The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling
Background: In occupational studies, it is a known situation that technical and organizational attempts are used to prevent occupational accidents. Especially in the mining sector, if these attempts cannot prevent occupational accidents, personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes a necessity. Thus,...
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| description | Background: In occupational studies, it is a known situation that technical and organizational attempts are used to prevent occupational accidents. Especially in the mining sector, if these attempts cannot prevent occupational accidents, personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes a necessity. Thus, in this study, the main objective is to examine the effects of the variables on the use of PPE and identify important factors. Methods: A questionnaire was implemented and structural equation modeling was conducted to ascertain the significant factors affecting the PPE use of mining employees. The model includes the factors that ergonomics, the efficiency of PPE and employee training, and PPE usage habit. Results: The results indicate that ergonomics and employee training have no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the use of PPE. The efficiency of PPE has a statistically meaningful effect (p < 0.05) on the use of PPE. Various variables have been evaluated in previous studies. However, none of them examined the variables simultaneously. Conclusion: The developed model in the study enables to better focus on ergonomics and employee training in the PPE usage. The effectiveness of a PPE makes its use unavoidable. Emphasizing PPE effectiveness in OHS training and even showing them in practice will increase employees’ PPE usage. The fact that a PPE with high effectiveness is also ergonomic means that it will be used at high rates by the employee. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c855a1b6a464af6abbb8d5ff3573ce82023-09-02T14:19:45ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112022-06-01132180186The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation ModelingNilufer Kursunoglu0Seyhan Onder1Mustafa Onder2Batman University, Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Batman, TurkeyEskisehir Osmangazi University, Mining Engineering Department, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey; Corresponding author.Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Mining Engineering Department, 26040 Eskisehir, TurkeyBackground: In occupational studies, it is a known situation that technical and organizational attempts are used to prevent occupational accidents. Especially in the mining sector, if these attempts cannot prevent occupational accidents, personal protective equipment (PPE) becomes a necessity. Thus, in this study, the main objective is to examine the effects of the variables on the use of PPE and identify important factors. Methods: A questionnaire was implemented and structural equation modeling was conducted to ascertain the significant factors affecting the PPE use of mining employees. The model includes the factors that ergonomics, the efficiency of PPE and employee training, and PPE usage habit. Results: The results indicate that ergonomics and employee training have no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the use of PPE. The efficiency of PPE has a statistically meaningful effect (p < 0.05) on the use of PPE. Various variables have been evaluated in previous studies. However, none of them examined the variables simultaneously. Conclusion: The developed model in the study enables to better focus on ergonomics and employee training in the PPE usage. The effectiveness of a PPE makes its use unavoidable. Emphasizing PPE effectiveness in OHS training and even showing them in practice will increase employees’ PPE usage. The fact that a PPE with high effectiveness is also ergonomic means that it will be used at high rates by the employee.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791122000452Mining employeesOccupational accidentsPersonal protective equipmentStructural equation modeling |
| spellingShingle | Nilufer Kursunoglu Seyhan Onder Mustafa Onder The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling Safety and Health at Work Mining employees Occupational accidents Personal protective equipment Structural equation modeling |
| title | The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling |
| title_full | The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling |
| title_fullStr | The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling |
| title_short | The Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment Usage Habit of Mining Employees Using Structural Equation Modeling |
| title_sort | evaluation of personal protective equipment usage habit of mining employees using structural equation modeling |
| topic | Mining employees Occupational accidents Personal protective equipment Structural equation modeling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791122000452 |
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