Abstract No:
1673
Abstract Type:
Student Poster
Authors:
H Frame1, Y Nazarenko2
Institutions:
1University of Cincinnati, Liberty Twp, OH, 2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Presenter:
Hannah Frame
University of Cincinnati
Faculty Advisor:
Yevgen Nazarenko
University of Cincinnati
Description:
This work investigates the association between focus displayed during training and self-reported occupational health and safety motivation. Our work hypothesizes that participants displaying high levels of intrinsic occupational health and safety motivation (i.e., they demonstrate interest and enjoyment in safety) will have higher levels of focus displayed during health and safety training sessions. Focus during training is assessed using eye-tracking glasses, which are worn by participants during training.
Situation/Problem:
Up to 2/3 of all accidents and incidents in the aviation industry are attributed to human factors and errors. Each accident/incident, whether on the ground in a maintenance shop or during flight, jeopardizes the health and safety of aviation personnel. Time is also a critical factor in aviation. The Services highlight a relentless operations temp (OPSTEMO) while commercial airlines focus on uptime of the aircraft. Our work investigates how motivation and training practices may influence workers' safety knowledge and awareness, performance, and outcomes. Our work aims to modify the training and environmental practices that contribute to accidents and incidents in the aviation industry to minimize the negative impact on workers.
Methods:
Our work is currently in the data collection phase. We are using Pupil Labs just act natural eye-tracking glasses, which is worn by participants during training. Training courses range from basic lab safety training to simulation labs. Participants will self-report their occupational health and safety motivation using the Self-Determined Safety Motivation (SDSM) Scale. Our sample size is 70.
The composite score of the SDSM Scale will be calculated for each participant, with a higher score indicating higher levels of intrinsic occupational health and safety motivation. From the eye-tracking glasses, we will determine fixation count, fixation duration, and saccade behavior. A higher number of fixations, longer fixations, and more saccades have been suggested to be indicators of increased focus. A correlation analysis will be completed to probe the connection between motivation and focus.
Results / Conclusions:
We are currently in the data collection phase and do not have results yet. We anticipate having results before the AIHA Conference in June 2026.
Core Competencies:
Administrative Controls
Secondary Core Competencies:
Safety
Work Environments, Occupations, and Industrial Processes
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Education and training
OHS Management systems, auditing, and compliance
Safety
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Professional: Professional is a job title given to persons who have obtained a baccalaureate or graduate degree in IH/OH, public health, safety, environmental sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, or engineering or who have a degree in another area that meets the standards set forth in the next section, Knowledge and Skill Sets of IH/OH Practice Levels, and has had 4 or more years of practice. One significant way of demonstrating professional competence is to achieve certification by a 3rd party whose certification scheme is recognized by the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA) such as the Board of Global EHS Credentialing (BGC).
Was this session organized by an AIHA Technical Committee, Special Interest Group, Working Group, Advisory Group or other AIHA project Team?
No
Are worker exposure data and/or results of worker exposure data analysis presented?
No
How will this help advance the science of IH/OH?
This work will uncover the latent environmental and training factors that influence worker safety knowledge, awareness, performance, and outcomes in aviation industries. An immediate outcome of this study will describe how training methods may be improved to increase trainee focus and motivation.
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