TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Hazard management dealt by safety professionals in colleges: the impact of individual factors JO - International journal of environmental research and public health A1 - Wu, Tsung-Chih A1 - Chen, Chi-Hsiang A1 - Yi, Nai-Wen A1 - Lu, Pei-Chen A1 - Yu, Shan-Chi A1 - Wang, Chien-Peng SP - e13121201 EP - e13121201 VL - 13 IS - 12 N2 - Identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards are important functions of safety professionals (SPs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the content and frequency of hazard management dealt by safety professionals in colleges. The authors also explored the effects of organizational factors/individual factors on SPs' perception of frequency of hazard management. The researchers conducted survey research to achieve the objective of this study. The researchers mailed questionnaires to 200 SPs in colleges after simple random sampling, then received a total of 144 valid responses (response rate = 72%). Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the hazard management scale (HMS) extracted five factors, including physical hazards, biological hazards, social and psychological hazards, ergonomic hazards, and chemical hazards. Moreover, the top 10 hazards that the survey results identified that safety professionals were most likely to deal with (in order of most to least frequent) were: organic solvents, illumination, other chemicals, machinery and equipment, fire and explosion, electricity, noise, specific chemicals, human error, and lifting/carrying. Finally, the results of one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated there were four individual factors that impacted the perceived frequency of hazard management which were of statistical and practical significance: job tenure in the college of employment, type of certification, gender, and overall job tenure. SPs within colleges and industries can now discuss plans revolving around these five areas instead of having to deal with all of the separate hazards.

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LA - en SN - 1661-7827 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121201 ID - ref1 ER -