Journal article
Do hazardous manual handling task risk assessment methods align with systems thinking?
Safety Science, Vol.140, pp.1-14
2021
Abstract
Musculoskeletal disorders caused by hazardous manual handling (HMH) create a significant burden on society and detriment to the daily activities of the injured person. It is widely accepted in safety science that systems thinking is the most suitable approach to safety management, but its adoption in the HMH context remains unclear. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the extent to which existing observation-based HMH risk assessment methods align with systems thinking. The risks assessed by HMH methods and the risk controls identified based on the application of each method were assessed for alignment with a systems thinking framework. The results show that existing HMH risk assessment methods are not aligned with systems thinking and the risk controls identified from the application of HMH methods primarily reside with the task, worker and management. Areas were identified that would contribute to the application of systems thinking in HMH risk assessment; (1) developing safety practitioner knowledge of systems thinking; and (2) providing safety practitioners with new methods to support systems thinking in HMH risk assessment.
Details
- Title
- Do hazardous manual handling task risk assessment methods align with systems thinking?
- Authors
- Peter McCormack (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Arts, Business and LawGemma Read (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical SystemsNatassia Goode (Author) - WorkSafe VictoriaPaul Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems
- Publication details
- Safety Science, Vol.140, pp.1-14
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105316
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology; Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; Faculty of Arts, Business and Law; School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99529608002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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