What We are Reading

Check out the ssosQ2 Think Big publication, page 36 for a feature article regarding my presentation at the 2025 Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Associations' Conference in December.

There is always new and exciting research in the field of occupational health, safety and well-being. Below you will find linted to selected list of the papers and articles on our current reading list. 

Raheemy, Y., Sherratt, F. and Hallowell, M.R., 2025. What is safety? contemporary definitions and interpretations across North America. Safety Science, 185, p.106798. (Link)

Davies, K., Weale, V., & Oakman, J. (2025, June 10). A Work Systems Hierarchy of Controls: Analysis of Risk Controls Developed by Paramedics. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. (Link)

Bayona, Arnaldo, Matthew R. Hallowell, Siddharth Bhandari, Nathalie Moyen, and Alexander Lien. “Impact of Energy-Based Safety Training on Quality of Prejob Safety Meetings and Control of Hazardous Energy in Construction.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, June 2025. (Link)

Jung, Olivia S., and Palak Kundu. “Psychological Safety and Use of Incident Reporting Systems.” The American Journal of Accountable Care, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec. 2023, pp. 10–18. https://www.ajmc.com/view/psychological-safety-and-use-of-inCertainly! Here's the MLA citation for that article:

Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson. The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty. Penguin Press, 2019.

Turk, M. F. (2017). A history of occupational health and safety: From 1905 to the present. University of Nevada Press.