Home | A-Z Index | Search | Contact Us | Sitemap
Health & Safety Laboratory
 


  arrow About Us

arrow Capabilities

arrow Case Studies

arrow Proficiency Testing

arrow Publications

arrow News

arrow Careers

arrow Training

arrow Centre for NanoResearch

arrow Centre for Workplace
Health


arrow ENB
Introduction | Bibliography of HSL's Publications | Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances
Committee on Analytical Requirements (CAR) | The Diffusive Monitor



Publications - Human Factors & Risk Assessment

Human factors & risk assessmentObtaining Copies:
Copies of published papers can be obtained through your public, academic or company library service. If you do not have access to such services please contact the British Library Document Supply Centre, tel. 01937 546000 or use British Library online at http://www.bl.uk.


arrow 2008
arrow 2007
arrow 2006
arrow 2005
arrow 2004
arrow 2003
arrow 2002
arrow 2001
arrow 2000
arrow 1999

arrow 1998
arrow 1997
arrow 1996
arrow 1995



Publications 2008

LEMON, P., WORTH, J.

(2008) Assessing slipperiness: How inspectors do it!. Contract Flooring Journal (CFJ), July 2008, 32.

LEMON, P.
(2008) Floor slipperiness data: Don't rely on the truth! Contract Flooring Journal (CFJ), September 2008, 32.

LEMON, P.
(2008) Testing floor slipperiness - The gold standard. Contract Flooring Journal (CFJ), October 2008, 30.

SIMPSON, K., STACEY, N., SCHLEYER, G.
(2008) A health and safety risk education web page. Proceedings of the 4th International CDIO Conference, Hoogeschool Gent, Gent, Belgium, June 16-19 2008.

VAUGHAN, N.

(2008) Impact of REACH Regulations on selection and use of PPE. Proceedings of the 9th Seminar on PPE, Kittila, Finland, 29-31 January 2008.

VAUGHAN, N.
(2008) Standard test methods for the real efficiency of PPE. Proceedings of the 9th Seminar on PPE, Kittila, Finland, 29-31 January 2008.

WORTH, J., LEMON, P.
(2008) It pays to remember the 'slip potential'. Contract Flooring Journal (CFJ), June 2008, 32.


Publications 2007

HEATON, R.
(2007) Techniques used to assess the vibration exposure of fastener driving tool operators. 42nd United Kingdom Conference on Human Responses to Vibration, University of Southampton, England, 10-12 September 2007.

SCHLEYER, G., DUAN, R.F., WILLIAMSON, J., STACEY, N.
(2007) Assessing the awareness of risk concepts by new engineering studients. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 35(3), 184-197.

SHANKS, E., HEWITT, S.
(2007) Emission test and in-use measurements on hand-transmitted vibration from road breakers. 42nd United Kingdom Conference on Human Responses to Vibration, University of Southampton, England, 10-12 September 2007.

WARDMAN, M., FOWLER, A.H., CARTER, D.A., SAW, J.L.
(2007) Quickfn: A simplified methodology for societal risk estimates. International Symposium on Loss Prevention & Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, Edinburgh 22-24 May 2007. IChemE Symposium Series No 153.

Publications 2006

MARQUART, H., WARREN, N.D., LAITINEN, J., VAN HEMMEN, J.J.
(2006) Default values for assessment of potential dermal exposure of the hands to industrial chemicals in the scope of regulatory risk assessments. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 50(5), 469-489.

TRAINOR, M., BOSWORTH, D.
(2007) Keeping bubble-bath warehouses out of COMAH. The Magazine of the Emergency Planning Society (EPS), 51, 38-40.

TURNER, S., MacBETH, R., McGILLIVRAY, A.
(2006) Development within the Health and Safety Executive of a streamlined risk assessment approach for the assessment of toxic hazards. Safety & Reliability for Managing Risk - Guedes Soares & Zio (eds), 3, 2047-2054.

VAUGHAN, N.
(2006) Save your breath ......Health and Safety International, 97-103.

