Fall-Protection Harness Training: Donning Skill Improves with up to Four Repetitions
| Autor: | Daniel A. Autenrieth, Zachary Bunney, Roger C. Jensen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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safety
construction lcsh:Industrial safety. Industrial accident prevention education Skill level Fall protection Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Power model 0302 clinical medicine medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Operations management lcsh:T55-55.3 030223 otorhinolaryngology Safety Risk Reliability and Quality harness 050107 human factors lcsh:R5-920 Anchor point 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Training (meteorology) fall arrest Falling (accident) fall protection learning curve medicine.symptom Psychology lcsh:Medicine (General) Safety Research |
| Zdroj: | Safety Volume 7 Issue 1 Safety, Vol 7, Iss 16, p 16 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2313-576X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/safety7010016 |
| Popis: | Injuries and fatalities from falling remain a major occupational safety concern. Among the multiple tactics for preventing fatal falls is the use of personal fall protection involving wearing a harness connected to a secure anchor point. This requires training to ensure trainees understand the importance of fall protection and have the skill to implement it correctly. One important skill is donning a fall protection harness and adjusting the straps. Those who conduct training on fall protection need to coach trainees through the steps involved in donning a harness. This study was undertaken to learn the benefits of practicing with the guidance of a coach. The experiment had university student volunteers watch a training video twice and then don a harness four times while being coached. Times for each of the five steps involved in donning and adjusting a harness were obtained for the 22 subjects who completed all steps. Time was used as the measure of skill level. The step of adjusting the leg straps accounted for the most time in all of the four repetitions. Total time to don fall protection was reduced with practice. The reduction followed a learning curve function based on a power model. According to this model, each doubling of the number of repetitions results in a 22.1% reduction in total time to don the harness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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