Journal of Japan Society for Safety Engineering
Online ISSN : 2424-0656
Print ISSN : 0570-4480
ISSN-L : 0570-4480
Volume 45, Issue 1
JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SAFETY ENGINEERING_2006_1
Displaying 1-13 of 13 articles from this issue
PROPOSAL FOR SAFETY
REVIEW
ORIGINAL PAPER
  • Questionnaire Survey for Employees Working in Railway Systems or Their Affiliated Companies
    Yasumasa Otsuka, Ayako Suzuki
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 25-33
    Published: February 15, 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: December 30, 2016
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    The aims of this study were two folds;to investigate the reliability and validity of the 40─item Safety Behavior Scale, and to clarify the scores of this scale in many occupations among employees working in railway companies in Japan. Participants were 717 Japanese railway workers(704 men, 8 women, 5 not ascertained)who answered a self ─reporting questionnaire that assessed employee's safety behaviors in November to December 2002. Exploratory item factor analysis could divide Safety Behavior Scale into five subscales that were communication about safety, daily safety activity, keep own safety, keep own equipment safely, and seek information about safety. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of these five subscales were 0.85, 0.86, 0.76, 0.78, and 0.70, respectively. On the other hand, validity which were indicated by goodness of fit indexes by confirmatory item factor analysis were acceptable;GFI=0.88, AGFI=0.86, CFI=0.88, and RMSEA=0.049. These findings suggest that the Safety Behavior Scale could be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing worker's safety behavior. Next, we classified participants into ten groups according to their job types;safety staff(N=42), station staff(N=92), motorman(N=82), conductor(N=29), vehicle inspection(N=61), electricity(N=83), signal & correspondence(N =60), trackman(N=125), construction(N=23)and others(N=31). Analysis of variance showed that motormen took higher safety behaviors, such as daily safety activity, keep own safety, keep own equipment safely, and seek information about safety, than other occupations. Also, employees responsible for safety operations kept own safety and sought information about safety rather than conductors. From these results, occupational differences may have to be considered when studying about safety behaviors.

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  • Youichi Sano, Masaru Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Nagaishi, Toshihiko Kitayama
    2006 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 34-39
    Published: February 15, 2006
    Released on J-STAGE: December 30, 2016
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    Oxidative decomposition of colored waste water containing p NT or p NP was studied by the electrolysis method, photocatalysis method and the hybrid method of photocatalysis and electrolysis. All the three methods decolorized these waste water. The nitro group was changed to nitrate ions in the oxidative decomposition. As the reaction products, lower fatty carbonic acids like malonic acid or citric acid were formed. These intermediate products were oxidized to carbon dioxide and water by the hybrid method. It was observed that the combination method treated the waste water more rapidly than the electrolysis or photocatalysis methods. It was suggested to be the synergetic effect that the hybrid method seemed to produce much more active species than the electrolysis or photocatalysis methods.

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TECHNICAL REPORT
SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND PROVISIONS IN THE CORPORATION
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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