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Effects of Pollution on Employees’ Health (case study Sun
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Abstract
This study aims to figure out the safety of employees working
in the Sun
Coast company. It aims at analyzing the risks that pollution
poses on em-
ployees. This will include particulate matter pollution, noise
pollution, and
lead poisoning. It will also analyze the effectiveness of training
given to
employees in reducing the risks of pollution. This will involve
safety
training and new employee training. The training will also look
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turn on investment on all the services provided by the company.
The
ethnographic study will be applied in this study.
Introduction
Senior leadership at Sun Coast has identified several areas for
concern
that they believe can be solved using business research
methods. The
previous director was tasked with researching to help provide
information
to make decisions about these issues. Although data were
collected, the
project was never completed. Senior leadership is interested in
seeing the

7. project through to fruition. The following is the completion of
that
project and includes the statement of the problems, literature
review, re-
search objectives, research questions and hypotheses, research
method-
ology, design and methods, data analysis, findings, and
recommenda-
tions. Statement of the problem
Six problems were identified: Particulate matter (PM) There is a
con-
cern that job-site particle pollution is adversely impacting
employee
health. Although respirators are required in certain
environments, PM
varies in size depending on the project and the job site. PM that
is be-
tween 10 and 2.5 microns can float in the air for minutes to
hours (eg, as-
bestos, mold spores, pollen, cement dust, ash fly), while PM
that is less
than 2.5 microns can float in the air for hours to weeks (eg,
bacteria, virus-
es, oil smoke, smog, soot). Due to the smaller size of a PM that
is less than
2.5 microns, it is potentially more harmful than PM that is
between 10 and
2.5 microns since the conditions are more suitable for
inhalation. A PM
that is less than 2.5 is also able to be inhaled into the deeper
regions of
the lungs, potentially causing more deleterious health effects. It
would
be helpful to understand if there is a relationship between PM

8. size and
employee health. PM air quality data have been collected from
103 job
sites, which is recorded in microns. Data are also available for
average an-
nual sick days per employee per job site. Safety training
effectiveness
Health and safety training is conducted for each new contract
that is
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Health and safety training is conducted for each new contract
that is
awarded to the Sun Coast. Data for training expenditure and lost

9. time
hours were collected from 223 contracts. It would be valuable to
know if
training has been successful in reducing lost time hours and, if
so, how to
predict lost time hours from training expenditures. Sound-Level
expo-
sure
Sun Coast's contracts generally involve working in noisy
environments
due to a variety of heavy equipment being used for both
remediation and
client's ongoing operations on the job sites. Standard ear-plug is
ade-
quate to protect employee hearing if the decibel levels are less
than 120
decibels (dB). For environments with noise levels exceeding
120 deci-
bels, more advanced and expensive hearing protection is
required, such
as earmuffs. Historical data have been collected from 1,503
contracts for
several variables that are believed to contribute to excessive dB
levels. It
would be important if these could be used to predict the dB
levels of work
environments before placing employees’ on-sites for further
contracts.
This would help the safety department plan for the procurement
of ear
protection for employees. New Employee Training
All sun Coast employees participate in general health and safety

10. training.
The training program was revamped and implemented six
months ago.
Upon completion of the training programs, the employees are
tested
on their knowledge. Test data are available for two groups:
Group A em-
ployees who participate in the prior program and Group B
employees who
participate in the revised training program. It is necessary to
know if the
revised program is more effective than the prior training
program. Lead
Exposure
Employees working on job sites to remediate lead must be
monitored.
Lead levels in the blood are measured in micrograms of lead per
deciliter of blood (ug/dL).
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A baseline blood test is taken pre-exposure and post-exposure
after the
remediation. Data are available for 49 employees who recently
conclud-
ed a 2-year lead remediation project. It is necessary to
determine if
blood lead levels have increased. Return on Investment
Sun Coast offers four lines of service to its customers including
air
monitoring, soil remediation, water reclamation, and health and
safety
training. Sun Coast would like to know if each line of service
offers the
same return on investment. Return on investment data is
available on
air monitoring, soil remediation, water reclamation, and health
and safety
training projects. If the return on investment is not the same for
all
lines of service, it would be helpful to know where differences
exist. Litera-

