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Papers by Jesús Antonio Carrillo-Castrillo
Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI, 2018
Mantenimiento Ingenieria Industrial Y De Edificios, 2011
La informacion obtenida de los partes de accidentes registrados en el periodo 2003-2008 en el sec... more La informacion obtenida de los partes de accidentes registrados en el periodo 2003-2008 en el sector industrial de Andalucia nos permite identificar factores de riesgos que deben ser tenidos en cuenta a la hora de planificar la prevencion en estas tareas. El estudio se basa en el analisis epidemiologico mediante un modelo de regresion logistica que permite comparar la severidad relativa (odds ratio) de determinados grupos. Asimismo nos permite identificar patrones de la evolucion producida en este periodo y de potenciales acciones recomendables para mejorar la politica de prevencion en estas tareas de mantenimiento.
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, 2012
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ABSTRACT Injury rate is an indicator of the labour risk prevention performance. There are other i... more ABSTRACT Injury rate is an indicator of the labour risk prevention performance. There are other indicators more helpful for safety purposes as those from safety climate assessment or safety audits but it is the most used. Causes of occupational accidents can be classified as micro-level, meso-level and macro-level. Most causes are attributed to micro-level (worker and job conditions) but other causes (at macro and meso levels) can influence accident occurrence. Our interest is to identify possible explanatory variables of injury rates at meso-level. In this study we focus on company injury rates. We have analysed injury rates of manufacturing companies in the south of Spain ( Andalusia) collected from accident reports registered from 2003 to 2008. This study offers a perspective on the relationship between injury rates of a company and some explanatory variables. Typical factors at company level would be economic and financial, organizational, safety management and profile of staff. Turnover and profits per employee are both significant in univariate and multivariate analysis. Companies with a bigger turnover per employee have usually higher relative injury rates. This can be explained both in terms of work stress and working pace and in terms of intensity in the use of production assets. Further research should be done, and better indicators of safety management should be included to decide which economic and financial ratios are explanatory of safety at work. This preliminary result shows that there is a risk for management if they misunderstand the importance of occupational safety.
Business model affects all management areas, occupational safety too. Decisions as establishment ... more Business model affects all management areas, occupational safety too. Decisions as establishment size, worker profiles both demographic and qualification, have effect on the risk of accidents. Although this is an ecological study, the results presented provide managers important information for planning and specially for adopting specific preventive measures depending on the business model chosen.
Croatian journal of forest engineering, 2021
The chainsaw, as a work equipment, is considered one of the most dangerous in the field of occupa... more The chainsaw, as a work equipment, is considered one of the most dangerous in the field of occupational health and safety. The chainsaw is especially used in the forestry sector, although it is also used in other different sectors such as agriculture, construction or gardening. This study was carried out using an ad-hoc questionnaire as a research tool in order to assess the weaknesses in the training received by workers who use chainsaws in Andalusia, Spain, since it has never been addressed before. To achieve the objective set, the questionnaire was completed by 378 operators working with chainsaw and their responses were analysed. The results of this study show that there are obvious shortcomings related to work with chainsaws in very significant aspects for the occupational health and safety. Of special importance is the lack of training detected on rescue techniques and work at height, since these are aspects of special risk for workers’ health that could cause accidents with s...
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II, 2020
Contact Center sector has experienced significant growth in recent decades. This growth has impli... more Contact Center sector has experienced significant growth in recent decades. This growth has implicated new technologies, increasing workloads and new forms of employment. All of them can lead to ergonomic and psychosocial risks. The aim of this study is to review literature about ergonomic and psychosocial risk factors, as well as the preventive measures advised in the Contact Center sector. The review found that more than half of the workers show high prevalence in musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, there is dissatisfaction regarding lighting conditions, temperature and noise. Regarding psychosocial factors, there is a high prevalence of lack of autonomy and social support, high psychological demands, job insecurity and monitoring. In most cases women are in worse conditions that men. However, no major differences were found between workers in internal and external Contact Centers.