WARREN, N.D., MARQUART, H., CHRISTOPHER, Y., LAITINEN, J., VAN HEMMEN, J.J.
(2006) Task-based dermal exposure models for regulatory risk assessment. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 50(5), 491-503.


arrow  Back to the top


Publications 2005


arrow  Back to the top


Publications 2004

BESWICK, J., SPRIGG, C., BENJAMIN, K., WHITE, J.
(2004) Managing and preventing violence to lone workers: Developing case studies. In Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Occupational Psychology Conference, 7-9 January, 2004.

BOLSOVER, J., RAJAN-SITHAMPARANADARAJAH, R., VAUGHAN, N.
(2004) .... all I need is the air that I breathe ...Health and Safety International, 19-27.

GARROD, A.N.I., RAJAN-SITHAMPARANADARAJAH, R., VAUGHAN, N.
(2004) An innovative approach to respiratory hazard control. Journal of International Society for Respiratory Protection, 21, 103-114.

HEWITT, S.
(2004) Assessment of HAV risks in woodworking. 39th Meeting of the UK Group on Human Response to Vibration; Conference organised by RMS Vibration Test Laboratory, England, 15-17 September 2004, 133-144.

PINDER, A.D.J.
(2004) Work relatedness of MSDs in industrial workers. Premus 2004: Fifth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, (Zurich: Institute of Hygiene and Applied Physiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), 2, 617-618.

VAUGHAN, N.
(2004) Helping hands. Health and Safety International, 13-21.

VAUGHAN, N.
(2004) Attack of the killer spaces. Health and Safety International, 15-25.


arrow  Back to the top

Publications 2003

BESWICK, J., SPRIGG, C., BENJAMIN, K., WHITE, J.
(2003) Managing and preventing violence to lone workers: Developing case studies. In Proceedings of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference 2003, Berlin, 20-21 November 2003.

BOOCOCK, M.G.
(2003) Ergonomics evaluation tools - a UK perspective on tackling musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace. Proceedings of the International Society for Ergonomics Annual Conference, Munich May 7-9 2003.

HUTT. R., SMEATHAM, D.
(2003) The relationship between vibration emission and workplace risk assessment. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Physical Agents 002 Licensed for Safety Conference 19 March 2003, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, UK, 25 (2): 18-26, ISBN 1-901656-53-5.

MONNINGTON, S.C., QUARRIE, C.J., PINDER, A.D.J., MORRIS, L.A.
(2003) Development of manual handling assessment charts (MAC) for health and safety inspectors. Contemporary Ergonomics, ed. McCabe PT, Publ. Taylor and Francis, 3-8.

PINDER, A.D.J.
(2003) Benchmarking of health and safety inspectors' manual handling assessment charts (MAC). Contemporary Ergonomics, ed. McCabe PT, Publ. Taylor and Francis, 15-20.

PINDER, A.D.J., MILNES, E.
(2003) Manual handling in refuse collection: reducing risk of musculoskeletal disorders. Contemporary Ergonomics, ed. McCabe PT, Publ. Taylor and Francis, 26-31.

THORPE, S.C., LEMON, P.W., SREENIVASAN.B.
(2003) A new tool for safety professionals to help raise knowledge levels and assess slip potential in occupational settings. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association XVth Triennial Congressa, Seoul, Korea 2003.

TURNER, S., WORSELL, N.
(2003) A methodology for assignment of Safety Integrity Levels in IEC 62061. Proceedings of 3rd international conference: Safety of Industrial Automated Systems (SIAS), Nancy, France 15-15 Oct 2003.

WEYMAN AK, CLARKE, D.D.
(2003) The effect of familiarity on workplace risk assessment - contextual insight or cognitive availability? Contemporary Ergonomics, Publ. Taylor and Francis, 463-470.

WEYMAN, A.K., CLARKE, .DD.
(2003) Investigating the influence of organisational role on perceptions of risk in deep coal mines. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (3), 404-412.

WEYMAN, A.K., CLARKE, D.D., COX, T.
(2003) Developing a factor model of coal miners' attributions on risk-taking at work. Work and Stress, 17 (4), 306-320

WEYMAN, A.K., O'HARA, R., JACKSON, J.A.
(2003) Passenger egress, risk communication and the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Conference, Seoul, Publ. Taylor and Francis 2003.

WORSELL, N.
(2003) A practical methodology for machinery risk assessment and the revision of ISO 14121. Proceedings of 3rd international conference: Safety of Industrial Automated Systems (SIAS), Nancy, France 15-15 Oct 2003.

