221,241; mean age 46.0; 53.5% male). Depressive symptoms were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and SP was defined by the ability to rest at home when exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of depressive symptoms were estimated using multiple logistic regression analyses for each sex and year stratum. The interaction between SP and occupation on depressive symptoms was assessed using relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The prevalence of depressive symptoms was higher in individuals with SP than in those without SP (4.22% [<em>n</em> = 696] vs. 1.89% [<em>n</em> = 3861], respectively). After adjusting for demographic and occupational variables, the association between SP and depressive symptoms was significant in both sexes in 2020 and 2021 (OR [95% CI]: 2.18 [1.82–2.62], 2.41 [1.97–2.93], 2.05 [1.77–2.38], 2.47 [2.11–2.88] for male–2020, male–2021, female–2020, and female–2021, respectively). A marginally significant interaction between service workers and SP on depressive symptoms was observed among male workers in 2021 (RERI = 2.37, 95% CI = [−0.04–4.78]) but not in other strata.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>SP is significantly associated with depressive symptoms in Korean workers across employment and occupational types, with a prominent association in service workers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 3","pages":"Pages 338-344"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000416/pdfft?md5=8ba460d5f0a577c28567466448b344c6&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000416-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141397547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Multi-level Hierarchical Structure Analysis of Influencing Factors of Coal Mine Managers' Blame Avoidance Behavior","authors":"Li Wang, Wenyi Zeng, Ziyan Jing, Yonghui Xu, Jiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"In the Chinese coal industry, widespread blame avoidance behavior (BAB) greatly impacts coal mine accidents. Therefore, it is necessary to stop the BAB of coal mine managers and raise the management level of coal mine enterprises for the safe development of Chinese coal industry. Based on the semi-structured interviews and questionnaire surveys (20 middle-level managers in coal mines), this paper used the Grounded Theory and Nvivo Software qualitative research methodology to open, spindle, and selectively encode the interview data. Then, an index system of factors influencing BAB of coal mine managers was constructed. The influence degree, affected degree, centrality degree, and cause degree of each influencing factor were calculated by the DEMATEL-ISM method, and the hierarchical model of influencing factors of BAB of coal mine managers was established. Index system of factors influencing BAB of coal mine managers included four levels and 12 influencing factors: individual, organizational, institutional environmental, and situational factors. The hierarchical model identified eight causal factors and four consequential factors, of which safety management (15.355), work attitude (14.380), and work group performance (14.281) in the top three of the centrality rankings are the key factors affecting the avoidance behavior of coal mine managers; A 3-level multilevel structure was constructed to reflect the interactions among the factors influencing the BAB of coal mine managers in terms of direct, indirect, and root causes, and corresponding improvement measures were proposed. This study offers a theoretical complement and practical guidance for stopping BAB of coal mine managers.","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Asthma Among Manitoba Workers: Results from the Manitoba Occupational Disease Surveillance System","authors":"Elizabeth Rydz, Randy Walld, Mieke W. Koehoorn, Christopher B. McLeod, Paul A. Demers, Cheryl E. Peters, Allen Kraut","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study characterized the risk of new-onset asthma among workers in Manitoba, Canada. Accepted time loss claims from the Workers' Compensation Board of Manitoba from 2006 to 2019, containing workers' occupations and industries, were linked with administrative health data from 1996 to 2020. After restricting the cohort to the first claim per person in an occupation and applying age and coverage exclusions, the cohort comprised 142,588 person–occupation combinations. Asthma cases were identified if workers had at least two medical records for asthma (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, 493) within a 12-month period, within the 2 years before 3 years after cohort entry. New-onset asthma was identified using a 3-year washout period. Asthma hazard ratios by occupation and industry were estimated using Cox proportional hazard models, adjusted for age, and stratified by sex. Increased asthma risk was observed among workers with known asthmagen exposure, including male veterinary and animal health technologists and technicians (hazard ratio 3.97, 95% CI 1.78–8.86), male fish processing workers (3.40, 1.53–7.57), and male machining tool operators (2.91, 1.72–4.92). Increases were also observed for occupations with unknown or suspected allergens, including gas station attendants, drivers, mail/postal and related workers, public works and maintenance laborers, mine laborers and crane operators, and some indoor worker groups. Decreased risks were observed among nurses and residential and commercial installer and servicers. This database linkage study successfully identified occupations and industries with known sensitizing agents or irritants, and several occupation and industries not typically associated with work-related asthma, warranting further investigation.","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health and Safety Performance of UK Universities and How to Improve It","authors":"Olga Kuzmina ,&nbsp;Douglas Searle","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>This research suggested a method for evaluating health and safety performance as a combination of reactive and active monitoring.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A number of Freedom of Information requests (FoI) were sent to the Health and safety Executive (HSE) and 100 UK universities. Data on the number of reportable incidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences were compiled for UK universities and combined with the Impact Ranking for good health and well-being. A semi-structured survey was used to identify best H&amp;S practices. Subsequently, the effect of workers' involvement in H&amp;S management on RIDDOR and near-miss reports, was investigated using statistical analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A ranking of UK universities that perform highly in Health and Safety (H&amp;S) was assembled and selected universities were contacted to identify best practices. Best practices were divided into three categories: team management, roles and responsibilities, and H&amp;S performance monitoring. One of the findings demonstrated a reverse dependence between provision of a refresher training in risk assessments and a number of reported RIDDOR incidents.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Health and Safety professionals in the universities may find it useful to reflect on these findings and the identified best practices in order to improve the H&amp;S performance in their own organisations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 2","pages":"Pages 139-146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791124000088/pdfft?md5=a9775880094263b715e69137c992a196&pid=1-s2.0-S2093791124000088-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139876799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}