Citation

Kekkonen P, Reiman A, Väyrynen S, Rajala HK. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-13.

Affiliation

Occupational Safety and Health Section , Regional State Administrative Agency of Northern Finland , Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2019.1600314

PMID

30932739

Abstract

The aim of this study was to create a holistic view of shared workplaces and the ways in which these 'special situations' for organising work take place in practice. The characteristics of shared workplaces and the associated phenomena and challenges were also points of interest. Occupational safety and health inspection reports (N = 200) from the Regional State Administrative Agency of Finland were analysed to obtain information on the deficiencies observed at shared workplaces. The observations were categorised, and the categories were linked to the elements in the work system model. Thus, observation profiles for shared workplaces in the construction, manufacturing and mining and quarrying industries were created. In the observation profiles significant differences were identified between two or more industries in terms of deficiencies related to organisation, employee, task, tools and technology as well as work environment, i.e. the elements comprising the work system model.

Language: en

Keywords

occupational safety and health; shared workplace; work system; workplace inspection