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Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology (OJSST) is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of safety science and tec…
Eugie Kabwe, Yiming Wang
As the depth of mining increases, the occurrence of seismic events is becoming a more common phenomenon causing serious problems regarding to the stability and safety of mines. However, seismicity and the accompanying rockburst phenomena are not a well-define…
Koichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Ito, Hiroyuki Torikai
In this study, we investigate the flame spread characteristics of binary mixed liquid fuels that are both in super-flash condition. We propose a method for estimating flashpoint and flame spread rate for binary mixed liquid fuels from binary vapor concentrati…
Helmut Paschold
Drivers of residential solid waste collection trucks are exposed to a wide variety of physical and health hazards. Automated robotic arm collection methods are intended to eliminate physical and ergonomic hazards associated with manual waste collection. Howev…
Wanda D. Minnick, Jonathan D. Cunkelman
The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of safety professionals regarding the expansion of their role into security functions. One hundred eleven returned surveys from practicing safety professionals in the manufacturing, oil and gas, and cons…
Wen-Fa Zhu, Hui-Zhen Ma, Xiao-Dong Chai, Shu-Bin Zhen
In this paper, an EMD de-noising algorithm is proposed based on the statistical feature of random noise, which can eliminate the noise impaction digital integrator generated by the collected railway line state detection signals using strap-down inertial techn…
Raqibull Hasan, Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan, Asaduzzaman Ashek, Israt Jahan Rumpa
In this paper, design and implement of a microcontroller based home security system with GSM technology have been presented and analyzed. Two microcontrollers with other peripheral devices which include Light Emitting Diode (LED), Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)…
Yuichi Otsuka
This study aims at revealing the relationships among risk assessment result, risk perception model and risk acceptance model of the residents near nuclear power plants in Japan. Risk acceptance model is based on the trust of resident to nuclear power plants (…
Mehrzad Ebrahemzadih, Afshin Maleki, Ebrahim Darvishi, Mehdi Meimanat Abadi, Saeed Dehestaniathar
Today, one of the basic methods in engaging the decision making of senior managers for securing the organizations regarding assessing risks that the industries face, is the analysis of outcomes of processing accidents. The development of process industries is…
Stephen J. Mitchual, Mark Donkoh, Francis Bih
This paper reports the assessment of safety practices and injuries in a timber company in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey design was used for the study. Data were collected from 300 respondents at a sawmill in Ghana using a 5-point Likert-type scale questionn…
Akihiko Hidaka, Atsumi Miyake
In recent years, Japanese manufacturing firms have been building factories in the developing countries of Southeast Asia and employing local personnel. Using local employees who were basically people of the agricultural countries implies difficulties in both…
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Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology (OJSST) is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of safety science and tec… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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