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Abstract(s)
The Method for the Integrated Assessment of Risks for rainforest (MIARforest) is a specific
methodology for assessing the risk of occupational accidents associated with working in native tropical
forests. MIARforest was validated for the results’ reproducibility and the reliability of calculated
risk levels through the Delphi approach. Two rounds of questionnaires illustrating ten scenarios
of activities associated with the logging process in the Eastern Amazon’s native rainforest (Brazil)
were presented to forestry and occupational health and safety (OHS) experts. In the first round, the
questionnaire was answered anonymously by 55 experts, and in the second, by 46. A percentage of
agreement of at least 80% in each question was considered to close the process. Questions that did not
meet the criterion in the first round were reassessed in the second round. The obtained results lead to
the conclusion that MIARforest, an occupational accident risk assessment tool, has been effectively
validated, demonstrating inter-rater reproducibility and reliability in determining risk values. These
results highlight the objectivity and reliability of MIARforest.
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Keywords
work accident; control banding risk assessment method reproducibility reliability Delphi
Citation
Lima, K.; Castro, A.C.M.; Santos Baptista, J. MIARforest Reproducibility and Reliability for Assessing Occupational Risks in the Rainforest. Sustainability 2023, 15, 15147. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su152015147
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