With the renewal of interest in nuclear energy as a green energy source, battery plant manufacturing for electric vehicles, and semiconductor fabrication plant construction, it is necessary to address the evolution of complacency as it relates to industrial facility leadership and the widespread reduction in force of essential critical infrastructure workers. As a skilled craft person in the piping trades, with almost two decades of experience in mechanical construction, ten of those years as a nuclear worker, and as a traveling pipefitter working at chemical, refinery, and gasification plants, I am intimately aware of the behaviors, practices, and procedures inherent to these industrial facilities. This personal and professional experience, in addition to gatekeeper status, affords me access to a diverse craft base and corporate leadership. Because of this atypical positioning, I am capable of discerning variances in standard procedures and protocols, changing conditions and manpower shortfalls. Qualitative research methods, including interviews, public documentation, and information from industry organizations, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, are all employed to collect this information. My research addresses the industrial events that are detrimental to human security due to corporate leadership's role in complacency, which includes its involvement in understaffing and temporary manpower practices, in tandem with human performance and escalated risk behaviors.

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Thesis--University of Michigan, 1996.

Thesis--University of Michigan, 1996.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 84-88).

by Chan Man Shing, Ho Chak Chong Philip. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Bibliography: leaves 91-92.

陳根錦. / "2004年9月". / "2004 nian 9 yue". / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-319). / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Chen Genjin. / 聲明 --- p.iii / 論文摘要 --- p.iv / 致謝 --- p.vii / 圖表 --- p.xi / Chapter 第一章 --- 香港職業傷病問題的性質及嚴重性 / Chapter 一. --- 香港職業傷病問題的分析角度 --- p.1 / Chapter 二. --- 香港職業傷亡及疾病的槪況 --- p.3 / Chapter 三. --- 職業傷病的社會影響 --- p.7 / Chapter 四. --- 小結 --- p.13 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻回顧 / Chapter 一. --- 職業健康及安全政策的性質 --- p.15 / Chapter 二. --- 社會福利政策的政治經濟學 --- p.17 / Chapter 三. --- 國家體系及福利政策體系的槪念 --- p.21 / Chapter 四. --- 職業健康和安全政策的政治經濟學 --- p.26 / Chapter 五. --- 職業健康和安全政策體系理論 --- p.38 / Chapter 六. --- 政策體系的結果 --- p.53 / Chapter 七. --- 小結 --- p.54 / Chapter 第三章 --- 香港職業健康和安全政策體系的分析架構 / Chapter 一. --- 硏究意義和範疇 --- p.55 / Chapter 二. --- 槪念架構的定義 --- p.57 / Chapter 三. --- 方法論的討論 --- p.58 / Chapter 四. --- 小結 --- p.77 / Chapter 第四章 --- 硏究方法 / Chapter 一. --- 硏究的性質：探索性硏究 --- p.78 / Chapter 二. --- 硏究取向：質性硏究 --- p.79 / Chapter 三. --- 硏究方法 --- p.80 / Chapter 四. --- 硏究的操作 --- p.85 / Chapter 五. --- 資料搜集 --- p.86 / Chapter 六. --- 資料的分析 --- p.87 / Chapter 七. --- 硏究的效度和信賴度 --- p.91 / Chapter 八. --- 小結 --- p.92 / Chapter 第五章 --- 香港職業健康和安全政策體系的整全個案分析 / Chapter 一. --- 香港職業健康和安全政策體系的形成與發展階段 --- p.94 / Chapter 二. --- 香港職業健康及安全政策體系的歷史推動力 --- p.122 / Chapter 三. --- 香港職業健康及安全政策體系的依附軌跡 --- p.135 / Chapter 四. --- 香港職業健康及安全政策體系的結果 --- p.152 / Chapter 五. --- 小結 --- p.161 / Chapter 第六章 --- 香港建造業健康和安全政策體系的潛嵌單位分析 / Chapter 一. --- 香港建造業職業健康及安全政策體系的形成與發展 --- p.163 / Chapter 二. --- 香港建造業職業健康及安全政策體系的歷史推動力 --- p.183 / Chapter 三. --- 香港建造業職業健康及安全政策體系的依附軌跡 --- p.195 / Chapter 四. --- 香港建造業職業健康及安全政策體系的結果 --- p.207 / Chapter 五. --- 小結 --- p.211 / Chapter 第七章 --- 香港職業健康及安全政策體系的整全個案與建造 業健康及安全政策體系潛嵌單位的歷史推動力、 依附軌跡及結果 / Chapter 一. --- 香港的職業健康和安全政策體系，包括建築業職業健康和安全 政策體系的歷史推動力（整全單位和潛嵌單位的比較） --- p.213 / Chapter 二. --- 香港職業健康及安全政策體系，包括建造業職業健康及安全政 策體系的依附軌跡 --- p.223 / Chapter 三. --- 造成建築業職業健康和安全的表現較香港整體職業健康和安全 爲差的體系因素 --- p.235 / Chapter 四. --- 小結 --- p.253 / Chapter 第八章 --- 討論、總結與政策建議 / Chapter 一. --- 討論總結 --- p.255 / Chapter 二. --- 硏究限制 --- p.271 / Chapter 三. --- 未來的硏究領域及課題 --- p.274 / Chapter 四. --- 政策啓示與改革建議 --- p.280 / Chapter 五. --- 小結 --- p.289 / 參考書目-英文 --- p.291 / 參考書目-中文 --- p.315

