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Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
How Did Covid-19 Pandemic Impact Safety Performance On A Construction Project? A Case Study Comparing Pre And Post Covid-19 Influence On Safety At An Australian Construction Site, Roberta Selleck, Marcus Cattani, Maureen Hassall
How Did Covid-19 Pandemic Impact Safety Performance On A Construction Project? A Case Study Comparing Pre And Post Covid-19 Influence On Safety At An Australian Construction Site, Roberta Selleck, Marcus Cattani, Maureen Hassall
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
COVID-19 had a significant impact on construction projects due to labor shortages and COVID-19 restrictions, yet little is known about the impact it had on construction safety. To address this gap, an Australian construction project was selected to study the impact of COVID-19 on safety performance, safety climate and safety leadership. The study collected data from safety climate surveys, leading and lagging safety indicators and used linear regression to compare safety performance pre and post the onset of COVID-19. Our results showed after the onset of COVID-19 there was a significant reduction (Pr > F at 0.05 %) in incident rate, …
Assessing The Knowledge And Practices Of Occupational Safety And Health In The Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector Of Ghana: A Case Of Obuasi, Ebenezer Kwadwo Siabi, Peter Donkor, Samuel Kofi Mensah, Richmond Kotei Dzane, Napoleon Kurantin, Kwasi Frimpong, Sarah Elikplim Siabi, Christopher Vuu, Eddie Van Etten
Assessing The Knowledge And Practices Of Occupational Safety And Health In The Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector Of Ghana: A Case Of Obuasi, Ebenezer Kwadwo Siabi, Peter Donkor, Samuel Kofi Mensah, Richmond Kotei Dzane, Napoleon Kurantin, Kwasi Frimpong, Sarah Elikplim Siabi, Christopher Vuu, Eddie Van Etten
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
It is noted that most developing countries such as Ghana are still grappling with health and safety policies and practices as governments and corporations have made insignificant efforts. This study utilized a questionnaire since it is suitable for both illiterate and literate respondents and allows for the gathering of massive quantities of data in a short space of time. The descriptive statistics, chi-square, likelihood ratio test regression, and correlation were used to assess the occupational safety and health knowledge and practices of employees in the artisanal small-scale gold mine in Obuasi. Although majority of the respondents had less than 5 …
Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Ventilation Controls In Managing Airborne And Surface Lead Levels At A Newly Commissioned Indoor Shooting Range, Robert Alcock, Magdalena Wajrak, Jacques Oosthuizen
Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Ventilation Controls In Managing Airborne And Surface Lead Levels At A Newly Commissioned Indoor Shooting Range, Robert Alcock, Magdalena Wajrak, Jacques Oosthuizen
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Lead levels at a new indoor target shooting range were assessed using both personal and environmental air monitoring methods. Surface swabs were collected from representative locations throughout the range prior to, and at the conclusion of, shooting. Personal samples were compared against the current Australian Workplace Exposure Standards with all results exceeding statutory limits. Static environmental samples exceeded the Air National Environmental Protection Measures (NEPM) air quality standard. Surface swabs showed significant increases from pre- to post-shooting with levels exceeding recommended limits. The performance of the mechanical ventilation system was also assessed and airflow levels were below the required rate …
Determining The Reliability Of Critical Controls In Construction Projects, Roberta Selleck, Maureen Hassall, Marcus Cattani
Determining The Reliability Of Critical Controls In Construction Projects, Roberta Selleck, Maureen Hassall, Marcus Cattani
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Across the global construction industry, fatalities continue to occur from high-risk activities, where the risk controls have been defined; however, these were unreliable. In the mining industry, Critical Control Risk Management has provided positive results in reducing major accidents, which raises the question, could the Critical Control approach reduce the fatality rate in the construction industry? This study analyzed 10 years of serious and fatal incident investigation reports from four international construction companies to (i) assess the reliability of their Critical Controls (CCs) and (ii) assess the factors that affect the reliability of CCs. The results show the reliability of …
A Review Of The Standard Of Care Owed To Australian Firefighters From A Safety Perspective—The Differences Between Academic Theory And Legal Obligations, Greg Penney, Greg Smith, Simon Ridge, Marcus Cattani
A Review Of The Standard Of Care Owed To Australian Firefighters From A Safety Perspective—The Differences Between Academic Theory And Legal Obligations, Greg Penney, Greg Smith, Simon Ridge, Marcus Cattani
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Working in high consequence yet low frequency, events Australian fire service Incident Controllers are required to make critical decisions with limited information in time-poor environments, whilst balancing competing priorities and pressures, to successfully solve dynamic large-scale disaster situations involving dozens of personnel within the Incident Management Team, including of front-line responders from multiple jurisdictions. They must also do this within the boundaries of public and political expectations, industrial agreements, and the legal requirement to maintain a safe workplace for all workers, inclusive of volunteers. In addition to these operational objectives, fire services must also provide realistic training to prepare frontline …
Fatality Risk Management: Applying Quinlan’S Ten Pathways In Western Australia’S Mining Industry, Tanya Jenke, Jessica L. Boylan, Shelley Beatty, Martin Ralph, Andrew Chaplyn, Greg Penney, Marcus Cattani
Fatality Risk Management: Applying Quinlan’S Ten Pathways In Western Australia’S Mining Industry, Tanya Jenke, Jessica L. Boylan, Shelley Beatty, Martin Ralph, Andrew Chaplyn, Greg Penney, Marcus Cattani
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
In ‘Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster’ Professor Michael Quinlan (2014) identified a series of ten common catastrophic incident risk factors, known as the Ten Pathways, contributing to major incidents in mining and other high hazard industries. This study applies the Quinlan methodology in two separate phases. The first phase of the study explored employee perception of employer effectiveness of fatality prevention against each of the Ten Pathways through a questionnaire of n = 2009 participants at the 2017–2019 Western Australian Government Mines Safety Roadshows. Respondents generally perceived their employer as having a relatively good understanding of the role of …