occupational health and safety Articles
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Is job insecurity a risk factor in occupational health and safety?
The main aim of the present study was to examine how job insecurity influences job satisfaction as well as on-the-job risk behaviour. An additional aim was to analyse how risk perception affects the associations between job insecurity, job dissatisfaction and behaviour. The results of the study are based on a self-completion questionnaire survey carried out among employees experiencing ...
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Translating ideologically based concerns: how civil society organisations use the financial market to protect human rights
Civil society organisations are increasingly using the financial market to put pressure on corporations regarding issues such as environmental protection, occupational health and safety and respect for human rights. The purpose of this paper is to explore and explain how this is done and how agreement can be reached despite the often-times differing world-views, ideologies and agendas between ...
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Rapid assessment of occupational health and safety measures for personnel handling healthcare waste in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Proper healthcare waste (HCW) management practices and precautions are crucial to avoid occupational and environmental health problems amongst healthcare workers. This study aims to assess the occupational health and safety of healthcare workers involved in medical waste handling in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. This study was cross–sectional in design, and a simple random sampling ...
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Work and eco-efficiency: opportunities and limitations
In industrial ecology, the interaction of industrial and ecological systems has been approached mainly with concepts of metabolism, material flows and ecological metaphors. Less attention has been paid to the concept of work. In this article I study the contribution of eco-efficiency to social and ecological sustainability from the perspective of human work, work performed by technology and work ...
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Which risk approach to protect occupational health and safety? Evidence from Italian regulations
Occupational accidents are one of the greatest causes of death and injury. Each year, more than 2.3 million people die from accidents at work and approximately 317 million people are victims of non–fatal occupational diseases. The magnitude of the problem has inspired the introduction, at both international and national level, of legal rules to protect health and safety at work. This paper ...
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A public arena for sustainable health and safety innovation: guidelines for research and practice
Evaluations of science parks show limited results, despite huge investments in staff and technology, i.e. a low level of sustainability. We present an innovation service and arena with a significant higher outcome of innovations. The arena is based on experiences mainly from three serially related action–studies on innovation in health and safety, and the assumption that all ideas in innovation ...
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Worker fall from mobile scaffold
In this study, the head injury of a worker, who had fallen from a mobile scaffold, where the employers alleged that the fall was entirely due to the unsafe actions of the victim and his co–workers, was investigated. Although the case involved a number of unsafe work conditions presented by the employers, defence attorneys wanted scientific validation of the author's contention that the fall ...
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Intelex Blog: The Best of Intelex Friday Safety Facts
Many of the statistics on safety are staggering, but valuable lessons can be learned from every single one of them. In this compilation of Intelex's popular "Friday Safety Facts," we cover a wide variety of topics: from hazards and risk to OSHA and regulations, use these clever visual aids as reminders to stay safe in the workplace. The safety facts depicted in these mini infographics come from ...
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To influence corporate OH&S performance through the financial market
The systematic management of work environment and occupational risks was investigated with the help of a desktop audit to the 150 largest companies on the Australian stock market. The aim of this was to rate companies on their safety management system and to choose those best-of-sector to be included in a OH&S-screened share investment portfolio. The results of the screening, and the indicated ...
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5 of the most inspiring people in occupational health and safety
Thoughts, theories and practices: personal role models At Quentic, we recently published our Safety Management Trend Report for 2020. In the last chapter, our experts shared the innovators and trailblazers of the occupational health and safety field. Whether you are a safety specialist, student, manager or CEO with an awareness of health & safety – anyone can benefit from browsing ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Protecting the environment with help from CCOHS
Winnipeg, MB.: Environment Canada’s mandate is to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, including water, air and soil quality. Its vision is to see a Canada where responsible decisions about the environment are made for the benefit of present and future generations. Harvey Pukin is Technical Advisor for Health and Safety for the Meteorological Service of Canada, ...
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NOSHCON is proud to have Mr Jim Harris as Environmental Speaker
NOSHCON, Nosa"s annual international Conference on Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management welcomes Jim Harris, environmental guru and Number 1 best seller at their event. For more information, contact the NOSHCON office: noshcon@nosa.co.za ...
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The Detection of Nonconformances in Real Time
Introduction Many businesses now use systems that work in real time for acquiring, storing, analyzing and issuing data in all their plants in an efficient manner. These real time archiving systems enable you to obtain data with the aid of sensors and electronic control panels directly and quickly. These real-time acquisition systems store crucial data on operations carried out within the company ...
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Safety Revolution: How I2P2 Will Reshape Your Business
There’s a big change on the horizon in American workplace health and safety and it will affect every business across the U.S. in every sector. It’s called I2P2 , the Injury and Illness Protection Program, and it’s in everyone’s interest to get to know it better, because it’s going to reshape the occupational health and safety landscape – permanently. If you ...
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Online tool highlights the scale of work-related accidents in Brazil
In Brazil, an occupational health & safety accident happens every 47 seconds. 3.3 million notifications of work-related accidents were registered with the authorities in the period between 2012 and 2016. 12,423 deaths due to work-related accidents were reported in the country in that same period of time. This data is based on the analysis produced by the Digital Observatory of Health and ...
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New N2O monitor for occupational health and safety - Case Study
The Geotech G200 range of N2O analysers measures N2O at 0-1000ppm or at 0-100 percent with accuracy, speed and ease-of-use. With options for CO2, O2 and CO, the G200 range can assist anaesthetists and consultants in operating theatres, midwifery, dental surgeries, X-ray departments, hospital waiting rooms and veterinary surgeries with patient and occupational Health and Safety with nitrous oxide ...
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Occupational health and safety - right to know Vs right to understand
On the heels of yet another federal investigation attributing chemical-related deaths and injuries to defective hazard communications systems in the workplace, few would question that a public health crisis is afoot. More than 30 million American workers are exposed each day to hazardous chemicals at the workplace, with upwards of a halfmillion chemicals being stored and used in today's ...
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Incident Management Made Simple
No matter how many safety meetings you hold or how many safety policies your company strives to implement, accidents and injuries are bound to happen eventually. In some cases, these slips, falls and injuries are unpreventable, but incident management software may be able to reduce and even eliminate workplace incidents. Incident Management Software for EHS While an accident occurring in ...
By EHS Insight
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Plug Sliding Issue Solved by PlugCo
Smart Plug by PlugCo Is Solving Plug Sliding Problem In The Pipeline Industry. An Innovative Product Is On The Way To Change Testing! For the pipe plug industry, it has always been problematic to calculate the real back pressure during a project implementation. This has led to many problems for the end-users in terms of occupational health and safety. PlugCo supplied equipment for an ...
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OSHwiki article in the spotlight: Ergonomics and occupational safety and health (OSH)
The European Month of Ergonomics gets started on 1 October. It is organised by the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), an official campaign partner of EU-OSHA’s Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress campaign. The aim is to promote collaboration between ergonomists and occupational health and safety experts. An OSHwiki article on the subject, written by Andrew Pinder from the ...
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