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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…
Steven M. Thygerson, Joshua H. West, Ray M. Merrill
Side-by-side field sampling comparisons for Triglycidylisocyanurate (TGIC) w ere conducted using 1) a laboratory method to determine specific levels of airborne TGIC, and 2) the NIOSH 0500 method for Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated for total aerosol mass…
Hafida Bouloiz, Emmanuel Garbolino, Mohamed Tkiouat
This paper presents an analysis, by a combination of dynamic systems and fuzzy logic, of the work environment of human factor. This environment contains a set of factors (variables) that influence human behavior in the context of industrial safety. The defini…
Aida Abd El Hamid Hassan, Safaa Abd El Moez Elnagar, Ihab Mohammadi El Tayeb, Sara Abd El Halim Bolbol
Background : Paints and coatings include paints, varnishes, lacquers, stains, printing inks and more. A wide variety of volatile solvents are used in paint and coating manufacturing including aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones and consist…
Sílvia Silva, Adriana Araújo, Dário Costa, J. L. Meliá
Studies of safety climate in construction revealed a significant positive association between safety climate and various aspects of occupational health and safety. The mechanisms through which this impact operates are still unclear and safety climate is usual…
Reem Abbas Abbas, Marwa Mohamed Zalat, Nanees Salah Eldeen Ghareeb
Background: Construction is a dangerous industry, with high rates of fatal and non-fatal injuries. Although, safety climate has been linked with safety performance and work-related accidents, yet it is scarcely studied and considered in injury prevention prog…
Jessica Mueller, Laura Stanley
Lights and siren are frequently used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) groups to reduce response times and in crease a patient’s chance for survival. However, the use of lights and siren in EMS patient transport has been associated with occasional inappropri…
Tian Tian, Haicheng Dong, Xiaoting Tian, Yafei Hao
By photic-assisted deposition, Ag nanoparticles were assembled on bioactive TiO 2 nanotube arrays, which were fabri cated by anodic oxidation in 0.5 wt% NH 4 F solution containing 0.5 wt% Na 2 HPO 4 . The samples were characterized by scanning electron mincro…
Hamid Saberi, Vahid Saberi, Ali Kheyroddin, Ashkan Firouzi
Final lining in mechanized excavation includes the precast concrete segments. These segments are designed for applied loads during construction, moving, depot, assembling in the tunnel and service loads that are affected by earth condi tions. One of these loa…
Mohsen Gerami, Hamid Saberi, Vahid Saberi, Ashkan Firouzi
The presence of web openings in castellated beams introduces different modes of failure at the perforated sections such as excessive stresses in tee-sections, excessive stresses in mid-depth of the web post, web-post buckling, developing plastic Vierendeel me…
Eduardo Calixto, Gilson Brito Alves Lima, Paulo Renato Alves Firmino
Human factors always affect maintenance performance , and in some cases , it’s critical to systems availability and reli ability. Despite such importance, in so many cases , there’s no human reliability method applied to analyze mainte nance tasks in order to…
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