VAUGHAN, N.P., RAJAN-SITHAMPARANADARAJAH, R.
(2003) Respiratory disease. Health and Safety International, 11-19.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 2002

BOOCOCK, M., WILLIAMS, S., GRAY, M.
(2002) Patient handling in the ambulance services. Contemporary Ergonomics, Ed McCabe P T, Publ. Taylor & Francis, London, 33-38.

CLAPP, S.
(2002) Pedestrian safety issues for older workers. Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Aging and Work, Krakow, Poland, 12-15 June 2002.

HASLAM, R.A., BOOCOCK, M., LEMON, P., THORPE, S.
(2002) Maximum acceptable loads for pushing and pulling on floor surfaces with good and reduced resistance to slipping. Safety Science, 625-637.

PINDER, A.D.J.
(2002) Power considerations in estimating sample size for evaluation of the NIOSH lifting equations. Contemporary Ergonomics, Ed McCabe P T, Publ. Taylor & Francis, London, 82-86.

SPRIGG, C., SMITH, P.
(2002) Call centre employees using display screen equipment (DSE): What do we know about what they know about? Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2002.

STEPHENS, R., SCREENIVASAN, B.
(2002) Analysis of substitution test performance using eye movement and video data. Applied Neuropsychology, 9 (3), 179-182.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 2001

COPE, M., DENBY, B., HOLLANDS, R., BURTON, A.
(2001) Virtual reality in mine safety. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes, Szczyrk, 8-11 October 2001, Central Mining Institute, 2, 195-206.

LAWTON, C,, MILNES, E., RILEY, D.
(2001) Addressing musculoskeletal risk factors in the complex working environment of tree harvesting; initial findings from MSD survey and field studies. Contemporary Ergonomics, ed. Hanson MA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 37-42.

RILEY, D., CRAIG, N., NIXON, R., BLOGG, R.
(2001) Safety guarding of manually loaded, mobile wood chippers with power feeds. Contemporary Ergonomics, ed. Hanson MA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 147-152.

SPRIGG, C., SMITH, P., PHELPS, C., BESWICK, J., TRAVIS, K.

(2001) Health and safety in call centres: An occupational health psychology perspective. Proceedings of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) Barcelona Congress, 26 October 2001.

WORSELL, N., WILDAY, J., CHAMBERS, C.
(2001) The risk based allocation of safety integrity levels for machinery control systems and the international standard IEC 62061. Presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 11-16 November 2001, New York, USA, 7.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 2000

CAMPBELL, S.C., NOLAN, P.F., WHARTON, R.K., TRAIN, A.W.
(2000) Measurement of forces exerted in the manual handling of small cylindrical objects. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 25, 349-358.

GRAY, M.
(2000) Controls, displays and ergonomics standards - ensuring health and safety in machinery design. Proceedings of the 14th Triennial Conference of the International Ergonomics Association "Ergonomics for the New Millennium", San Diego 2000, The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 6, 438-441.

GRIEVE, D.W., PINDER, A.D.J.
(2000) Patterns of power output during lifts against an hydrodynamometer. Proceedings of the 12th European Society of Biomechanics Conference (Dublin: Royal Society of Medicine of Ireland), Eds. Prendergast PR, Lee TC and Carr AJ, 355.

HASLAM, R.A., BOOCOCK, M.G., LEMON, P.W., THORPE, S.C.
(2000) Dynamic pushing and pulling and implications for slipping. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association XIVth Triennial Congress, San Diego 2000, 4/479-4/481.

MONNINGTON, S.C., WEST, N.G.
(2000) Controlling risks from manual handling tasks: the role of the specialist ergonomist in support of health and safety inspectors in the U.K. Ergonomics and Safety for Global Business Quality and Productivity, Ergon Axia 2000, CIOP, Warsaw, eds. Podgorski and W. Karwowski, 373-376.

PINDER, A.D.J.
(2000) Influence of packing methods on musculoskeletal problems among brick packers. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. McCabe PT, Hanson MA and Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 260-264.

PINDER, A.D.J., RAYSON, M.P., GRIEVE, D.W.
(2000) Work performed in three different modes of dynamic lifting. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. McCabe PT, Hanson MA and Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 250-254.

