Thesis (Ph.D. (Public Health)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Background: The number of occupational injuries in manufacturing industries continues to rise despite safety regulations. Occupational injuries range from the spine, hands, head, lungs, eyes, skeleton and skin. Negligence, improper use of Personal Protective Equipment, lack of experience and age are some of the factors leading to occupational injuries. Even though there are measures to prevent these occupational injuries, the number of injuries amongst manufacturing industries keeps rising and the causes need to be identified. Objective(s): The purpose of the study was to develop a training programme for manufacturing industries in the Polokwane municipality. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used for the study. Five categories of manufacturing industries were visited where 22 participants were interviewed using a voice recorder until data saturation was reached. There were 4 managers, 6 supervisors and 12 general workers. Member checking was done to verify and clarify transcribed information. Field notes were also taken for non-verbal responses. Data were analysed using Tesch’s and Clarke and Braun open coding method following the eight steps. Results: The findings of the study indicated that hazards in the physical work environment of manufacturing industries in the Polokwane municipality contributed to most occupational accidents. It was also found that negligence, incorrect provision of PPE by management, improper use of PPE by workers, and lack of safety training were also contributors to workplace accidents. Commitment to health and safety by industries management was also found to be lacking and played a role in some occupational accidents in the manufacturing industries. Conclusions: The study concludes that lack of health and safety training, negligence, and commitment by those in management compromised the health and safety of workers

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers' safety attitudes and their instructional practices and to determine the relationship between teachers’ safety attitudes and instructional practices and the number of years of teaching and work experience they had gained. A survey instrument composed of an Attitude Inventory, an Instructional Practices Inventory, and a section on number of years of teaching and work experience was constructed and tested for this study. A panel of experts assisted in validating the content of the survey instrument and the grouping of items into the six categories: Safety Responsibility, Liability, Directing Learning, Laboratory Organization, Teaching Aids, and Pupil Personnel Services, Reliability was established through computation of the Cronbach Alpha coefficients. The survey instrument was mailed to a random selection of 285 of the 1068 industrial arts teachers listed in the Virginia Industrial Arts Teachers! Directory, 1978-79. Pearson correlation coefficients were computed for responses on the Attitude Inventory with those on the Instructional Practices Inventory for the Liability Category, the Teaching Aids Category and for the overall scores on each inventory. Additionally, correlations were computed for years of teaching experience and years of industrial work experience with responses on the Safety Attitude Inventory and the Instructional Practices Inventory overall and for two categories. The categories used in those comparisons were those which were found to have a meaningful reliability coefficient, Liability and Teaching Aids. Each of the total inventories had meaningful reliability coefficients. The analysis of data revealed little if any correlation (0.20) between overall responses to the Safety Attitude Inventory and overall responses to the Instructional Practices Inventory and little if any correlation between attitudes and instructional practices in the categories--Liability (0.17) and Teaching Aids (0.12). No significant relationship was found between number of years of teaching experience and overall responses to the Safety Attitude Inventory or to the Instructional Practices Inventory. No significant relationship was found between number of years of industrial work experience and overall responses to the Safety Attitude Inventory or to the Instructional Practices Inventory. Little if any correlation (0.19) was found between the Liability category of the Safety Attitude Inventory and work experience, and little if any correlation was found between the Liability category (0.17) and the Teaching Aids category (0.15) of the Instructional Practices Inventory and work experience. From the analysis of data it was concluded that: 1. Safety attitudes expressed by industrial arts education teachers may not be considered as predictors of their instructional practices relating to safety. 2. Industrial work experience is not an important variable in determining the safety attitudes or instructional practices of industrial arts education teachers. 3. The number of years of teaching experience gained by industrial arts education teachers has no effect on safety attitudes or instructional practices of industrial arts education teachers. / Ph. D.

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DEd (Educational Management) / Department of Educational Management / This study focuses on safety and security in public schools. School violence is a sad reality encountered by whoever takes up the responsibility for the safety of learners and teachers. Both teachers and learners have the right to feel safe and secure at school. The aim of the study was to investigate how school management teams and school governing bodies take reasonable measures to ensure the safety and security of learners at schools. A mixed-methods research design was used in this study. The quantitative data, collected through questionnaires, were analysed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23, while the qualitative data, gathered through semi-structured interviews, were thematically analysed. The study revealed that successful school leaders have the potential to tremendously reduce safety and security challenges when necessary support is provided. Establishing partnerships with other sectors not only manage and improve the learners' behaviour and lessen learning difficulties but also create a more supportive climate within the school, home and society. Unavailability of school psychologists and/or social workers who would join forces with teachers, parents, and other professionals to create safe and supportive learning environments increase the manifestations of school safety and security challenges.

The impact of a mandatory Part 48 training program on the health and safety knowledge level of newly employed inexperienced miners in Texas was studied. Part 48 training was defined by compliance with Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) mandatory health and safety training requirements. A two-group pretest, posttest research design was utilized. Group one individuals were newly employed inexperienced persons who received mandatory Part 48 training in accordance with MSHA guidelines. Group two subjects were newly employed inexperienced persons who worked for companies that were exempt from conducting a Part 48 training program. MSHA's health and safety knowledge inventory was utilized. A significant difference was found in the health and safety training program when compared with individuals who did not receive the training . A significant difference was also found in the posttest scores for eight of the ten subject areas of the MSHA health and safety knowledge inventory for persons who completed a Part 48 training program when compared to persons who did not receive the training . Analysis of gain scores resulted in significant differences in the same subject areas indicated by posttest scores. It was concluded that MSHA Part 48 did have a significant impact on the health and safety knowledge level of newly employed inexperienced miners. Additional implications noted relate to the impact of a Part 48 training program on accidents, productivity, absenteeism, turnover, job satisfaction and management styles; role of MSHA in miner training; development of new training materials; methods of training; and the evaluation of health and safety training programs.

Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2012. / The aim of this thesis is to design a Disaster Prevention Centre for the platinum mining sector which will save lives and aid in the South African Department of Mineral and Resources' campaign towards "zero fatalities" within the mining industry. The facility is intended to be a prototype for the preventative training of platinum miners around the world by examining past, present and predicted future mining incidents and using this information to create a safe simulated learning environment or mock-up scenario of possible mining hazards.

Il presente progetto di ricerca muove dalle riflessioni sul ruolo e sulle caratteristiche che la formazione alla sicurezza ricopre oggi nei diversi contesti organizzativi ed istituzionali. L’importanza di educare e formare alla salute e alla sicurezza è riconosciuta sia a livello nazionale sia a livello europeo, come dimostrano i numerosi atti normativi italiani ed europei. Il progetto di ricerca si è posto l’obiettivo di analizzarne in maniera approfondita gli aspetti pedagogico-educativi della formazione alla sicurezza in famiglia, nella scuola e negli ambienti di lavoro, per giungere alla formulazione di indicazioni pedagogiche utili per formare alla sicurezza nelle diverse età della vita. / The present research project starts from reflections on the role and characteristics of safety training in the various organizational and institutional contexts. The importance of educating and training in health and safety is recognized both at national and at European level. The research project analyze the pedagogical-educational aspects of safety training in the family, in the school and in the workplace, to arrive at the formulation of pedagogical indications useful for training for safety in different ages of life

The hand is one of the most complex of all of the anatomical structures in the human body. It has been found that hand injuries are among the most frequent injuries that occur to the body, predominantly during industrial activities. It has therefore been concluded that more research is needed into protective factors, such as glove use. The design features of a glove emphasise either protection or performance. There is often a trade-off between increased safety and performance capability when donning gloves. It has been determined that gloves which are fitted and comfortable for the worker may provide the best compromise between protective functions and decreased performance. This investigation aimed to assess the influence of glove fit on the performance attributes of industrial tasks, as well as on the responses of the human operator. Glove fit was analysed as 35 male participants donned three different glove sizes during each test, including a best-fitting glove, a glove one size smaller than best-fitting, and a glove one size larger than best-fitting. For each glove size, gloves of two differing materials were tested, namely nitrile and neoprene. A barehanded condition was also tested, totalling seven gloved/barehanded conditions for each test. The seven conditions were assessed in a laboratory setting in a battery of tests. This consisted of components of task performance, including maximum pulling and pushing force, maximum torque, precision of force, tactility, speed and accuracy and dexterity. The performance responses were recorded, as well as participants’ perceptual responses using the Rating of Perceived Exertion scale, and muscle activity. Six muscles were selected: Flexor Digitorum Superficialis, Flexor Pollicus Longus, Extensor Carpi Ulnaris, Extensor Carpi Radialis, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris and Flexor Carpi Radialis. The results revealed that glove fit does affect certain spects of performance, and influences human operator responses for selected task components. Furthermore, discrepancies were distinguished between orking barehanded and working with an optimally fitted glove. There was also a glove material effect established. Overall, it was found that muscle activity when exerting maximum force in a pushing and pulling direction was optimal with the nitrile glove material. Maximum torque performance was enhanced with the use of a best-fitting glove, as compared with an ill-fitting glove or barehanded work. Force precision was preferable when barehanded, as opposed to the tactility task which rendered optimal results with a best-fitting glove. The same was found for speed and accuracy results, as glove fit appeared to have no effect on performance, but performance was improved when participants were barehanded. Dexterity performance was the most conclusively influenced by the conditions, resulting in barehanded performance being optimal. However, should a glove be necessary for a given task, an optimally-fitted glove which is of a thinner material would be recommended. It is necessary to distinguish the performance components of a task within industry and select the most appropriate glove for optimal performance and the least risk of overexertion.

Past research has shown a correlation between first-aid training and the reduction of injuries. This connection has been noted in off-the-job situations in addition to industrial studies. This project is an extension of those past findings with three notable differences: total population training was studied, as the intervention instead of just saturation treatment; attention was given to the effect that the half-life of training had upon injury reduction; and three randomly chosen small groups we're studied to determine short range effects. The theoretical bases from which the study hypothesis was developed originated in the Behavioral Science and Psychology literature. Discussions are developed around the mental structuring of accidental potential situations in the case of a person trained in first-aid principles. Behavior Modification was one of the principles of change that offered a.safer environment through first-aid training. Group contagion provided the setting for development of a safer place to work because of socialization to a "safe attitude." The intervention, American National Red Cross Standard Multimedia First-Aid Course, provided some of the mental developments toward modification of behavior. These were the modeling and rehearsal features of the course. A connection between group deviance and accident "proneness" led to a proposal that avoidance behavior was the resultant of the training.