Smith Todd D, Mullins-Jaime Charmaine, Dyal Mari-Amanda, DeJoy David M
Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington, Department of Applied Health Science, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Indiana State University, College of Technology, Department of Built Environment, Terre Haute, IN, USA.
J Safety Res. 2020 Dec;75:189-195. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.09.010. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
Firefighting is stressful work, which can result in burnout. Burnout is a safety concern as it can negatively impact safety outcomes. These impacts are not fully understood within the fire service. Further, the fire service needs support that safety strategies are needed to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of firefighters.
Structural equation modeling was completed to examine a hypothesized model that linked stress and burnout to diminished safety behavior outcomes among a sample of career firefighters.
Findings support a full mediation model. Firefighter stress perceptions were positively associated with burnout and burnout was negatively associated with safety compliance behavior, personal protective equipment behavior, safe work practices, and safety citizenship behavior.
These results illustrate the negative impact of health impairment on firefighter safety behaviors. Practical Applications: These outcomes suggest that interventions aimed at protecting and promotion firefighter health are needed. Total Worker Health® (TWH) approaches may provide the framework for these interventions.
消防工作压力巨大,可能导致职业倦怠。职业倦怠是一个安全问题,因为它会对安全结果产生负面影响。消防部门对这些影响尚未完全了解。此外,消防部门需要支持,以制定安全策略来保护和促进消防员的健康与福祉。
完成了结构方程模型,以检验一个假设模型,该模型将压力和职业倦怠与职业消防员样本中的安全行为结果下降联系起来。
研究结果支持一个完全中介模型。消防员的压力感知与职业倦怠呈正相关,职业倦怠与安全合规行为、个人防护装备行为、安全工作实践和安全公民行为呈负相关。
这些结果说明了健康损害对消防员安全行为的负面影响。实际应用:这些结果表明,需要采取旨在保护和促进消防员健康的干预措施。全面职工健康(TWH)方法可能为这些干预措施提供框架。