2026 August - 27 articles
Occupational safety risk assessment combines measured data, qualitative observations, and expert judgment to prioritize preventive action. Fuzzy logic can structure linguistic and uncertain information, but poorly justified variables, membership func...
Occupational safety management in combined cycle power plant (CCPP) construction requires methods that can both prioritize multiple tasks and explain why critical scenarios arise. This article presents a hybrid case-study methodology integrating ques...
Personal mobility (PM) devices have expanded rapidly as an urban transport mode supporting short-distance travel and first- and last-mile access to public transport, while conflicts involving PM users, pedestrians, and other road users have emerged a...
Vehicles equipped with level 3 automated driving system (ADS) features are expected to integrate into consumer markets in the near future. Drivers’ trust and situation awareness (SA) are critical for the acceptance and safe operation of level 3...
This study presents the design, theoretical modeling, and experimental validation of a novel mechanical reducer made up of three stages, including two logarithmic spiral gears, offering a continuously variable transmission ratio. Unlike conventional...
Background: To reduce the incidence of road traffic accidents (RTAs), countries worldwide implement various measures: intensified police controls, awareness-raising campaigns, technological solutions such as alcohol interlock systems, and stricter le...
Farming families are central to the agricultural industry in Ireland. The poor mental health of farmers is well documented. However, the mental health of farm family members remains overlooked. This study aims to understand the mental health literacy...
Many law enforcement agencies operate crisis service models that utilize the expertise of mental health professionals in assisting law enforcement officers (LEOs) when interacting with people experiencing a mental health crisis. This study examines t...
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, with well-established impacts on mortality and heat-related illness. However, their influence on unintentional injuries, including falls, is less understood. This study examined the association betwee...
Occupational injuries and work-related diseases remain a major concern in Italy, particularly in high-risk sectors such as construction, agriculture, manufacturing and healthcare. This study retrospectively analyzed a series of breaches of occupation...
Despite being classified as low-risk workplaces, museums involve tasks that generate demands, chemical exposure, and management-related stress that accumulate over time. This study assesses the relationship between occupational safety and health cond...
Occupational health and safety (OHS) malpractices may increase the risk of occupational injuries and are a significant public health problem in the iron and steel industries, often leading to disability and death. Information on OHS practices related...
The increasing deployment of lithium-ion batteries in electromobility, industrial logistics, and stationary energy storage systems has introduced new operational safety challenges associated with thermal runaway, fire development, and the release of...
Air travel is widely regarded as a safe mode of transport, yet the aviation journey remains a significant source of psychological and physiological stress for many passengers. Existing research has largely focused on fear of flying during the flight...
Agriculture remains one of the most hazardous industries in the United States, yet nonfatal surveillance remains incomplete. Prior studies have shown that trauma registries can support agricultural injury surveillance, but many approaches rely on tex...
Personal health and safety are significant concerns across agricultural education, specifically agricultural mechanics. While hearing safety has been discussed for numerous years as a shortcoming in overall safety actions, it has been identified that...
Characterizing the highly complex aero-propulsive interaction in distributed electric propulsion (DEP) aircraft may require automated flight-testing procedures with dedicated maneuvers, which introduce specific safety challenges. This paper investiga...
In gas-shielded arc welding, selecting the appropriate gas mixture is crucial not only for welding quality but also for reducing harmful UV radiation, which poses an occupational health risk. The aim of this research was to investigate the intensity...
Arterial corridors present complex safety challenges because signalized intersections, access points, mixed traffic movements, and speed variation can increase the likelihood of severe crash outcomes. Although Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS...
The NIOSH Lifting Equation is widely used to evaluate manual material handling tasks by identifying lifting risk through load reduction multipliers based on task geometry. However, while it provides a means of classifying risk, it does not estimate s...
Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) has emerged as a prominent speed enforcement practice, attracting policy attention as its adoption has increased. Although ASE has been widely studied on residential streets and urban corridors, empirical evidence re...
There is a need to ensure that the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in increasingly automated operations is safe, human-centric, and trustworthy, and respects ethical principles. To this end, this paper presents an innovative holistic asse...
To more effectively address the wide range of safety risks faced by construction workers on job sites, machine learning (ML)–based computer vision and augmented reality (AR) technologies are increasingly being employed to enhance efficiency, sa...
Sharps injuries and biological exposures remain a leading occupational safety risk in healthcare training environments. Preventing such injuries requires not only trainees’ declarative knowledge of biological hazards, but their threat appraisal...
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) represent a critical global challenge to workforce productivity. In Thailand, these disorders are particularly prevalent in labor-intensive industries such as ice manufacturing, where workers face significant ergonomi...
Cybersecurity relies heavily on warning systems to regulate user behavior under uncertainty. These warnings (ranging from browser security dialogs to phishing alerts and enterprise security notifications) do more than convey information: they may alt...
Access to safe drinking water remains a global public health concern due to its role in the transmission of infectious diseases. Despite the 20th-century achievement of chlorine-based disinfection, drinking water systems face threats from aging infra...
