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Innovating Occupational Safety Training: A Scoping Review on Digital Games and Possible Applications in Agriculture

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  • Lucia Vigoroso

    (Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (STEMS), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino, Italy)

  • Federica Caffaro

    (Department of Education, University of Roma Tre, via del Castro Pretorio 20, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Margherita Micheletti Cremasco

    (Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, via Accademia Albertina, 13, 10123 Torino, Italy)

  • Eugenio Cavallo

    (Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (STEMS), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino, Italy)

Abstract

Digital games have been successfully applied in different working sectors as an occupational safety training method, but with a very limited application in agriculture. In agriculture and other productive sectors, unintentional injuries tend to occur with similar dynamics. A literature review was carried out to understand how occupational risks are addressed during game-based safety training in different productive sectors and how this can be transferred to agriculture. Literature about “serious game” and “gamification” as safety training methods was searched in WEB OF SCIENCE, SCOPUS, PUBMED and PsycINFO databases. In the forty-two publications retained, the computer was identified as the most adopted game support, whereas “points”, “levels”, “challenges” and “discovery” were the preferred game mechanics. Moreover, an association can be detected between the game mechanics and the elements developed in the game. Finally, during the game assessment, much positive feedback was collected and the games proved to be able to increase the operators’ skills and safety knowledge. In light of the results, insights are provided to develop an effective, satisfying and engaging safety game training for workers employed in agriculture. Games can be best used to learn and they are certain to improve over the next few years.

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  • Lucia Vigoroso & Federica Caffaro & Margherita Micheletti Cremasco & Eugenio Cavallo, 2021. "Innovating Occupational Safety Training: A Scoping Review on Digital Games and Possible Applications in Agriculture," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-23, February.
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    2. Burke, M.J. & Sarpy, S.A. & Smith-Crowe, K. & Chan-Serafin, S. & Salvador, R.O. & Islam, G., 2006. "Relative effectiveness of worker safety and health training methods," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 96(2), pages 315-324.
    3. Federica Caffaro & Giorgia Bagagiolo & Margherita Micheletti Cremasco & Lucia Vigoroso & Eugenio Cavallo, 2020. "Tailoring Safety Training Material to Migrant Farmworkers: An Ergonomic User-Centred Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-14, March.
    4. Lucia Vigoroso & Federica Caffaro & Eugenio Cavallo, 2019. "Warning against Critical Slopes in Agriculture: Comprehension of Targeted Safety Signs in a Group of Machinery Operators in Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-11, February.
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