12. ture Review
Pollution at job sites has had several effects on the employees'
health.
From the particulate matter pollution, to sound level pollution
and lead
exposure pollution. Employees have suffered various effects of
these pol-
lutions ranging from internal organs infections to hearing
problems
(Wachter and Yorio, 2014). These effects range from mild to
severe. This
research, therefore, aims at analyzing these pollutions and the
effects as-
sociated with each. It also aims at analyzing the effectiveness of
safety
training and new employee training in preventing or reducing
the effects
of pollution. This study also reviewed the return on investment
on all the
lines of service provided by the company. Research objectives ·
To es-
tablish the relationship between PM size and employee health. ·
To es-
tablish if training has been successful in reducing lost time
hours and, if
so, how to predict lost time hours from training expenditures. ·
To es-
tablish the dB levels of work environments. · To establish if the
revised
program is more effective than the prior training program in
new employ-
ee training. · To determine if blood lead levels have increased
in em-
ployees after a 2- year lead remediation project. · To establish
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Research
questions and hypothesis
RQ1: What is the relationship between PM size and employee
health?
H01: There is no significant relationship between PM size and
employee
health. HA1: The smaller the PM size, the more dangerous it is
to em-
ployee health. RQ2: Has training has been successful in
reducing lost
time hours? H02: Training has not been successful in reducing
lost time
hours. HA2: Training has been effective in reducing lost time
hours.
RQ3: What are the dB levels of work environments? H03: There
is no
significant risk of sound level exposure in the sites. HA3: There
is a signifi-
cant risk of sound level exposure in the sites. RQ4: Is the
revised pro-
gram more effective than the prior training program in new
employee
training? H04: The prior training program is more effective than
the re-
vised program. HA4: The prior training program is less
effective than
the revised program. RQ5: Have blood lead levels increased in
employ-
ees after a 2- year lead remediation project? H05: Blood lead
levels
have not increased in employees after a 2-year lead remediation

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HA5: Blood lead levels have increased in employees after a 2-
year lead
remediation project. RQ6: Is the return on investment the same
for all
lines of service? H06: The return on investment is the same for
all lines
of service. HA6: The return on investment is not the same for
all lines of
service. Research Methodology, Design, and Method
This section comprises the methods of data collection that were
involved
in the course of this study. The sampling methods and the
sampling pro-
cedures, the research design among other tools that were used in
the
study (Kumar, 2019). An ethnographic study was used in this
research.
This is because it enables one to observe, understand and then
respond
to a given problem ( Jorgensen, 2015). The research design that
was
used in this project was a descriptive case study. This involves
deeply ana-
lyzing a specific company, in this case, Sun Coast. This study
applied the
surveys and experiments research methods. Data collection
methods that
were used in this study include case study, direct observation,
and sur-
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and sur-
veys. Simple random sampling was used. The exploratory data
analysis
procedure was applied in the data analysis process.
Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing
In this section, the study aimed at testing the assumptions that
came up
in the course of the study (Chambers, 2017). The first
assumption in this
study was that there was a connection between PM and
employees'
health. Air quality data was therefore collected from 103 sites
to help de-
termine the connection between PM and employees' health. This
study
also aimed at determining the effect of the sound level in
working envi-
ronments. 1,503 contracts were analyzed concerning this. This
was aimed
at enabling the prediction of how safe these sites are. There was
also the
need to analyze the effectiveness of safety training and whether
the ex-
penditure in this regard was worthwhile.
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pieces of training to determine which one was more effective.
Data Analy-
sis: Hypothesis testing
This involved the testing of both hypotheses using the data
collected to
determine which one between the null and the alternative
hypothesis was
true (Chambers, 2017). In most cases, the stated alternative
hypothesis
turned out to be true. There is indeed a relationship between the
PM and
employees' health. Safety training has been effective in
reducing lost
time hours. There is a significant risk of sound level exposure
in sites.
The revised program in new employee training is more effective
than the
prior training program. There is a difference in the return on
invest-
ment on all the lines of service. Finally, there is evidence of
blood lead lev-
el increasing in employees after a 2-year remediation project.
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19. el increasing in employees after a 2-year remediation project.
Findings
In the course of the study and after testing the entire hypothesis
and ana-
lyzing all the data, the following were the findings of the
research: O1:
To establish the relationship between PM size and employee
health. There
is a connection between the size of PM and its effect on
employees' health
(Kim, Kabir and Kabir, 2015). The smaller the PM size, the
more the effect
it has. This is because the smaller it is, the longer it can stay in
the air and
the easier it is to diffuse into the system. O2: To establish if
training has
been successful in reducing lost time hours and, if so, how to
predict lost
time hours from training expenditures. Safety training has been
quite
effective in reducing lost time hours. This is because after
employees are
trained on safety measures, they can take precautions that
enable them
to prevent most of the risks. This ensures that they do not stay
away from
work in the name of sick leaves and such. O3: To establish the
dB levels
of work environments. Most of the work environments were
found to be
having toxic sound levels that could cause hearing problems to
the em-