THORPE, S.C, LEMON, P.W.
(2000) Pedestrian slipping - A risk assessment based approach. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association XIV th Triennial Congress, San Diego 2000: 4/486-4/489.

WEYMAN, A., BOOCOCK, M.
WRMSD - The need for a grounded theory approach. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. McCabe PT, Hanson MA and Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 250-254.

WORSELL, N., TYLDESLEY, A., GLOSSOP, M.
(2000) Development of a risk assessment standard for equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres: the RASE project - results from industrial trials. Hazards XV Conference Proceedings. IChemE, Manchester, April 2000, 351-357, ISBN 0-85295-429-8.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 1999

JACKSON, J.A., MONNINGTON, S.C.

(1999) Safety critical dimensions in go-kart design. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. Hanson MA, Lovesey EJ, Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor & Francis, London, 163-167.

JACKSON, J.A., MONNINGTON, S.C.
(1999) Visual analysis of fairground ride g-forces: the QPID system Safety critical dimensions in go-kart design. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. Hanson MA, Lovesey EJ, Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor & Francis, London, 427-430.

PINDER, A.D.J., BOOCOCK, M.G., MONNINGTON, S.C.
(1999) Effect of hand position on manual handling capacity. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. Hanson MA, Lovesey EJ, Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor & Francis, London, 225-229.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 1998

MACKAY, C., BURTON, K., BOOCOCK, M., TILLOTSON, M., DICKINSON, C.
(1998) Musculoskeletal disorders in supermarket cashiers. HSE Books, ISBN 071760831X, 138.

MORRIS, L., McCAIG, R., GRAY, M., MACKAY, C.J., DICKINSON, C.E., SHAW, T.F.

(1998) Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace - a strategy for UK research. Contemporary Ergonomics, eds. Hanson MA, Lovesey EJ and Robertson SA, Publ. Taylor and Francis, London, 225-229.

STEPHENS, R., BARKER, P.

(1998) Role of human neurobehavioural tests in regulatory activity on chemicals. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 5, (3), 210-214.

TRAINOR, M.

(1998) Practical application of risk assessment studies in a regulatory context. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management, 13-18 September 1998, New York, USA, Springer Verlag London, 4, 2781-2786


arrow  Back to the top

Publications 1997

BRAZIER, A., IRWIN, A., KELLY, C., SIMMONS, P., WALKER, G.P., WYNNE, B.
(1997) Public perceptions of risks associated with major industrial hazard sites. Advances in Safety and Reliability, Ed: Guedes-Soares, C; Publ. Pergammon, Oxford, Vol. 1.

WEYMAN, A.K., THYER, A.M.
(1997) Investigating the scope for improvements in navigational aids to assist evacuation from underground mine workings under poor visibility conditions. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes, New Delhi 20-22 Feb 1997, 223-230.

WORSELL, N., WILDAY, J., TREBLE, T.
(1997) New developments in risk assessment: the application of risk assessment to safety in machinery design. Annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (Europe) Risk Analysis and Management in a Global Economy. 1 (1), 386-409, ISBN 3-932013-20-4

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 1996

FOTHERGILL, D. M., GRIEVE, D. W., PINDER, A. D. J.
(1996) The influence of task resistance on the characteristics of maximal one and two handed lifting exertions in men and women. European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology. 72, (5-6), 430-439.

HURST, N. W., MURRAY, J. C.
(1996) The UK Health and Safety Executive guide to the inspection of health and safety management. Proceedings XIVth World Congress on Occupational Safety and Health, Madrid. ISBN 8474254663.

HURST, N. W., YOUNG, S., DONALD, I., GIBSON, H., MUYSELAAR, A.
(1996) Measures of safety management performance and attitudes to safety at major hazard sites. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 9, (2), 161-172.

RAW, G. J., AIZLEWOOD, C. E., BURGE, P. S., WHITEHEAD, C., ROBERTSON, A., KELLY, C., LEINSTER, P.
(1996) A questionnaire for studies of sick building syndrome. CIBSE/ASHRAE Conference. ISBN 1800810195, 9.

arrow  Back to the top

Publications 1995

None listed at presen.

arrow  Back to the top