Occupational Safety and Hygiene V, 2017
ABSTRACT Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICT) in OHS courses at univ... more ABSTRACT Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICT) in OHS courses at university engineering students was measured through the students´ perception. A specific online questionnaire was designed for current research. A total of 308 students from engineering courses completed the questionnaire successfully. Results showed that ICT significantly contributed to the understanding of the topics. Combination of use of ICT and face-to face teaching sessions is the best way to learn OHS concepts.
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2016
Safety Science, 2021
Abstract The chainsaw is one of the most dangerous pieces of work equipment in the field of occup... more Abstract The chainsaw is one of the most dangerous pieces of work equipment in the field of occupational health and safety. Analysis of occupational accidents involving chainsaws is scant. The aim of this study is to provide a faithful description of registered occupational accidents related to the chainsaw in the Andalusian region of Spain. In total, 373 accidents were studied, and in which characteristics of the injured person, enterprise, workplace and sequence of the event were studied. It was determined that the injured victim tended to be a male worker between 30 and 59 years old from the forestry or agricultural sector. Typically, the accident took place in the month of February or March. As for the characteristics of the accident, normally it occurred in forestry or agricultural areas during associated tasks, with the loss of control of the chainsaw, leading to contact with the blades, causing open wounds to the leg, knee or fingers. A specific feature in Andalusia is the influence of the use of the chainsaw in olive tree pruning and in the task of preventing forest fires. It is important to develop an international training standard and apply it to any worker who uses the chainsaw. The manufacturers of chainsaws should be involved in the prevention of accidents at work while using their devices, in terms of safe use to prevent the loss of control of the chainsaw, and in promoting the mandatory use of personal protective equipment to reduce or eliminate injuries caused by cuts, especially to the upper extremities.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2019
The objective of this research was to analyze the factors present in occupational accidents occur... more The objective of this research was to analyze the factors present in occupational accidents occurred at work among Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) workers. Garbage, and rubbish from household waste were considered as MSW. The study was based on a total of 11,935 accidents occurring and reported in the MSW sector during the period 2009-2012 in Andalusia (Spain), as well as a survey of 572 workers in the above mentioned sector conducted in 2009. All the variables included in the accident reports were analyzed and the possible existence of statistically significant differences between the percentages of each variable category and the severity of the accident were determined. In addition, the results of the accidents reported were compared with the results of the survey for certain variables. Unskilled (Risk Ratio= 7.6) male workers (Risk Ratio= 1.4), aged 25 or below (Risk Ratio= 3.0), with experience of less than one year (Risk Ratio= 12.1), were the ones most susceptible to suffering an accident. In addition, accidents for male workers over 55, occurred in companies with 10 to 24 employees, during the initial hours of the work shift, and caused by loss of control, had the highest probability of being severe or fatal. If the companies considered these risk factors during the design of preventive measures the accident rate in the MSW sector could be reduced.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2019
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2018
In occupational health and safety, noise is one of the biggest worldwide risk factors and it is a... more In occupational health and safety, noise is one of the biggest worldwide risk factors and it is a particularly big problem in industry. Olive oil mills play an important role in Spanish industry since they account for 45% of the world's olive oil production. Although noise is a serious occupational hazard in this industrial sector, scientific literature does not seem to contain any research study on the subject. The aim of this paper is to analyse noise exposure levels and their effects on the hearing of olive oil mill workers. For this purpose, a retrospective longitudinal observational study was conducted over the course of a decade, using a sample of 115 olive oil mill workers and analysing their exposure to noise and hearing levels. Among the main results it must be highlighted that, during the period under study, there was a notable rise in the noise levels to which these workers are exposed, although the results of the Early Loss Index (ELI), which measures hearing loss in each ear separately only at a frequency of 4000 Hz and adjusted for presbycusis by age and sex, for olive oil mill factory managers with the highest noise exposure, underwent an improvement in contrast with reception yard workers, whose ELI index did not.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety directives ... more The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety directives is to ensure a high level of safety for users. This research aims to analyze whether Europe needs a product safety directive for scaffolding and identify the main factors to be defined in public policies on the use of standardized scaffolding in the absence of such a directive. The principal types of scaffolding were reviewed, along with European regulations, and their risk levels. Finally, a qualitative study using a panel of experts was conducted to determine the differences between types of scaffolding and whether the enactment of such a directive would be justified. Key results were that the risk level associated with scaffolding positioned it third or fourth between material agents more hazardous in relation to falls from height. There is no existing product safety directive for scaffolding, despite the fact that there are directives for other products less dangerous than or as dang...