20. ployees. These sound levels were so high that the risk of
hearing impair-
ment also was found to be very high. O4: To establish if the
revised pro-
gram is more effective than the prior training program in new
employee
training. The revised program was found to be more effective in
a new
employee training program than the prior training (Wachter and
Yorio,
2014). This is because, in the revised program, employees are
taught
about something that they are already conversant with and
therefore it
becomes easier to understand. O5: To determine if blood lead
levels
have increased in employees after a 2- year lead remediation
project.
Blood lead level was found to have increased in employees upon
comple-
tion of a 2-year lead remediation period (Kim et al, 2015). This
proves that
indeed lead poisoning is an issue of concern. Measures should
be taken
to reduce this risk. O6: To establish if the return on investment
is the
same for all lines of service. The return on investment is not the
same
for all lines of services. This was mainly because of the
difference in mate-
rials used and the different costs in offering the services.
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The company should invest more in ensuring the safety of
employees.
Measures should be taken to ensure the reduction of PM in the
air
(Wachter and Yorio, 2014). Noise reduction should also be put
into consid-
eration, not forgetting measures to reduce lead poisoning.
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therefore the company should invest more in these pieces of
training.
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conducting research to help provide
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these issues Although data were col-
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questions and hypotheses, research
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data analysis, findings, and
recommendations.
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that project and includes the state-
ment of the problems, literature re-
view, research objectives, research
questions and hypotheses, research
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Particulate Matter (PM) There is a
concern that job-site particle pollu-
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Although respirators are required in
certain environments, PM varies in
size depending on the project and
the job site. PM that is between 10
and 2.5 microns can float in the air
for minutes to hours (eg, asbestos,
mold spores, pollen, cement dust,
ash fly), while PM that is less than 2.5
microns can float in the air for hours
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microns can float in the air for hours
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inhaled into the deeper regions of
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Although respirators are required in
certain environments, PM varies in
size depending on the project and job
site PM that is between 10 and 2.5
microns can float in the air for min-
utes to hours (eg, asbestos, mold
spores, pollen, cement dust, fly ash),
while PM that is less than 2.5 microns
can float in the air for hours to weeks
(eg bacteria, viruses, oil smoke, smog,
soot) Due to the smaller size of PM
that is less than 2.5 microns, it is po-
tentially more harmful than PM that
is between 10 and 2.5 since the con-
ditions are more suitable for inhala-
tion PM that is less than 2.5 is also
able to be inhaled into the deeper re-
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PM air quality data have been collect-
ed from 103 job sites, which is
recorded in microns. Data are also
available for average annual sick days
per employee per job site. Safety
training effectiveness Health and
safety training is conducted for each
new contract that is awarded to the
Sun Coast.
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tection is required, such as earmuffs.
Historical data have been collected
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ables that are believed to contribute
to excessive dB levels. It would be im-
portant if these could be used to pre-
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are believed to contribute to exces-
sive dB levels It would be important if
these data could be used to predict
the dB levels of work environments
before placing employees on-site for
future contracts This would help the
safety department plan for procure-
ment of appropriate ear protection
for employees
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New Employee Training All sun Coast
employees participate in general
health and safety training.
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36. New Employee Training All new Sun
Coast employees participate in gener-
al health and safety training
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and implemented six months ago.
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grams, the employees are tested on
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37. able for two groups: Group A employ-
ees who participate in the prior pro-
gram and Group B employees who
participate in the revised training
program.
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Upon completion of the training pro-
grams, the employees are tested on
their knowledge Test data are avail-
able for two groups Group A employ-
ees who participated in the prior
training program and Group B em-
ployees who participated in the re-
vised training program
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It is necessary to know if the revised
program is more effective than the
prior training program.
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It is necessary to know if the revised
training program is more effective
than the prior training program
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Employees working on job sites to re-
mediate lead must be monitored.
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mediate lead must be monitored
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Lead levels in the blood are mea-
sured in micrograms of lead per
deciliter of blood (ug/dL).
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Lead levels in blood are measured as
micrograms of lead per deciliter of
blood (μg/dL)
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39. posure and post-exposure after the
remediation.
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A baseline blood test is taken pre-ex-
posure and post-exposure at the con-
clusion of the remediation
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Data are available for 49 employees
who recently concluded a 2-year lead
remediation project.
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Data are available for 49 employees
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It is necessary to determine if blood
lead levels have increased.
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It is necessary to determine if blood
lead levels have increased
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Return on Investment
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Sun Coast offers four lines of ser-
vice to its customers including air
monitoring, soil remediation, water
reclamation, and health and safety
training.
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Sun Coast offers four lines of ser-
vice to its customers, including air
monitoring, soil remediation, water
reclamation, and health and safety
training
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Sun Coast would like to know if each
line of service offers the same return
on investment.
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Sun Coast would like to know if each
line of service offers the same return
on investment
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Return on investment data is avail-
able on air monitoring, soil remedi-
ation, water reclamation, and
health and safety training projects.
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42. able for air monitoring, soil remedi-
ation, water reclamation, and
health and safety training projects
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If the return on investment is not the
same for all lines of service, it would
be helpful to know where differences
exist.
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same for all lines of service, it would
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Research objectives · To establish the
relationship between PM size and
employee health.
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Is there a relationship between the
PM size and employee health
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· To establish if training has been
successful in reducing lost time
hours and, if so, how to predict lost
time hours from training
expenditures.
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To determine if training has been
successful in reducing lost-time
hours and, if so, how to predict lost-
time hours from training
expenditures
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· To establish the dB levels of work
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· To establish if the revised program is
more effective than the prior training
program in new employee training.
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Is the revised new employee training
program more effective than the pri-
or new employee training program
1
2
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· To determine if blood lead levels

