Top Research Papers on Occupational Health and Safety

The research objectives of this study are urgent problems faced by employees when using computers; computer components at risk of causing physical illness; and mapping of disease experienced by OHS related employees on the computer.

This research is emphasizing on the evaluation of the compliance of occupational health and safety audit held by the companies to the audit standard that has to be implemented according to Government Regulation No. 50/2012 as the standard of occupational health and safety audit in this Indonesia. PT Semen Indonesia (SI) is the leading company of cement industry in Indonesia. The high rate of production cycle makes them to recruit more labor in order to accomplish their production target. The high numbers of workers insist SI to create safety and health workplace and procedure. To espous...

The majority of residents of Wonosalam Subdistrict are farmers who are at high risk of having health problems due to interactions with hazardous materials, such as pesticides. The implementation of occupational safety and health (K3) which is still low triggers the occurrence of accidents and diseases in farmers that have an impact on performance degradation so that it can cause losses. The aim of this study to find out the relationship between farmers 'characteristics and farmers' perceptions in the application of K3 in Wonosalam District, Jombang Regency by using descriptive quantitative met...

From Centralized Self-regulation to Organized Decentralization : Occupational Health and Safety in Sweden 1940-2002.

Over the years, Africa including Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) witnessed serious negative occupational safety and health (OSH), environmental, and social effects due to lack of OHS expertise. e-Learning is now possible due to the increasing access to the internet through computers, laptops, and smartphones. Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service has already connected several African Countries. Over the last 20 years, the University of Abomey-Calavi-Benin has been conducting OHS capacity building for 191 specialist physicians from 14 French-speaking African countries. ...

Analysis of the application of the OSH management system to work stress in health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Daya Regional General Hospital in Makassar City in 2022 shows that most health workers have a high workload, long working hours, and standardized work shifts that can affect K3RS implementation and are not optimal.

The exploratory results will be used to make an initial evaluation of SMEs needs, and will help orient future research.

The research presented in this paper attempts to summarizes the representative progress in Occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers in this discipline, and will help orient future research.

Social injustice in the workplace is demonstrated by health disparities and by disproportionate representation of workers of color in the most hazardous jobs. It is also demonstrated by the lack of workplace democracy. It reflects injustice in other spheres of society. This chapter describes social injustice regarding occupational health and safety in both historical and present-day contexts. It also describes other issues, such as the impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a theoretical framework for health inequities, income disparities in the United States, unem...

The Bureau recruited a new Manager OHS to provide policy focus and leadership, thereby enabling the existing Safety and Health Officer to focus his efforts more on a range of problems in the Observation and Engineering areas of the Bureau in particular.

The responsible use of animals in research and teaching remains an important way to solve medical problems and you will be the beneficiary of laboratory animals’ vital role in biomedical research and training.

This research resulted in the statement of e-SIMKAGA users that they were satisfied with the ease of use and usefulness and were willing to continue using e- SIMK AGA as a web-based Information System and Reporting Management of OHS activities at health facilities.

The manual allows the reader to quickly navigate the regulations on labor protection; check whether all labor protection requirements are observed in the organization, and if necessary, study these requirements in detail and consider examples of the practical application of regulations. The use of the information contained in the manual on obligations in the field of labor protection, legal risks, and available opportunities for financing labor protection measures opens up opportunities for the employer to increase the efficiency of production activities. The book is supplied with an electroni...

Overall, the Ministry of Labor, Youth Development and Sports through its executive agency OSHA, is responsible for coordinating the policy making and implementation of OHS laws and it is the responsibility of the labor department in the ministry to ensure the victim get compensated by the insurer of the employer.

An employer will invest in safety and health precautions until the cost is more than the expense of paying higher wages, workers' compensation, and other accident and illness costs. Employees receive additional protection because governments have chosen to augment these financial incentives with regulation. Studies indicate that all three approaches cause employers to invest in health and safety precautions, but the extent to which injuries and illnesses are reduced is difficult to verify and may be limited in numerous work situations. The literature has identified potential reforms, but the v...

A patented, multi-functional guard rail system to protect workers when working at high elevations and expanded relationships with tribes and identified worker safety and health priorities within American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

This activity explores the occupational safety and health issues that arise in a call centre/customer contact centre environment and students learn how to set up a workstation correctly.

The potential environmental impacts of tanning are significant. Composite untreated wastewater, amounting to 20–80 cubic meters per metric ton (m3/t) of hide or skin, is turbid, colored, and foul smelling. It consists of acidic and alkaline liquors, with chromium levels of 100–400 milligrams per liter (mg/l); sulfide levels of 200–800 mg/l; nitrogen levels of 200–1,000 mg/l; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) levels of 900 6,000 mg/l, usually ranging from 160 to 24,000 mg/l; chemical oxygen demand (COD) ranging from 800 to 43,000 mg/l in separate streams, with combined wastewater levels of 2,400 ...

The 2002 elections put worker health and safety in a deep hole; as a result of the 2002 elections, conservatives control the entire Congress and will try these attacks all over again.

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