VISIT RIMKUS
Applied Safety + Ergonomics

Publications + Research

We have authored numerous publications in a range of topics. Abstracts or excerpts are available for titles in maroon. A subset of titles includes the following:

  •  Books, Book Chapters and Dissertations
    • Satisfaction with Chemical Hazard and Exposure Information When Health Risk is Uncertain: Role of Risk Judgments and Mental Models
    • Development and Objectives of the ANSI Z535 Series of Standards for Safety Signs and Colors: A Historical Perspective
    • Effect of Location, Procedural Explicitness, and Presentation Format on User Processing of and Compliance with Product Warnings and Instructions
    • Effectiveness of Warnings in the Industrial Workplace
    • Fall Prevention in Industry Using Slip Resistance Testing
    • Instructions and Warnings: The Annotated Bibliography
    • Intermediate Processing Stages: Methodological Considerations for Research on Warnings
    • Practical Considerations Regarding the Design and Evaluation of Product Warnings
    • Receiver Characteristics in Safety Communication
    • The Use of Affordance and Categorization Approaches to Evaluate Selected Occupational
      Movement Behaviors at Auto Hauling Terminals
    • Warnings and Safety Instructions: Annotated and Indexed
    • Using Human Factors to Understand and Improve Machine Safeguarding
    • Use of Heart Rate Data and Metabolic Models to Validate Changes in Crew Size
  •  Technical Reports
    • Boat Boarding Ladder Placement
    • Boat Handhold Placement
    • Bowrider Backrest Height Variables: An Experimental and Simulation Study
    • Designs of Boat Handholds and Boarding Ladders: Principles and Examples
    • Experimental Determination of Lateral Boat Accelerations During Turns at Bow Seat Versus
      Stern Seat Locations
    • Fatigue in the Transportation Industry
  •  Journal Articles and Professional Conference Papers
    • Human Factors Perspectives on Driver Inattention and Traffic Safety
    • Clarifying the Hierarchical Approach to Hazard Control
    • Comparing Driver Descriptions of Turning to Measures of Off-Road Vehicle Performance: Implications for Driving Instruction and Accident Investigation
    • Predicting the Effects of Task Objectives on Attention to Conspicuous Visual Stimuli: Implications for Industrial Warnings and Accident Investigation  
    • Exploring the Influence of Message Length, Location, Repeated Exposure, and User Evaluation on Response to Warnings and Instructions
    • Behavioral Adaptation: Unintended Consequences of Safety Interventions
    • Safety Signs and Labels: Does Compliance with ANSI Z535 Increase Compliance with Warnings?
    • Potential Problems Associated with Overusing Warnings
    • Perception and Use of Product-Related Age Recommendations:
      A Case Study involving ATVs
    • Role of Warnings in Industrial Accident Prevention
    • Exploring Parental Response to Age-Related Warnings
    • A Task Analytic Approach to the Temporal and Spatial Placement of Product Warnings
    • Slip Resistance: Field Measurements Using Two Modern Slipmeters
    • An Eye-Scan Analysis of Accessing Product Warning Information
    • Effect of Location and Procedural Explicitness on Attention to and Compliance with Product Warnings and Instructions
    • Effects of two type density characteristics on the legibility of print
    • Ergonomics Standards Update: Predicting the Requirements of OSHA Ergonomic Regulations
    • Experimental Appraisal of a Manual Task Evaluator
    • Fatigue in Trucking Accidents: Two Modes of Accident Causation
    • Information Design Issues in Repair Stations
    • Measurement and Comparison of ‘Required’ versus ‘Available’ Slip Resistance
    • Must the Context Be Considered When Applying Generic Safety Symbols: A Case Study in Flammable Contact Adhesives
    • Prediction of Slip Resistance in Climbing Systems
    • Recent Developments in Safety Labeling and Their Implications for the Material Handling Industry
    • Revisions of TMC Recommended Practice RP-404 Truck and Truck Tractor Access Systems
    • Slip Resistance Predictions for Various Metal Step Materials, Shoe Soles and Contaminant Conditions
    • The Ability of Three Lay Groups to Judge Product Warning Effectiveness
    • The Effect of Product Design and Warning Salience on the Perception of Safety-Critical Product Attributes: A Case Study in Infant Carriers
    • The Forces Required to Pull Loads up Stairs with Different Handtrucks
    • Towards the Development of a Consensual Design Standard for Casual Furniture Chairs
    • Applying Ergonomic Principles to Reduce Maintenance Injuries and Downtime
    • Selecting Ergonomic Assessment Tools
    • Platforms to Step-Ladders: Deciding How to Elevate Workers
    • The Effect of Size and Fabric Weight of Protective Coveralls on Range of Gross Body Motions
    • Methods for Assessing Protective Clothing Effects on Worker Mobility

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