45. have increased in employees after a
2- year lead remediation project.
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To verify if blood lead levels have
increased during the 2-year lead re-
mediation project
5
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· To establish the return on invest-
ment is not the same for all lines of
service.
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The return on investment is different
for all lines of service
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Research questions and hypothesis
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What is the relationship between PM
size and employee health?
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Is there a relationship between the
PM size and employee health
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There is no significant relationship
between PM size and employee
health.
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lationship between PM size and em-
ployee health
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47. dangerous it is to employee health.
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The larger the PM size is more detri-
mental to employee health
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Has training has been successful in
reducing lost time hours?
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ducing lost-time hours
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Training has not been successful in
reducing lost time hours.
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The training was not successful in
reducing lost-time hours
1
3
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Training has been effective in re-
ducing lost time hours.
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Has training has been effective in
reducing the amount of lost time in
hours
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2
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What are the dB levels of work
environments?
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Is the revised program more effective
than the prior training program in
new employee training?
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Is the revised new employee training
program more effective than the pri-
or new employee training program
1
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The prior training program is more
effective than the revised program.
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50. program
1
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The prior training program is less ef-
fective than the revised program.
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The revised training program is more
effective than the prior training
program
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2
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51. Have blood lead levels increased in
employees after a 2- year lead re-
mediation project?
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To verify if blood lead levels have
increased during the 2-year lead re-
mediation project
1
2
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Blood lead levels have not in-
creased in employees after a 2-year
lead remediation project.
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To verify if blood lead levels have
increased during the 2-year lead re-
mediation project
1
2
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Blood lead levels have increased in
employees after a 2-year lead re-
mediation project.
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To verify if blood lead levels have
increased during the 2-year lead re-
mediation project
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52. Student paper
Is the return on investment the same
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for all lines of service?
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The return on investment is different
for all lines of service
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The return on investment is the same
for all lines of service.
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The return on investment is different
for all lines of service
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The return on investment is not the
same for all lines of service. Research
Methodology, Design, and Method
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The return on investment is different
for all lines of service Research
Methodology, Design, and Method
1
4
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The research design that was used
in this project was a descriptive
case study.
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Descriptive, non-experimental re-
search design was used in this
project
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Descriptive Statistics and Assumption
Testing
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Descriptive Statistics and Assumption
Testing
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Safety training has been effective in
reducing lost time hours.
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Determine if safety training has
been effective in reducing lost-time
hours
1
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The revised program in new employ-
ee training is more effective than the
prior training program.
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55. Is the revised new employee training
program more effective than the pri-
or new employee training program
1
3
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There is a difference in the return
on investment on all the lines of
service.
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There is significant difference in the
return-on-investment from all the
lines of service
1
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56. To establish the relationship between
PM size and employee health.
Original source
Is there a relationship between the
PM size and employee health
1
1
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To establish if training has been
successful in reducing lost time
hours and, if so, how to predict lost
time hours from training
expenditures.
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To determine if training has been
successful in reducing lost-time
hours and, if so, how to predict lost-
time hours from training
expenditures
1
5
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Safety training has been quite effec-
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Safety training has been quite effec-
tive in reducing lost time hours.
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Determine if safety training has
been effective in reducing lost-time
hours
1
2
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To establish the dB levels of work
environments.
Original source
To predict the decibel (dB) levels of
future work environments
1
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To establish if the revised program is
more effective than the prior training
program in new employee training.
The revised program was found to be
more effective in a new employee
training program than the prior train-