Conclusions: Participatory training was more effective in improving KAP scores than didactic training. Participatory training could reduce occurrence of injury and sick leave, but not MSD at one year follow up. The cost-benefit ratio of participatory training was better compared to didactic training. The participatory training could be recommended for training frontline workers. / In the year after training, the incidence rates of injury events reduced from 144.5 per 1,000 person-years to 73.5 per 1,000 person-years (Z=3.199, p<0.001) in intervention group. No statistical significances were found for injury reduction in control groups. The proportions of workers taking sick leave reduced from 32.0% to 24.6% in intervention group ( chi 2=5.609, p=0.018), but didn't reduce significantly in control groups (p>0.05). The MSD prevalence rates didn't reduce significantly in intervention and control groups (p>0.05). / Keywords: Frontline worker, Participatory training, Occupational health and safety, Randomized controlled trial, Evaluation / Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted among frontline workers in Shenzhen, China from June 2008 to May 2010. The impact of the training programs was assessed with knowledge attitude and practice (KAP), experiences in work-related injury, sick leave and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) at baseline and one year after training. Chi square test and two-proportion Z test were applied to compare the occurrence of injury, sick leave and MSD in different groups. / Objectives: To find out whether participatory training is effective in improving occupational health and safety (OHS); to see if participatory training is more effective than didactic training in improving OHS; and to document whether participatory training has a better cost-benefit ratio than didactic training. / Results: 918 intervention workers received participatory training and 2,561 control workers received didactic training. The follow up rates at three-month and one-year after training were 71.1% (2,473/3,479) and 56.3% (1,321/2,347), respectively. / The average baseline KAP scores of 64.9+/-15.0, 63.5+/-14.7 and 78.1+/-18.0 improved significantly at immediate evaluation (82.7+/-12.3, 71.9+/-12.4 and 90.6+/-12.7), at three months (79.3+/-11.5, 73.9+/-10.6 and 91.7+/-9.6), and at one-year after training (76.7+/-12.1, 72.0+/-10.3 and 88.9+/-10.8) in three groups. / The cost-benefit ratios were 1:1.20 for participatory training and 1:1.06 for didactic training if the cost savings were calculated with median costs and workdays lost. The cost-benefit ratios were 1:2.36 for participatory training and 1:1.97 for didactic training if the cost savings were calculated with mean costs and workdays lost. / Yu, Wenzhou. / Adviser: Ignatius T.S. Yu. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-02, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-174). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Needs assessment--Cost analysis--Modeling--Pilot studies--Sample programs--Training programs--Communication.