RM7-paper

Literature Review

According to Creswell and colleagues, a literature review is a means of locating and summarizing research articles, reviews, or conceptions relating to the study topic. (Creswell, 2018). Researchers can use the literature review to apply other authors' research related to the research topic. From this point, it can be determined which objectives have not yet been studied or have not satisfied topic objectives. All of this allows the researcher to narrow the scope of their research.

Particulate Matter (PM) Article

There is growing concern over job site particle m pollution and the potential adverse impact on employee health. While respirators are required in some areas/environments, Particulate matter (PM) can vary in size depending on the project and job site

Some larger PM can float in the air for a few minutes to hours, while other smaller types of PM can float in the air for weeks. Due to the smaller size of some PM, it can be potentially more harmful since the conditions for inhalation are more suitable. Understanding if there is a relationship between pm size and employee health could be beneficial.

Safety Training Effectiveness Article

Each new contract awarded to Sun Coast is subject to health and safety training. Data collected from 223 contracts detailed expenditures and the loss of time. This information is valuable because it can help determine if the training was successful, reduced the lost time, and help predict lost time from training expenditures.

Sound-Level Exposure Article

Since sun coasts contracts typically involve working environments that are particularly noisy due to the machines and equipment, Standard earplugs are adequate for protecting employees when the noise level/decibel levels are less than 120 decibels (DB). For environments where the noise level exceeds 120 DB, more advanced hearing equipment, like earmuffs, would be required. This equipment also tends to be more expensive. Data collected from the primary variables that have been identified as things that cause excessive noise is essential because it can be used to predict the DB levels of each work environment before placing employees on the worksite.

New Employee Training Article

New Sun Coast employees must participate in the general health and safety program, which has been revamped and implemented six months ago. Since it is crucial to know if the changes in the training program are more effective, data has been collected from two groups.

Group A: employees who participated in the previous training.

Group B: employees who completed the revised training program.

Lead Exposure Article

When employees work on job sites to remediate lead, they must be monitored regularly.

A baseline lead level check is completed pre-exposure, then another post-exposure at regular intervals, then after the remediation. Data was collected from 49 employees after completion of 2-year long remediation to determine if blood levels increased.

Return on Investment Article

Sun Coast is working to determine if all lines of service provide the same ROI.

Return on investment data is available for air monitoring, water reclamation, health and safety training, and soil remediation. If ROI is not the same across the board, it would be helpful to have the ability to pinpoint the areas that hold differences.

Literal review