Occupational Safety

Publications

The members of the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety see conduct and disseminate research findings as their primary mandate. All members of the centre are actively engaged in research and publication. The following is a representative sample of publications by members of the CN Centre relating to Occupational Safety.

Journal Articles

Ginsburg, L.R., Gilin, D., Tregunno, D., Norton, P.G., Flemons, W.W., & Fleming, M. Advancing measurement of patient safety culture.  Health Services Research. Provisionally accepted for upcoming publication.

McCabe, B., Loughlin, C., Munteanu, R., Tucker, S., & Lam, A.  (Conditional Acceptance).  Safety Incidents in Ontario Construction.  Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (National Research Council of Canada).  

Fleming, M. T., Smith, S. M ., & Slaunwhite, J. (in press) Investigating non- technical competencies in cardiac surgery teams. Canadian Journal of Surgery.  

Fleming, M. & Wentzell, N. (2008). Patient safety culture improvement tool (PSCIT): How the PSCIT was developed and guidelines for use. Healthcare Quarterly, 11(sp), 10-15.

Kelloway, E.K., Mullen, J. & Francis, L. (2006). The divergent effects of transformational and passive leadership on employee safety.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 76-86.

Fleming, M. (2005). Patient safety culture measurement and improvement. Healthcare Quarterly , 8(4), 14-19.

Matlow, A., Flintoft, V., Orbine E., Brady-Fryer, B., Cronin, G., Nijssen-Jordan, C., Fleming, M., Hiltz, M., Lahey, M., Zimmerman, M. & Baker, R. (2005). The development of the Canadian paediatric trigger tool for identifying potential adverse events. Healthcare Quarterly 8(4), 90-93.

Sibley, A. K., Tallon, J. M., Day, A. L., & Ackroyd-Stolarz, S. (2005). Occupational injuries and stressors among Canadian air medical health-care professionals in rotor-wing programs. Air Medical Journal, 24 (6), 215-220.

Book Chapters 

Day, A. & Catano, V.M . (2006). Assessing and screening violence and aggression at work. In Kelloway, E.K., Barling, J. & Hurrell, J. (Eds). Handbook of Workplace Violence. Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage.

Farley, K. M. J. & Catano, V. M. (2006). The battlefield as workplace:  Violence in warfighting, pp. 281-308. In Kelloway, E.K., Barling, J. & Hurrell, J. (Eds). Handbook of Workplace Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Tucker, S. and Loughlin, C. (2005). Young Workers and Workplace Violence. In K. Kelloway, J. Barling, & Hurell, J., Handbook of workplace violence . Sage Publications.

Technical papers

Holmvall, C. M., & Francis, L. (2005, May). How safe is your place? The responsibility for safety at work is shared between employee and employer, Progress Magazine, 58-61.

Mustard, C. (PI), Loughlin, C., Ignatieff, N., & Nixon, D.  (February, 2004)  Role of Management in Reducing Risk for Work-Related Injury and Illness, Report prepared for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario.

Funding

The mandate of the CN Centre includes conducting and coordinating research. The two primary indicators of the CN Centre's success in this area include over $650,000 in research funding and over 50 publications.

Research Funding

1. Names of CN Centre Principals are in Bold

2. Nova Scotia Health Research Fund (NSHRF); Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Student Employment Experiences Program (SEEP); Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT); Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB); Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR); Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR).