Top Research Papers on Occupational Health and Safety

The requirement of sustained improvement is put forward, which provide the guidance for the organizations to work out the (OHS) target.

Happiness and the new science of happiness, Positive Psychology, looks at helping people to identify their strengths to enable them to thrive.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in construction is all about protecting people from injury at work or from becoming ill through appropriate precautions. A safe, healthy and productive workforce is needed to achieve the objective of national development and economic growth since construction industry is a stimulator for national economy. However, each sector of the industry has its distinct hazards and risks determined by the peculiarities of its labour process. This paper begins by presenting a brief background to the construction industry and then further into the concept of hazard and r...

Social marketing has been contributing historically for a better application of public policy, health and safety, environment, education and human rights. Specifically, four major areas that social marketing efforts have focused over the years are health promotion,injurprevention,environmental protection, and community mobilization. Social marketing, at an industrial organization, emphasizes exchange of ideas between the target audience (i.e. the employees) and the marketer (i.e. the employer). This exchange requires that the employees be persuaded to give up the unsafe behaviors that they are...

Occupational diseases and accidents suffered by employees, cause many costs for the companies in direct and indirect ways and companies spend their limited resources and power to cover these arising costs.

An overview of CRA literature is provided as well as preliminary guidance on when to consider a CRA approach in occupational settings and how to establish reasonable boundaries and important implications for workplace CRA research and practice are highlighted.

Leadership training both at managerial and workmen level will help percolate the safety procedures in any industry and trained safety ambassadors are the change agents to improve the OH&S culture and to implement safety programmes.

This study identifies effective strategies to synergize management and OHS, including the use of modern technology and the development of a comprehensive safety culture, which provides valuable insights in improving occupational safety, operational efficiency, and business sustainability in the digital era.

Nowadays, sustainability is one of the most important goals of also the construction sector, as it is in most of the other sectors. However, sustainability in the construction sector is dealt mostly with its environmental and economic dimensions and its social dimension remains in the background. This situation causes the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), which is perhaps the most important issue within the scope of social sustainability, to be addressed on its own, and its relationship with sustainability to be not introduced clearly. In this study, firstly, the relationship between socia...

Construction industry refers to one of the industries dealing with high accident rate. Besides its outdoor workplace involving many workers who usually work manually, the workers’ work culture and less awareness of occupational health and safety (OHS) are attributed to the high accident rate. This study explores some construction workers who are involved in some construction projects in big cities such as Bandung and Jakarta. The questionnaire-given to the construction workers focusing on stone construction, wood construction, and finishing session-reveals that the construction workers knowled...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training and compensation on the employees’ perfomance in the Indonesian state railroad company. Train is an alternative transportation that has many advantages such as low pollution, free traffic, bulk, cheaper costs, and also relatively faster. The highest frequency of train accidents in Indonesia is caused by human error. Therefore, it is important to provide OHS training for employees and provide appropriate compensation, in order to improve employee performance. The data were analysed by using multi...

A systematic work environment management system (SWEM) and establishes the employer as responsible for this and in 2016, 44 % of Swedish Work Environment Authorities’ s ...

Occupational Safety and Health (K3) is essential in machining engineering lessons at vocational schools because students often carry out practices involving many complex and sharp objects. This research aims to analyze occupational safety and health implementation in machining practical learning. This research uses an ex-post facto quantitative approach—research subjects in class XI machining engineering in four vocational schools with a sample of 172 people. Data collection uses surveys, observations, interviews, questionnaires, and documentation. The data analysis technique in this research ...

The study is about history of health and safety legislation in Romania, about European tools, empowerment procedures, organisations and association in the field. It`s an overview about European tools to allow people free movements all around European Union (EU). The study presents tools which identifies the fundamental skills, the most important abilities and knowledge that people would need to be recognised, in order to allow free movements all around European employment market. The study is about possibilities to be voluntary recognised as a health and safety professionals across EU and why ...

Optimal Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) implementation to achieve zero accident becomes the demand for construction service providers in realizing a qualified infrastructure, including for construction industry in Bali and Indonesia as general. This study aims to investigate the barriers of OHS implementation faced by contractors in Bali, and to formulate the efforts to improve the implementation. Collected data from a questionnaire survey were analysed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the priority level of the identified barriers. The results suggested that the barrier...

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In the process of working on a construction project, there is no such thing as a work accident, therefore it is necessary to take preventive measures to minimize the risk of Occupational Health and Safety (K3).

The implementation of Occupational Health and Safety or OHS (K3) holds a very important role in maintaining the reputation and sustainability of a company. One of the essential factors to implement OHS is good communication thus all the employees understand and support the practice of it in the company. This study aims to determine the most strategic factors to consider in building OHS communication in the company, so that all employees support and participate. The research was conducted at PT XYZ engaging in shipbuilding. Data collection was carried out through expert discussions and field vi...

This study examines safety management and current practices to see if there is a better way than current approaches and how safety can be improved further from an overall strategic approach and positively supported the research question that knowledge management can be used to improve safety performance.

In this activity, students will learn about occupational health and safety legislation at a federal and State or Territory level.

This study aims to identify and explain the effect of occupational health and safety on motivation and employees performance either simultaneously or partially. Explanatory research is a type of research that is in use, collecting data using questionnaire distributed to all employees of PT. PLN Persero APJ Malang. Number of samples are 70 respondents and technique used in sampling is saturated. Descriptive analysis and path analysis is used as the data analysis. The results showed that employee safety does no have a positive influence the employees performance but provide indirect positive eff...

The purpose of this research is to build Occupational Health and Safety learning media based on Augmented Reality, which will be made mobile based with android devices and the method of software development using the waterfall method.

The construction industry has long been considered to have unacceptably high injury and fatality rates. Previous research has shown that small construction companies sustain higher injury rates than large companies. However, despite the industry being dominated by a very large number of such small companies, little is known of their occupational health and safety (OHS) needs, practices and constraints. This paper takes a first step in aiming to identify the principal barriers that affect good OHS performance of small construction companies so that effective OHS practices can be developed to im...

Despite the perception of the restrictive impact on performance, occupational health and safety (OHS) practices offer effective mechanisms of improvement of performance. Additionally, the costs relate to OHS practices had been increase in Brazil, almost get 15% of total cost in manufacturing area. Based on literature review, this article exposes the studies about OHS practices, during the period of 2010 to 2015. The main objective is to show what the main studies related to OHS practices are. What are the relationships of OHS variables with the operating area? How those can improve the perform...

Companies face two challenges in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). They must first ensure that they meet the legal obligations that apply to them. This requires that they first clearly identify what these obligations are (with the help of management compliance tools of varying degrees of complexity). However, at the same time, employers and other stakeholders in the prevention of occupational risk (OHS professionals, human resources managers, etc.) must take precautions against the potential risk of both civil and criminal legal action. In order to limit these risks, it is ess...

Of the 32 noise assessments collected, three had projected TWAs that exceeded the occupational exposure limit of 85 dBA and nearly 75% of the projected TWA measurements were equal or greater than the Action Level of 80 dBA.

The results of the research study found that the risk level in the laboratory of OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) Department of Occupational health and Safety Universitas Airlangga was 60% (low).

The salient findings of the study are presented and elucidate that the DoL OH&S Inspectorate is not effective in terms ofOH&S relative to the construction industry in South Africa.

A study investigating the nature and extent of small manufacturing business owners' knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) issues found owners were found to have minimal OHS training and practical OHS expertise.

The curricula at universities were also positively affected by the "Occupational Health and Safety", which gained importance in recent years within the scope of the ILO directives that came into force, and courses related to the field were added to the curriculum. The aim of this study; To measure and analyze the level of knowledge and awareness of students about Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). In this context, the sample of the research is in Turkey; Istanbul Gelisim University, which is a foundation university, and Gaziantep University, which is a state university, consist of the Occup...

Globally, around 5,500 workers die daily from accidents or diseases at work with one-quarter of construction workers more probable than other workers. The rate of accidents leading to fatalities on Nigeria’s construction sites is becoming worrisome. Human factor such as workers’ non-compliance, low commitment from top management, negligence, human failures have largely been blamed. Safety is not simply common sense, therefore, construction workers and students need to be trained in order to have a sustainable construction industry. The aim of this study is to assess a safety cultured ind...

The regulation of OSH procedures must be communicated, promoted to workers, and supervision of workers can be increased as a form of good commitment and given support by providing rewards for workers who have implemented safe behavior properly and providing punishment for Workers who conduct unsafe behavior.

This regulation establishes policy and programs for evaluating the efforts of USACE major subordinate commands, laboratories, and separate field operating activities in managing their Safety and Occupational Health Programs in accordance with upper-level directives.

Fishermen are one of the jobs that have high risk and danger. Data from The National Transportation Safety Committee shows the number of ship accidents in Indonesia from 2013 to 2021 was 124, including sinking, collision, overturning, burning, and running aground. This paper is conducted to analyze the accident occur in Jayanti Fishing Port and formulate mitigation strategies to reduce fishermen's work accidents at Jayanti Fishing Port. The research uses a purposive sampling method for fishermen, boat owners, and fishing port officers analyzed using content analysis. The result indicated that ...