Journal of Business Research, 2016
DYNA, 2016
Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to... more Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to European Statistics on Accidents at Work framework (ESAW), important variables related to the main circumstances of accidents are being gathered in Europe. The purpose of this paper is to present a method for analysis of accident databases that are coded according to the ESAW and based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The method proposed considers the implicit conceptual relationship between the exposure and accident variables in order to identify main areas for public policy intervention. This method is presented by analyzing specific working processes using a dataset of the accidents that were reported in the Andalusian manufacturing over a ten-year period. The method presented allowed easy identification of the main associations candidates for public intervention programs. Each could be object to further detailed research before designing the intervention program. This method could help policy makers when identifying areas for public intervention.
Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV, 2016
Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV, 2016
The investigation of accidents is an occupational safety analytical tool aimed at discovering the... more The investigation of accidents is an occupational safety analytical tool aimed at discovering the causes of an accident.To understand the basic facts and causal factors of the accident is ideal the use of the Eurostat variables within European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW variables). To achieve the objective set, last 100 occupational accident investigations conducted by the Labour Authorities in Andalusia (Spain) until 2014 in industries such as construction, manufacturing, agriculture and services were analysed. The results of this study show that 94% of the official occupational accident investigation reports analysed used the ESAW variables.
Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI, 2018
Mantenimiento Ingenieria Industrial Y De Edificios, 2011
La informacion obtenida de los partes de accidentes registrados en el periodo 2003-2008 en el sec... more La informacion obtenida de los partes de accidentes registrados en el periodo 2003-2008 en el sector industrial de Andalucia nos permite identificar factores de riesgos que deben ser tenidos en cuenta a la hora de planificar la prevencion en estas tareas. El estudio se basa en el analisis epidemiologico mediante un modelo de regresion logistica que permite comparar la severidad relativa (odds ratio) de determinados grupos. Asimismo nos permite identificar patrones de la evolucion producida en este periodo y de potenciales acciones recomendables para mejorar la politica de prevencion en estas tareas de mantenimiento.
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, 2012
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.
ABSTRACT Injury rate is an indicator of the labour risk prevention performance. There are other i... more ABSTRACT Injury rate is an indicator of the labour risk prevention performance. There are other indicators more helpful for safety purposes as those from safety climate assessment or safety audits but it is the most used. Causes of occupational accidents can be classified as micro-level, meso-level and macro-level. Most causes are attributed to micro-level (worker and job conditions) but other causes (at macro and meso levels) can influence accident occurrence. Our interest is to identify possible explanatory variables of injury rates at meso-level. In this study we focus on company injury rates. We have analysed injury rates of manufacturing companies in the south of Spain ( Andalusia) collected from accident reports registered from 2003 to 2008. This study offers a perspective on the relationship between injury rates of a company and some explanatory variables. Typical factors at company level would be economic and financial, organizational, safety management and profile of staff. Turnover and profits per employee are both significant in univariate and multivariate analysis. Companies with a bigger turnover per employee have usually higher relative injury rates. This can be explained both in terms of work stress and working pace and in terms of intensity in the use of production assets. Further research should be done, and better indicators of safety management should be included to decide which economic and financial ratios are explanatory of safety at work. This preliminary result shows that there is a risk for management if they misunderstand the importance of occupational safety.
Business model affects all management areas, occupational safety too. Decisions as establishment ... more Business model affects all management areas, occupational safety too. Decisions as establishment size, worker profiles both demographic and qualification, have effect on the risk of accidents. Although this is an ecological study, the results presented provide managers important information for planning and specially for adopting specific preventive measures depending on the business model chosen.
