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  • A Study Relating to the Minimisation of Work Injury Risks Associated with the Manual Handling of Students with Disabilities in Special Schools

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    Author(s)
    Scanlan, Roger John
    Primary Supervisor
    Hyde, Mervyn
    Other Supervisors
    Brown, Raymond
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Today and in past years, specific improvements in manual handling safety have been attributed to micro-level ergonomic interventions and mechanical factors. Yet, manual handling work injury and related musculoskeletal disorders [MSDs] continue to increase. This highlights the need for systems (International Ergonomics Association [IEA], 2014) to consider both macro-level and micro-level organisational factors as precursors to safe manual handling outcomes. This study reports on the actions that a trial special school took to achieve higher levels of safety in the manual handling of students with disabilities. The study ...
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    Today and in past years, specific improvements in manual handling safety have been attributed to micro-level ergonomic interventions and mechanical factors. Yet, manual handling work injury and related musculoskeletal disorders [MSDs] continue to increase. This highlights the need for systems (International Ergonomics Association [IEA], 2014) to consider both macro-level and micro-level organisational factors as precursors to safe manual handling outcomes. This study reports on the actions that a trial special school took to achieve higher levels of safety in the manual handling of students with disabilities. The study explored the impact of macro-level organisational climate and micro-level manual handling safety climate on people in these workplaces and on incidences of work injury and MSDs, in order to understand and inform current processes surrounding the minimisation of work injury risks associated with the manual handling by staff of students with disabilities in Queensland special schools. The conceptual framework for the study was underpinned by Giddens’ (1984) Structuration Theory and Rogers’ (1995) Diffusion of Innovations Theory, utilising theoretical research framework categories derived from the organisational theories of Mortenson, Smith and Cavanagh (1989), English (2002), Harris (2004), Fullan (2004), Goleman (2000); and theoretical research framework categories constructed from state and national government policy and legislation and relevant manual handling safety climate protocols and regulations (National Safety Council of Australia [NSCA], 2003). The aim was to investigate the relationships existing among organisational climate, manual handling safety climate and work injury and MSDs. The Trial School and fifteen like Sample Schools provided qualitative data from principals [n=15] and staff [n=236] together with quantitative survey and injury data.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of Education and Professional Studies
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3874
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Subject
    Manual handling
    Musculoskeletal disorders [MSDs]
    Students with disabilities, Services for
    Manual handling safety climate protocols and regulations
    Work injuries, Minimisation
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366012
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