Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI

Book chapters from the 6th International Symposium on Occupation Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2018), March 26-27, 2018, Guimarães, Portugal

Pedro M. Arezes, João Santos Baptista, Monica P. Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Patrício Cordeiro, Nelson Costa, Rui B. Melo, A. Sergio Miguel, Gonçalo Perestrelo

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781138542037
• eBook ISBN: 9781351008860
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Public Health, Administration & Care
• Index: Business

Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI collects recent papers of selected authors from 21 countries in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene (OSH). The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Occupational safety
- Risk assessment
- Safety management
- Ergonomics
- Management systems
- Environmental ergonomics
- Physical environment
- Construction safety, and
- Human factors

Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI represents the state-of-the-art on the above mentioned domains, and is based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions. Some contributions focus more on practical case studies developed by OSH practitioners within their own companies. Hence, the book provides practical tools and approaches currently used by OHS practitioners in a global context.

Scale psychometrics of the Portuguese short and middle length variants of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III pilot study

D.A. Coelho

Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

M.L. Lourenço

Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

ABSTRACT: The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (CoPsoQ) has evolved into its third version, as a consequence of the development process of the assessment tool. A cross-sectional study was undertaken of administrative collaborators in 5 higher education institutions in Portugal spread throughout the country. Total number of valid responses was 116, with a low response rate (estimated at 8%), but unveiling the psychometric properties of the scales across the two lengths of the questionnaire. For most scales, the results of internal reliability consistency, support the reductions in scale items between the middle and short lengths of the Portuguese CoPsoQ III. The short version is hence appropriate for use in practitioner assessments, while the middle and long versions are deemed appropriate as research instruments, with a choice between both representing a trade-off between granularity of the results and time required to complete the questionnaire. Scores reported in the article can serve as reference points during future evaluation of results using the CoPsoQ III.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

Psychosocial factors at work have been studied for a long time (Utzet, Navarro, Llorens & Moncada, 2015). Since the 1960s, several study models have emerged, each of which evaluates different aspects and seeks to explain the impacts that the labor situation may have on the quality of life of workers. In this scenario, in the 2000s, COPSOQ was designed to meet the legal requirements in Denmark for assessing the psychosocial factors of work in occupational risk surveys. Thus, its authors incorporated theoretical models established in the literature with a view to a multidimensional instrument (Kristensen et al., 2005; Kristensen, 2010), such as: Demand-Control-Social Support (DCS, Johnson & Hall, 1988) and Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI, Siegrist, Peter, Junge, Cremer & Seidel, 1990). The DCS model advocates a relationship between well-being and a triad of labor factors. The ERI model, however, suggests that the imbalance between the effort made and the compensation offered by the work (e.g., status, esteem, salary) can be a risk factor for health and well-being (da Silva, Wendt & de Lima Argimon, 2017).

1.2 Aims and method

The main objectives of the study, part of a large international collaborative research effort, were: to adapt and psychometrically characterize the short and middle length Portuguese translation of the third version of the CoPsoQ, by means of a pilot cross-sectional study. Adapting the original questionnaire and developing the Portuguese version proved to be a necessary process, which was based on the translation and reverse translation method. Moreover, as part of the collaborative effort of defining the scope of the short version of the questionnaire, psychometric analysis of the scales was undertaken, with a view to compare the short and middle length...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• List of reviewers
• A new approach—use of effectiveness and efficiency concepts in the identification of activities related to occupational safety management on motorways
• Sampling methods for an accurate mycobiota occupational exposure assessment—overview of several ongoing projects
• A systematic literature review on Thermal Response Votes (TSV) and Predicted Mean Vote (PMV)
• Participatory ergonomics training for a warehouse environment—a process solution
• Wheelchair users’ anthropometric data: Analysis of existent available information
• A review on occupational risk in gasification plants processing residues of sewage sludge and refuse-derived fuel
• Safety assessment of Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) manufactory
• The relevance of surfaces contamination assessment in occupational hygiene interventions in case of exposure to chemicals
• Optimization of the CoPsoQ questionnaire in a population of Archipelago of Azores
• Exposure to occupational noise in police—a systematic review
• Geostatistics applied to noise exposure—a systematic review
• Muscle fatigue assessment in manual handling of loads using motion analysis and accelerometers: A short review
• Evaluation of physical fatigue based on motion analysis
• Maintenance and safety according to the Brazilian performance standard: NBR 15.575
• Sensation seeking and risk perception as predictors of physical and psychosocial safety behavior in risk and non-risk professions
• Work ability, ageing and musculoskeletal symptoms among Portuguese municipal workers
• Psychological health and wellbeing in intralogistics workplaces—an empirical analysis
• Detailed evaluation of human body cooling techniques through thermo-physiological modelling
• Air quality assessment in copy centers
• The contribution of digital technologies to construction safety
• Tower crane safety: Organizational preventive measures vs. technical conditions
• Occupational and public exposure to radionuclides in smoke from forest fires—a warning
• Annual school safety activity calendar to promote safety in VET
• Accidents prevention at home with elderly
• Occupational safety and health for workers managing wild animals
• Pulmonary disease due to exposure to nanoparticles
• Assessment of air quality in professional kitchens of the city of Coimbra
• Analyse of occupational noise and whole-body vibration exposure at bus drivers—case study
• Evaluation of the infrastructural conditions and practices of the manipulators—case study: Nursing home and day center
• Neuromuscular fatigue assessment in operators performing occupational-transportation/transshipment tasks: A short systematic review
• BIM (Building Information Modelling) as a prevention tool in the design and construction phases
• Recent trends in safety science and their importance for operations practice
• Latest efforts aimed at upgrading the IMS-MM
• Exposure to particules in the poultry sector
• Scale psychometrics of the Portuguese short and middle length variants of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III pilot study
• Evaluation of occupational safety and health conditions in a Brazilian public hospital
• Levels of non-ionizing radiation in vertical residences in Joäo Pessoa (PB)
• Human error prevention by training design: Suppressing the Dunning-Kruger effect in its infancy
• Workload and work capacity of the public agent at a department of a federal institution of higher education
• Exposure to psychosocial risks in footwear industry workers: An exploratory analysis
• Inclusive, interdisciplinary and digital-based OSH resources: A booklet for students
• When the working hours become a risk factor: The debate about 3 x 8h and 2 x 12h shifts
• Occupational risks in hospital mortuary
• Occupational exposure in fitness clubs to indoor particles
• Occupational risks in hospital sterilization centers
• Chemical risks associated with the application of plant protection products
• Levels of urinary biomarkers of exposure and potential genotoxic risks in firefighters
• Whole body vibration and acoustic exposure in construction and demolition waste management
• Combined effects of exposure to physical risk factors: Impact on blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) in construction workers
• Evaluation of professional exposure to nanoparticles in automotive repair activities
• Occupational exposure to bioaerosols in the waste sorting industry
• Nanomaterials versus safety of workers—a short review
• Use of the 5S methodology for improving work environment
• Investigation and analysis of work accidents at the Urban Hygiene Department in a Portuguese Municipality
• An investigation of forearm EMG normalization procedures in a field study
• The impact of pesticides on the cholinesterase-activity in serum samples
• Comparative assessment of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrial kitchen
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the transportation of dangerous goods
• Scaffold use risk assessment model: SURAM
• The response of phagocytes to indoor air toxicity
• Modelling the effect of human presence in a single room with computational fluid dynamics simulation—a short review
• Bacteria bioburden assessment and MRSA colonization of workers and animals from a Portuguese swine production: A case report
• Assessment of fatigue through physiological indicators: A short review
• Workload mental analysis of the workers in a collective road transport company
• Ergonomic analysis of ballistic vests used by police officers in Paraíba State—Brazil
• Facilitators for safety of visually impaired on the displacements in external environments: A systematic review
• Impacts of accidents with workers in rock processing industries: Short review
• Whole-body vibration in mining equipment—a short review
• The effect of two training methods on workers’ risk perception: A comparative study with metalworking small firms
• Diagnoses of the acoustic perceptions of workers for auditory signal design
• Evacuation study of a high-rise building in fire safety, prescriptive versus performance analysis
• Radiological characterization of the occupational exposure in hydrotherapy spa treatments
• Labor claims and certification in occupational health and safety management
• Ergonomic risk measurement in prioritizing corrective actions at workstations
• Main mitigation measures—occupational exposure to radon in thermal spas
• Safety performance and its measurement: An empirical study concerning leading and lagging indicators
• Comparison between methods of assessing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders on upper limb extremities: A study in manual assembly work
• Stress misconduct and reduced ability to express dissent: A study on a sample of students at the University of Siena
• Wearable technology for occupational risk assessment: Potential avenues for applications
• Maturity level of hearing conservation programs in metallurgical companies and the workers noise perception
• Pitfalls of measuring illuminance with smartphones
• Effects of thermal (dis)comfort on student’s performance: Some evidences based on a study performed in a secondary school
• Usability of an open ERP System in a manufacturing company: An ergonomic perspective
• Postural adjustment for balance in asymmetric work. A practical example
• Working conditions and occupational risks in the physiotherapist’s activity
• Influencing factors in sustainable production planning and controlling from an ergonomic perspective
• Proof of concept—work accident costs analysis tool
• Wrist-hand work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a dairy factory: Incidence, prevalence and comparison between different methods for disease validation
• Work ability of teachers in Brazilian private and public universities
• Maintenance manual for equipment on construction site
• Ergonomic risk management of pruning with chainsaw in the olive sector
• What kind of lower limb musculoskeletal disorders can be associated with bus driving?
• Lean thinking practices in ergonomics in industrial sector
• Occupational activity on blood pressure profile
• Reusing single-use medical devices, where are we standing now?
• Active workstations to improve job performance: A short review
• Case study of risk assessment in single family housing
• Evaluation of the luminous performance of a public university library in the Northeast of Brazil
• Thermal comfort assessment of orthopaedic health professionals in an operating room
• Study of the impact of investments in occupational safety and accident prevention in the construction sector
• Lean construction and safety
• Analysis of the noise level in a university restaurant: A case study
• The influence of noise on the perceptions of discomfort, stress, and annoyance
• Assessment and characterization of WMSDs risk in nurses who perform their activity in surgical hospitalization
• Risk analysis in the execution of the Aguas Santas tunnel
• Characterization of school furniture in a basic education school
• Gas distribution companies: How can knowledge management promote occupational health and safety?
• Cytostatic-drugs handling in hospitals: Impact of contamination at occupational environments
• Author index