workplace risk Articles
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Trust in risk communication in organisations in five countries of North and South America
This paper reports on the development of the Trust in Risk Communication scale (TRC). The TRC measures beliefs in government, management and union trustworthiness. The TRC is found to be significantly associated with (1) perception of risk from industrial hazards, (2) the Mayer, Davis and Schooner trust related factors, (3) dimensions defined by the theory of reasoned action, (4) job ...
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I Need A Noise Dosimetry Survey. What Do I Do?
Employees in noisy workplaces are at risk of permanent damage to their hearing. For a noisy workplace, establishing a Hearing Conservation Program is imperative to protecting both employee health and employer liability. Where to start? Sometimes, determining the appropriate type of protection for each employee can be tricky, because individual employees may have varying levels of exposure to ...
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A review of layer of protection analysis techniques for oil and gas industry
The paper indicates advantages (and disadvantages) of layer of protection analysis (LOPA) over other methods to support its paramount position among different process safety analysis (PSA) methods in use today. Its simplicity (using order-of-magnitude estimates for all elements that constitute an accident scenario), universality (easy adaptation to particular needs), directness to indicate the ...
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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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Attractive workplaces in the mine of the future: 26 statements
The mining industry needs to attract and recruit young talented people. An important task is therefore to create attractive mining workplaces that engages and motivates youngsters that today are not particularly interested to work within the industry. Our intention is to illustrate a possible way forward to form good, healthy and safe work places honouring key components such as knowledge, skill, ...
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The workplace of the future ? liability issues and risk management
The nature and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) involve major challenges for the management of liability issues in the workplace of the future. Risk management of these liability issues also needs to take account of other emerging trends in the workplace. The benefit of general regulatory regimes has been that they can be readily applied to novel situations to protect ...
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Keep it Down! Controlling Noise in the Workplace
According to the HSE, over one million employees in the UK are exposed to levels of noise which put their hearing at risk. Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most prevalent, but often ignored, risks in the workplace and employees must, by law, be protected. Once noise-induced hearing loss has taken place, it is irreversible. Clearly prevention is the most sensible option here as 1 in ...
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In-depth workplace noise risk assessments
Don’t miss a thing with a custom-made noise measurement kit Pulsar Safety Professional System: the-all-in one solution to noise measurement Pulsar Instruments’ Safety Professional noise measurement system offer Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) experts a custom-made solution for resolving their complex workplace noise risk assessment issues. Currently, employers are ...
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Chemical Watch Quotes the TSCA New Chemicals Coalition in “Industry group: US EPA should cede workplace hazard regulation to Osha”
On December 15, 2017, Chemical Watch featured comments by the TSCA New Chemicals Coalition (NCC) on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new chemical evaluation policy. An industry group has argued that the US EPA should avoid issuing orders to mitigate workplace risks associated with new chemicals. Instead, it says, it should turn over that regulatory responsibility to the ...
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Health and safety risks at the workplace: a joint analysis of three major surveys
This report presents the key findings of a joint analysis of EU-OSHA’s second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2), Eurostat’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2013 ad hoc module on accidents at work and other work-related health problems, and Eurofound’s 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). The aim was to have a comprehensive overview of ...
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3 Tips on Creating a Safe Workplace
Regardless of whether you own a small business or a large corporation, it takes everyone to make sure the workplace is safe. After all, you don't want your employees getting injured for something that could have been prevented, right? When you take that responsibility seriously, the number of injuries and illnesses in the workplace are bound to drop significantly. Not sure how to foster a ...
By EHS Insight
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Toxicogenomics and the Workplace: What You Need to Know
Toxicogenomics is the study of the relationship between genes and the influence chemicals may have on them. This exciting new area promises to revolutionize how we assess environmental, workplace and other risks; define sensitive subpopulations for risk assessment purposes, identify biomarkers of exposure and develop tools for predictive toxicology and screening. Although these predictions may ...
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GTZ chemical management guide for small and medium sized enterprises. Improve chemical management to gain cost savings, reduce hazards and improve safety
Preface This Guide is of interest to companies who want to gain cost savings and reduce risks in the workplace with respect to chemicals used during production. It is especially relevant for companies where chemicals represent a major portion of their running costs. By improving the management of chemicals, companies can lower production costs, improve product quality, reduce their environmental ...
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Software Solutions for Effective Management Systems
There should be zero tolerance within the workplace for poor risk management, the result of which is unnecessary fatalities, ill health, accidents and ultimately high costs. Financial personnel have long recognised that poor financial management can lead to critical business problems, and as a result international standards are commonplace for recording, managing and reporting of financial data. ...
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Why OSHA Fall Protection Regulations are Just the Beginnning
There’s no denying it; abiding by the OSHA regulations and keeping your company compliant is the first step towards upholding your employees’ safety. But that’s just the beginning. When dealing with fall protection, the most dangerous workplace-related risk, there’s a need to provide more solidified safety measures for various hazardous areas. This guide digs deeper into ...
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'The new attractive mine': 36 research areas for attractive workplaces in future deep metal mining
Future efficient mining operations will be dependent upon a highly competent and well motivated work force, on all levels. The mining companies will have to recruit their personnel from a limited group of talented individuals with high demands and expectations on future work. In order to be successful with this, the companies must offer attractive workplaces that are safe, sound, interesting and ...
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Managing health risks in the offshore workplace: Impact on health climate, safety climate and risk identification
The study, conducted in the offshore oil industry (N=1374), sought to examine how the management of health risks in the workplace is assessed and evaluated by the workforce and how these practices influence health climate, safety climate and risk-taking behaviours. Results suggest that employees at worksites engaging in positive health risk management practices were more satisfied that management ...
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The Regulatory Implications of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is at the center of a growing debate among scientists, regulators, industry representatives, policy makers, and others over whether existing regulatory controls are adequate to address the potential risks posed by the technology and its byproducts. Some interested parties -- including Clayton Teague, Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office -- believe that ...
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The 3 Most Influential Topics of ASSE’s Safety 2016
Last week, Intelex had the pleasure of attending the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Safety 2016 Conference. Recognized as one of the must-attend safety events, this year’s ASSE conference brought over 600 exhibitors and more than 4,000 occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals to Atlanta, Georgia to discuss emerging topics and trends relating to safety ...
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A Rescuers’ Guide To Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)
In any workplace, there is always a risk of an unfortunate accident. This is why it’s so important to have a lock out tag out (LOTO) procedure in place. LOTO helps to prevent accidents by ensuring that electrical or machinery equipment is properly shut down and secured before anyone enters the area. In this blog post, we will discuss the basics of LOTO and provide a guide for rescuers who ...
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