The top health and safety concern expressed by respondents in this study was work that involved employees’ physical handling of heavy materials.

The high number of work accidents due to human error or other factors is one the needs to be considered in the framework of both industry and educational institutions. This study is intended to determine the effectiveness of the level of implementation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations in vocational schools in Surakarta. This research used research method developed by Stufflebeam, that was CIPP model (Context, Input, Process, Product). The population in this study was all vocational students in Surakarta. The sample was 217 students with purposive sampling technique in 4 plac...

The article analyses the first report of the review panel to identify areas of best practice, common practice and inconsistency and to make recommendations for a model OHS Act.

Peningkatan angka insiden di perusahaan membutuhkan intervensi dari pihak HSE berupa pelatihan internal. Pelatihan internal yang dilakukan memerlukan evaluasi untuk melihat apakah pelatihan yang dilakukan sudah efektif untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan karyawan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meninjau pelaksanaan pelatihan K3 internal dan mengetahui kekurangan dalam setiap tahapan pelatihan sehingga perusahaan dapat membuat pelatihan internal dengan lebih efektif. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif analitik dengan desain study cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah s...

The Australian government had set up a major National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety Laws (National OHS Review) to examine the Occupational health and safety (OHS) statutes in Australia to identify areas of best practice, common practice and inconsistency and to make recommendations for a model OHS Act. The article analyses the first report of the review panel.

This study identifies many areas of concern which affect the OHS implementations. A quantitative study was conducted through a survey questionnaire and filled out by 65 respondents. Relative Importance Index was employed to obtain the results. SPSS was used for analysis. The analysis of data revealed several key findings regarding factors influencing OHS compliance in SMEs in the construction sector. Significant determinants included the integration of safety training, the effectiveness of safety inspections, and peer influence. However, there was also a prevalent lack of awareness, insufficie...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis apakah penerapan SMK3 PT. Indopherin Jaya telah sesuai dengan  PP No. 50 Tahun 2012. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif . Subjek pada penelitian ini adalah pihak yang berwenang dalam penerapan SMK3 yakni anggota departemen P2K3L perusahaan sebanyak 8 orang. Data diperoleh dengan cara wawancara dan studi dokumen. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PT. Indopherin Jaya telah memiliki kebijakan dan komitmen K3. Perumusan perencanaan berdasarkan identifikasi potensi bahaya. Pemantauan dan evaluasi telah dilakukan menurut ketentuan perundangan. Peninjauan ...

The traditional manual profession is reducing day by day and it has been increasing the vulnerable situation of the sweeper community, which shows only 7% respondents use PPE set at the time of toilet/drain cleaning and 30% nothing used.

Purpose The manufacturing industry is a well-known source of interventions adapted to solve problems in the construction industry. The use of Training-Within-Industry (TWI) is one such intervention adopted in the construction industry to solve the construction problem relating to occupational health and safety (OHS). The objectives of TWI are to help the industry to transfer knowledge and skills from management to the employees. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to investigate whether TWI can reduce OHS problems by promoting “learning by doing” on construction sites. Design/methodolo...

Cases of industrial accidents occur as a result of corporations ignoring or not caring about the terms and conditions of occupational health and safety (OHS) according to Law Number 1 of 1970 concerning Occupational Safety (UUKK). The purpose of this research is to analyze the responsibility of corporate criminal liability if the OHS protection of workers/laborers is not implemented in the workplace. The research method used is legal research (normative juridical) with a statutory approach. The results of this study conclude that corporations must be liable for criminal liability for OHS worke...

The study compares the management efforts and performance of construction contractors in Nigeria with regard to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). The purpose of the study is to help all categories of construction contractors in Nigeria to improve their management efforts related to OHS. Toward this end, a field survey was conducted with a sample of forty contractors selected via purposive sampling. The scope of operations of the contractors was designated as multinational, national, regional or local. Six OHS management parameters and seven OHS performance parameters were used, and data we...

Implementation of OHS-MS is one way to reduce occupational diseases, occupational-related disease and accidents also. There are so many benefits while OHS-MS being goog applied by the industry such as reduce losing work hours and increase productivity. In Indonesia OSH-MS being regulated by Government regulation number 50/2012 article number 5 and paragraph number 3, which is informed that every industrial activity which has one hundred employees or more, or there is a specific hazard with the high probability to support an accident such as explosive, pollution, fire and other accident, it hav...

The conclusion of the study shows that Competence, Workload, OHS Promotion together can significantly affect the safety behavior of health workers, partially competence and health promotion variables have a significant effect on safety behavior, while the workload variable does not affect safety behavior.

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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...

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 ...