Croatian journal of forest engineering, 2021
The chainsaw, as a work equipment, is considered one of the most dangerous in the field of occupa... more The chainsaw, as a work equipment, is considered one of the most dangerous in the field of occupational health and safety. The chainsaw is especially used in the forestry sector, although it is also used in other different sectors such as agriculture, construction or gardening. This study was carried out using an ad-hoc questionnaire as a research tool in order to assess the weaknesses in the training received by workers who use chainsaws in Andalusia, Spain, since it has never been addressed before. To achieve the objective set, the questionnaire was completed by 378 operators working with chainsaw and their responses were analysed. The results of this study show that there are obvious shortcomings related to work with chainsaws in very significant aspects for the occupational health and safety. Of special importance is the lack of training detected on rescue techniques and work at height, since these are aspects of special risk for workers’ health that could cause accidents with s...
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II, 2020
Contact Center sector has experienced significant growth in recent decades. This growth has impli... more Contact Center sector has experienced significant growth in recent decades. This growth has implicated new technologies, increasing workloads and new forms of employment. All of them can lead to ergonomic and psychosocial risks. The aim of this study is to review literature about ergonomic and psychosocial risk factors, as well as the preventive measures advised in the Contact Center sector. The review found that more than half of the workers show high prevalence in musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, there is dissatisfaction regarding lighting conditions, temperature and noise. Regarding psychosocial factors, there is a high prevalence of lack of autonomy and social support, high psychological demands, job insecurity and monitoring. In most cases women are in worse conditions that men. However, no major differences were found between workers in internal and external Contact Centers.
Occupational Safety and Hygiene V, 2017
ABSTRACT Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICT) in OHS courses at univ... more ABSTRACT Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICT) in OHS courses at university engineering students was measured through the students´ perception. A specific online questionnaire was designed for current research. A total of 308 students from engineering courses completed the questionnaire successfully. Results showed that ICT significantly contributed to the understanding of the topics. Combination of use of ICT and face-to face teaching sessions is the best way to learn OHS concepts.
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2016
Safety Science, 2021
Abstract The chainsaw is one of the most dangerous pieces of work equipment in the field of occup... more Abstract The chainsaw is one of the most dangerous pieces of work equipment in the field of occupational health and safety. Analysis of occupational accidents involving chainsaws is scant. The aim of this study is to provide a faithful description of registered occupational accidents related to the chainsaw in the Andalusian region of Spain. In total, 373 accidents were studied, and in which characteristics of the injured person, enterprise, workplace and sequence of the event were studied. It was determined that the injured victim tended to be a male worker between 30 and 59 years old from the forestry or agricultural sector. Typically, the accident took place in the month of February or March. As for the characteristics of the accident, normally it occurred in forestry or agricultural areas during associated tasks, with the loss of control of the chainsaw, leading to contact with the blades, causing open wounds to the leg, knee or fingers. A specific feature in Andalusia is the influence of the use of the chainsaw in olive tree pruning and in the task of preventing forest fires. It is important to develop an international training standard and apply it to any worker who uses the chainsaw. The manufacturers of chainsaws should be involved in the prevention of accidents at work while using their devices, in terms of safe use to prevent the loss of control of the chainsaw, and in promoting the mandatory use of personal protective equipment to reduce or eliminate injuries caused by cuts, especially to the upper extremities.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2019
The objective of this research was to analyze the factors present in occupational accidents occur... more The objective of this research was to analyze the factors present in occupational accidents occurred at work among Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) workers. Garbage, and rubbish from household waste were considered as MSW. The study was based on a total of 11,935 accidents occurring and reported in the MSW sector during the period 2009-2012 in Andalusia (Spain), as well as a survey of 572 workers in the above mentioned sector conducted in 2009. All the variables included in the accident reports were analyzed and the possible existence of statistically significant differences between the percentages of each variable category and the severity of the accident were determined. In addition, the results of the accidents reported were compared with the results of the survey for certain variables. Unskilled (Risk Ratio= 7.6) male workers (Risk Ratio= 1.4), aged 25 or below (Risk Ratio= 3.0), with experience of less than one year (Risk Ratio= 12.1), were the ones most susceptible to suffering an accident. In addition, accidents for male workers over 55, occurred in companies with 10 to 24 employees, during the initial hours of the work shift, and caused by loss of control, had the highest probability of being severe or fatal. If the companies considered these risk factors during the design of preventive measures the accident rate in the MSW sector could be reduced.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2019