58. ing (Wachter and Yorio, 2014).
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Is the revised new employee training
program more effective than the pri-
or new employee training program Is
the revised new employee training
program more effective than the pri-
or new employee training program
1
2
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To determine if blood lead levels
have increased in employees after a
2- year lead remediation project.
Original source

59. To verify if blood lead levels have
increased during the 2-year lead re-
mediation project
1
3
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To establish if the return on invest-
ment is the same for all lines of
service.
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To determine if all the lines of ser-
vice provided the same return-on-
investment
1
6
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The return on investment is not the
same for all lines of services.
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Determine return on investment on
all lines of services
1
7
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H., Kabir, E., & Kabir, S.
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A review on the human health im-
pact of airborne particulate matter.
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A review on the human health im-
pact of airborne particulate matter
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Sage Publications Limited.

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Sage Publications, Inc
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K., & Yorio, P.
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A system of safety management
practices and worker engagement
for reducing and preventing acci-
dents: An empirical and theoretical
investigation.
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A system of safety management
practices and worker engagement
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for reducing and preventing acci-

62. dents An empirical and theoretical
investigation
1
9
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Accident Analysis & Prevention, 68,
117-130.
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Accident Analysis and Prevention,
68, 117-130
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Table of Contents
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63. table of contents in the References tab of the Microsoft Word
tool bar at the top of the screen. Delete this before you begin.
Executive Summary
The executive summary will go here. The paragraphs are not
indented, and it should be formatted like an abstract. The
executive summary should be composed after the project is
complete. It will be the final step in the project. Delete this
before you begin.
Introduction
Note: The following introduction should remain in the research
project unchanged. Delete this note before you begin.
Senior leadership at Sun Coast has identified several areas for
concern that they believe could be solved using business
research methods. The previous director was tasked with
conducting research to help provide information to make
decisions about these issues. Although data were collected, the
project was never completed. Senior leadership is interested in
seeing the project through to fruition. The following is the
completion of that project and includes the statement of the
problems, literature review, research objectives, research
questions and hypotheses, research methodology, design, and
methods, data analysis, findings, and recommendations.
Statement of the Problems
Note: The following statement of the problems should remain in
the research project unchanged. Delete this note before you
begin.
Six business problems were identified:
Particulate Matter (PM)
There is a concern that job-site particle pollution is adversely
impacting employee health. Although respirators are required in
certain environments, PM varies in size depending on the
project and job site. PM that is between 10 and 2.5 microns can
float in the air for minutes to hours (e.g., asbestos, mold spores,
pollen, cement dust, fly ash), while PM that is less than 2.5

64. microns can float in the air for hours to weeks (e.g. bacteria,
viruses, oil smoke, smog, soot). Due to the smaller size of PM
that is less than 2.5 microns, it is potentially more harmful than
PM that is between 10 and 2.5 since the conditions are more
suitable for inhalation. PM that is less than 2.5 is also able to be
inhaled into the deeper regions of the lungs, potentially causing
more deleterious health effects. It would be helpful to
understand if there is a relationship between PM size and
employee health. PM air quality data have been collected from
103 job sites, which is recorded in microns. Data are also
available for average annual sick days per employee per job-
site.
Safety Training Effectiveness
Health and safety training is conducted for each new contract
that is awarded to Sun Coast. Data for training expenditures and
lost-time hours were collected from 223 contracts. It would be
valuable to know if training has been successful in reducing
lost-time hours and, if so, how to predict lost-time hours from
training expenditures.
Sound-Level Exposure
Sun Coast’s contracts generally involve work in noisy
environments due to a variety of heavy equipment being used
for both remediation and the clients’ ongoing operations on the
job sites. Standard ear-plugs are adequate to protect employee
hearing if the decibel levels are less than 120 decibels (dB). For
environments with noise levels exceeding 120 dB, more
advanced and expensive hearing protection is required, such as
earmuffs. Historical data have been collected from 1,503
contracts for several variables that are believed to contribute to
excessive dB levels. It would be important if these data could
be used to predict the dB levels of work environments before
placing employees on-site for future contracts. This would help
the safety department plan for procurement of appropriate ear
protection for employees.
New Employee Training
All new Sun Coast employees participate in general health and

