TY - GEN
T1 - Visibilization of hidden characteristics of firefighting tasks and factors predictive of firefighters’ work-related musculoskeletal disorders
AU - Sanda, Mohammed Aminu
AU - Kodom-Wiredu, Justice Kwabena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Based on the notion that the Fire-service profession is a strenuous and hazardous occupation, this study explored and identified the hidden characteristics of firefighting tasks, and factors predictive of firefighters’ work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the Ghana Fire Service. Quantitative data was collected from three hundred and six firefighters and analyzed using both factor and correlation analysis. It was found that the firefighters experience several traumas characterized by exposure to human entrapment and loss in fires accidents, and personal terrible sensory experiences, the enormity of which increase with increasing years of firefighting-task performance. The firefighters are also exposed to several WMSDs whose enormity is felt irrespective of years of task performance. It is concluded that the identified hidden aspects of the firefighting-task characteristics provide insights into the enormity of trauma and WMSD associated with the task performance, which could be used to optimize the future design and management of the firefighting-task.
AB - Based on the notion that the Fire-service profession is a strenuous and hazardous occupation, this study explored and identified the hidden characteristics of firefighting tasks, and factors predictive of firefighters’ work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the Ghana Fire Service. Quantitative data was collected from three hundred and six firefighters and analyzed using both factor and correlation analysis. It was found that the firefighters experience several traumas characterized by exposure to human entrapment and loss in fires accidents, and personal terrible sensory experiences, the enormity of which increase with increasing years of firefighting-task performance. The firefighters are also exposed to several WMSDs whose enormity is felt irrespective of years of task performance. It is concluded that the identified hidden aspects of the firefighting-task characteristics provide insights into the enormity of trauma and WMSD associated with the task performance, which could be used to optimize the future design and management of the firefighting-task.
KW - Firefighters
KW - Firefighting
KW - Firefighting task characteristic
KW - Ghana fire service
KW - Work-Related musculoskeletal disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049697616&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_37
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_37
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049697616
SN - 9783319945880
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 382
EP - 393
BT - Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
A2 - Arezes, Pedro Miguel
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
Y2 - 21 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -