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pro vyhledávání: '"Kathleen M. Kowalski"'
Autor:
Dori B. Reissman, Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler, James M. Shultz, Carol S. Fullerton, Ted Scharf, Robert J. Ursano, Holly B. Herberman Mash
Publikováno v:
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 7:153-159
ObjectiveExaminations of the demands on public health workers after disaster exposure have been limited. Workers provide emergency care while simultaneously risking injury, damage to personal property, and threats to their own and their family's safe
Publikováno v:
Safety Science. 49:522-530
Refuge chambers are new devices for underground coal mines that provide approximately 96 h of breathable air, water, food, and supplies in the event of an emergency where miners are unable to escape. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupati
Publikováno v:
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 5:671-677
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health researchers conducted a study to investigate the human response issues related to wearing a self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR). The goal was to develop training to educate miners on what they coul
Reducing non-contact electric arc injuries: An investigation of behavioral and organizational issues
Publikováno v:
Journal of Safety Research. 38:597-608
Problem It is estimated that 5 to 10 arc flash explosions occur in electric equipment every day in the United States. In the mining industry the largest single injury category of electrical injuries are caused by non-contact electrical arcs. Method T
Publikováno v:
Safety Science. 43:779-793
This paper discusses some of the psychological and physical issues of the aging workforce based on recent literature. Descriptions of physical aging and cognitive aging are presented and the relationship of these factors to worker safety, especially
Autor:
Lisa Steiner, Kathleen M. Kowalski, Ted Scharf, Charlie Vaught, Henry P. Cole, Lynn Rethi, Pamela Kidd, Bill Wiehagen
Publikováno v:
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 7:1827-1841
The most hazardous work environments share one feature in common: constant change. Many different, but constantly changing hazards are found in agriculture, construction, mining, and transport. This dynamic feature of workplace hazards varies by: (1)
Autor:
Kathleen M. Kowalski, Charles Vaught
Publikováno v:
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 9:138-143
Emergency personnel, like all workers, carry out their duties within an environment composed of a set of discrete elements. First, there is the emergency itself. Whether a forest fire in France, a tornado in the American Midwest, or a mining disaster
Autor:
Ted Scharf, James M. Shultz, Carol S. Fullerton, Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler, Jodi B. A. McKibben, Dori B. Reissman, Robert J. Ursano
The 2004 Florida hurricane season was unprecedented. Within a period of 7 weeks, 4 hurricanes and 1 tropical storm made landfall.1,2 The $4.85 billion in costs incurred for hurricane relief accounted for nearly 88% of the total disaster aid in 2004.3
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2d8261994f98f908a42f7acceb78d6e9
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4654946/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4654946/
Autor:
Robert J. Ursano, Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler, Dori B. Reissman, James M. Shultz, Leming Wang, Jodi B. A. McKibben, Carol S. Fullerton
Publikováno v:
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 4
Background: We examined the relation of sleep disturbance and arousal to work performance, mental and physical health, and day-to-day functioning in Florida Department of Health (FDOH) employees 9 months after the 2004 Florida hurricane season.Method
Publikováno v:
Minerals
Volume 2
Issue 2
Pages 129-168
Minerals, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 129-168 (2012)
Volume 2
Issue 2
Pages 129-168
Minerals, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 129-168 (2012)
This paper draws on research conducted in the past two decades examining issues related to the human element in mine disasters. While much of the emergency response community employs a systems approach that takes into account psychosocial issues as t