65. safety training. The training program was revamped and
implemented six months ago. Upon completion of the training
programs, the employees are tested on their knowledge. Test
data are available for two groups: Group A employees who
participated in the prior training program and Group B
employees who participated in the revised training program. It
is necessary to know if the revised training program is more
effective than the prior training program.
Lead Exposure
Employees working on job sites to remediate lead must be
monitored. Lead levels in blood are measured as micrograms of
lead per deciliter of blood (μg/dL). A baseline blood test is
taken pre-exposure and postexposure at the conclusion of the
remediation. Data are available for 49 employees who recently
concluded a 2-year lead remediation project. It is necessary to
determine if blood lead levels have increased.
Return on Investment
Sun Coast offers four lines of service to their customers,
including air monitoring, soil remediation, water reclamation,
and health and safety training. Sun Coast would like to know if
each line of service offers the same return on investment.
Return on investment data are available for air monitoring, soil
remediation, water reclamation, and health and safety training
projects. If return on investment is not the same for all lines of
service, it would be helpful to know where differences exist.
Literature Review
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should include the literature review information here. Delete
this before you begin.
Research Objectives
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should include research objectives here. Delete this before you
begin.
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RO6:
Research Questions and Hypotheses
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should state the research questions and hypotheses. Delete this
before you begin.
RQ1:
H01:
HA1:
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H02:
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H03:
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RQ4:
H04:
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H06:
HA6:
Research Methodology, Design, and Methods
After providing a brief introduction to this section, students
should detail the research design they have selected. Use the
following subheadings to include all required information.
Delete this before you begin.
Research Methodology

67. Research Design
Research Methods
Data Collection Methods
Sampling Design
Data Analysis Procedures
Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing
After providing a brief introduction to this section, students
should provide the Excel Toolpak results of their descriptive
analyses. Use the following subheadings to include all required
information. Delete this before you begin.
Correlation: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing
Simple Regression: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption
Testing
Multiple Regression: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption
Testing
Independent Samples t Test: Descriptive Statistics and
Assumption Testing
Dependent Samples (Paired-Samples) t Test: Descriptive
Statistics and Assumption Testing
ANOVA: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing
Data Analysis: Hypothesis Testing
After providing a brief introduction to this section, students
should provide the Excel Toolpak results of their hypothesis
testing. Use the following subheadings to include all required
information. Delete this before you begin.
Correlation: Hypothesis Testing
Simple Regression: Hypothesis Testing
Multiple Regression: Hypothesis Testing
Independent Samples t Test: Hypothesis Testing
Dependent Samples (Paired Samples) t Test: Hypothesis Testing
ANOVA: Hypothesis Testing
Findings
After providing a brief introduction to this section,
students should discuss the findings in the context of Sun
Coast’s problems and the associated research objectives and

68. questions. Important Note: Students should refer to the
information presented in the Unit VII Study Guide and the Unit
VII Syllabus instructions to complete this section of the project.
Restate each research objective, and discuss them in the context
of your hypothesis testing results. The following are some
things to consider. What answers did the analysisprovide to
your research questions? What do those answers tell you? What
are the implications of those answers? Delete these statements
before you begin.
Example:
RO1: Determine if a person’s height is related to weight.
The results of the statistical testing showed that a person’s
height is related to their weight. It is a relatively strong and
positive relationship between height and weight. We would,
therefore, expect to see in our population taller people having a
greater weight relative to those of shorter people. This
determination suggests restrictions on industrial equipment
should be stated in maximum pounds allowed rather than
maximum number of people allowed.
RO2:
RO3:
RO4:
RO5:
RO6:
Recommendations
After providing a brief introduction to this section, students
should include recommendations here in paragraph form. This
section should be your professional thoughts based upon the
results of the hypothesis testing. You are the researcher, and
Sun Coast's leadership team is relying on you to make evidence-
based recommendations. Delete these statements before you
begin.
References
Include references here using hanging indentations, and delete
these statements and example reference.

69. Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design:
Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th
ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.