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2018
In occupational health and safety, noise is one of the biggest worldwide risk factors and it is a... more In occupational health and safety, noise is one of the biggest worldwide risk factors and it is a particularly big problem in industry. Olive oil mills play an important role in Spanish industry since they account for 45% of the world's olive oil production. Although noise is a serious occupational hazard in this industrial sector, scientific literature does not seem to contain any research study on the subject. The aim of this paper is to analyse noise exposure levels and their effects on the hearing of olive oil mill workers. For this purpose, a retrospective longitudinal observational study was conducted over the course of a decade, using a sample of 115 olive oil mill workers and analysing their exposure to noise and hearing levels. Among the main results it must be highlighted that, during the period under study, there was a notable rise in the noise levels to which these workers are exposed, although the results of the Early Loss Index (ELI), which measures hearing loss in each ear separately only at a frequency of 4000 Hz and adjusted for presbycusis by age and sex, for olive oil mill factory managers with the highest noise exposure, underwent an improvement in contrast with reception yard workers, whose ELI index did not.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety directives ... more The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety directives is to ensure a high level of safety for users. This research aims to analyze whether Europe needs a product safety directive for scaffolding and identify the main factors to be defined in public policies on the use of standardized scaffolding in the absence of such a directive. The principal types of scaffolding were reviewed, along with European regulations, and their risk levels. Finally, a qualitative study using a panel of experts was conducted to determine the differences between types of scaffolding and whether the enactment of such a directive would be justified. Key results were that the risk level associated with scaffolding positioned it third or fourth between material agents more hazardous in relation to falls from height. There is no existing product safety directive for scaffolding, despite the fact that there are directives for other products less dangerous than or as dang...
Journal of Business Research, 2016
DYNA, 2016
Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to... more Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to European Statistics on Accidents at Work framework (ESAW), important variables related to the main circumstances of accidents are being gathered in Europe. The purpose of this paper is to present a method for analysis of accident databases that are coded according to the ESAW and based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The method proposed considers the implicit conceptual relationship between the exposure and accident variables in order to identify main areas for public policy intervention. This method is presented by analyzing specific working processes using a dataset of the accidents that were reported in the Andalusian manufacturing over a ten-year period. The method presented allowed easy identification of the main associations candidates for public intervention programs. Each could be object to further detailed research before designing the intervention program. This method could help policy makers when identifying areas for public intervention.
Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV, 2016
Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV, 2016
The investigation of accidents is an occupational safety analytical tool aimed at discovering the... more The investigation of accidents is an occupational safety analytical tool aimed at discovering the causes of an accident.To understand the basic facts and causal factors of the accident is ideal the use of the Eurostat variables within European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW variables). To achieve the objective set, last 100 occupational accident investigations conducted by the Labour Authorities in Andalusia (Spain) until 2014 in industries such as construction, manufacturing, agriculture and services were analysed. The results of this study show that 94% of the official occupational accident investigation reports analysed used the ESAW variables.
Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to... more Analysis of accident reports has been a useful tool in occupational safety research. According to European Statistics on Accidents at Work framework
(ESAW), important variables related to the main circumstances of accidents are being gathered in Europe. The purpose of this paper is to present a method
for analysis of accident databases that are coded according to the ESAW and based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The method proposed considers
the implicit conceptual relationship between the exposure and accident variables in order to identify main areas for public policy intervention. This method
is presented by analyzing specific working processes using a dataset of the accidents that were reported in the Andalusian manufacturing over a ten-year
period. The method presented allowed easy identification of the main associations candidates for public intervention programs. Each could be object to
further detailed research before designing the intervention program. This method could help policy makers when identifying areas for public intervention.