Investigation of the relationship between occupational cognitive failures and work-related accidents in heavy equipment operators of Shahid Rajaee port complex
نویسندگان
1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
2 M.Sc Student of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
4 M.Sc Student of Industrial Safety, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION: Occupational accidents have many undesirable and irreparable effects on laborforces, assets, environment, and credibility of organizations. Human errors are one of the mostimportant causes of occupational accidents. Human errors have different causes, but in all cases,human cognitive abilities and limitations play important roles; in this research, the relationship betweenoccupational cognitive failures and work-related accidents in heavy equipment operators of ShahidRajaee Port Complex has been investigated.METHODS: This research was done through the field method. A sample of 332 people was selectedby a stratified sampling method among all heavy equipment operators. The data gathering toolcontained a 30-item occupational cognitive failure questionnaire. Furthermore, regression analysismethod was used to test the hypotheses.RESULTS: The results of this study showed that cognitive failures of occupational accidents ondirect work-related accidents in heavy equipment operators of Shahid Rajaee Port complex have adirect effect (P < 0.00). Further more, variables that modify the research are age, work experience,working hours, educational level, type of occupation, and marital status of the operators.CONCLUSION: Regarding the direct relation between cognitive occupational failures and occupationalaccidents, one can predictive this result that the occupational cognitive failure questionnaire can beused as a predictive tool in accidents of Shahid Rajaee Port Complex.
