All Outputs (16)

Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work (2024)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Dadashi, N., & Gibbs, K. (2024). Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work. Industrial Health, https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2023-0196

Societal demands mean that many companies operate throughout the day to provide services. The impact of night work on long-term health is not clear, but there is sufficient evidence for closer monitoring of this as a concern and industry is not sure... Read More about Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work.

A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing (2024)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M., Dadashi, N., & Ryan, B. (2024). A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 101, 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.12.017

There are limited numbers of naturalistic studies of behaviours in response to safety interventions, such as novel lighting products at road crossings. The study used a theory-based approach to evaluate behavioural responses to a novel, ground-mounte... Read More about A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing.

Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management (2023)
Journal Article
Nolan-McSweeney, M., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2023). Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management. Safety Science, 164, Article 106168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106168

The rail industry in Great Britain has faced unprecedented demand for its services in the past decade, whilst addressing technological transformation, and with multiple objectives in relation to safety and performance. Systems theories seems to offer... Read More about Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management.

Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance (2022)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Chan-Pensley, J., Dadashi, N., Jundi, S., Ryan, B., & Hall, A. (2022). Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance. Sustainability, 14(4), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042123

Robotics are set to play a significant role in the maintenance of rail infrastructure. However, the introduction of robotics in this environment requires new ways of working for individuals, teams and organisations and needs to reflect societal attit... Read More about Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance.

Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Farooqi, A., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2022). Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis. Safety Science, 146, Article 105571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105571

Many methods have been developed to understand and improve system safety. Previous research has indicated that a 'research-practice gap' exists in use of methods, where systemic methods are not adopted in practice. This study extends this research, b... Read More about Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis.

Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations (2021)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Hallewell, M., Hughes, N., Coad, N., Eliseu, J., Lira, M., …Thompson, K. (2022). Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations. Lighting Research and Technology, 54(3), 237-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535211016811

Features of lighting that can influence people’s behaviours have been identified in an earlier study, along with six scenarios where these could be applied to solve problems with movements through railway stations. The current paper describes the dev... Read More about Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations.

Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems (2021)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Golightly, D., Pickup, L., Reinartz, S., Atkinson, S., & Dadashi, N. (2021). Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems. Safety Science, 140, Article 105279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105279

This paper presents a framework to express the role of people in establishing and maintaining system safety. The Human Functions in Safety (HFiS) framework has been developed for the railway context, describing safety-related activity within function... Read More about Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems.

Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector (2021)
Journal Article
Stiles, S., Golightly, D., & Ryan, B. (2021). Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 31(4), 425-437. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20882

Construction has been significantly affected by COVID-19 yet is critical to the post-COVID economic recovery. Specifically, construction needs to be constantly aware of safety and risk balanced with timely project delivery. Guidance for COVID–19 must... Read More about Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector.

Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes, N., Ryan, B., Hallewell, M., Coad, N., Grant, A., Parrott, N., …Thompson, K. (2020). Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations. Lighting Research and Technology, 52(8), 976-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153520904405

The disorderly and disrupted movement of passengers within train stations are key concerns in rail transport, especially where there are increasing numbers of passengers, coupled with often out-dated, adapted station spaces. With careful planning and... Read More about Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations.

Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel (2019)
Journal Article
Olusola, F. T., Siebers, P.-O., Faboya, O., Ryan, B., & Figueredo, G. P. (2020). Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 139, Article 106077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106077

© 2019 Travel mode choices are a result of several factors and how they affect individual travellers. This paper examines those factors influencing travellers’ mode choices commuting to and from a university. Furthermore, we investigate how a shift t... Read More about Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel.

Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures (2018)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Kallberg, V.-P., Rådbo, H., Havârneanu, G. M., Silla, A., Lukaschek, K., …Hedqvist, M. (2018). Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures. Ergonomics, 61(11), 1433-1453. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1485970

It can be difficult to select from available safety preventative measures, especially where there is limited evidence of effectiveness in different contexts. This paper describes application of a method to identify and evaluate wide-ranging preventat... Read More about Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures.

Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining (2018)
Journal Article
Soejadi, P. P., Lawson, G., Ryan, B., & Hermawati, S. (2018). Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining. https://doi.org/10.21008/j.0239-9415.2017.075.20

Thousands of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) employees in Indonesian tin mining companies work in dangerous environments without sufficient safety and health protections. This study’s aim was to investigate the identified factors, such as diffic... Read More about Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining.

Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects (2018)
Journal Article
Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects. Safety Science, 110(B), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.030

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Safety leadership is widely discussed, commonly relating to improving safety performance within an occupational environment. Whilst there is considerable research on the characteristics of positive and negative safety leadership b... Read More about Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects.

Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations (2017)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. (2018). Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations. Ergonomics, 61(5), 605-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1401124

Better knowledge of behaviours of people at railway property could help with identifying those at risk of suicide. Literature has been reviewed from a range of disciplines on what is known about studying behaviour in this type of public location. Sec... Read More about Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations.

What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain (2017)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. (2017). What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(10), 1150-1173. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717701775

There are over two hundred and fifty suicides on the railway in Great Britain (GB) each year. Descriptive statistics are compiled, producing national and international data. The industry know how many and, to a limited extent, where these fatalities... Read More about What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain.

Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach (2016)
Journal Article
Waterson, P. E., Kendrick, V. L., Ryan, B., Jun, T., & Haslam, R. A. (2016). Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 10(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2015.0047

In this study, the authors report the findings from a study of the contributory factors leading to slips, trips and falls (STFs) amongst elderly passengers at train stations and how these are likely to change in the future over the medium to long ter... Read More about Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach.