Top Research Papers on Occupational Health and Safety

This research provides foundation for construction project practitioners to adopt more socially oriented approaches towards promoting learning-rich organizational contexts to overcome variation in the OHS and move beyond the current plateau reached in safety statistics.

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of preventive measures and supplies to reduce workplace COVID-19 transmission and calls for the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration to take action.

This paper presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Future of Work Initiative, and suggests an integrated approach to address worker safety, health, and well-being; introduces priority topics and subtopics that confer a framework for upcoming future of work research directions and resultant practical applications.

Bibliometric and content-based analysis methods are used to review the previous attempts in related fields and present the current research status in this field and clarify the major limitations and challenges from both technical and practical perspectives, in turn suggesting the direction of future research.

The developed HOHSRAM is verified to be beneficial for safety professionals by providing them with an inclusive ranking system, improving the well-being of the involved CWs.

Examples of workplace productivity wearables for asset tracking, augmented reality, gesture and motion control, brain wave sensing, and work stress management highlight the ground‐level benefits of real‐time visibility about frontline workers, work environment, distributed assets, workforce efficiency, and safety compliance.

Adverse events were identified in nearly one in four admissions, and approximately one fourth of the events were preventable, underscore the importance of patient safety and the need for continuing improvement.

Impact of environmental exposure to heavy metals on female fertility is a well-known fact, and the underlying mechanisms must be explained and periodically updated, given the growing evidence on the influence of increasing environmental heavy metal load onFemale fertility.

Science-based evidence informing the policy about the efficaciousness and possible adverse effects of these measures are urgently needed, as there is a lack of both data and insight into the mechanisms of the pandemic.

This study explores the relationship between the adoption of industrial robots and workplace injuries. Using establishment-level data on injuries, we find that a one standard deviation increase in our commuting zone-level measure of robot exposure reduces work-related annual injury rates by approximately 1.2 cases per 100 workers. US commuting zones more exposed to robot penetration experience a significant increase in drug- or alcohol-related deaths and mental health problems. Employing longitudinal data from Germany, we exploit within-individual changes in robot exposure and document that a ...

It is argued for a need to include artificial intelligence developers and systems safety engineers in assessments of moral accountability for patient harm and to move from a static to a dynamic model of assurance, accepting that considerations of safety are not fully resolvable during the design of the artificial intelligence system before the system has been deployed.

The findings show that mental health crises are apparent in a non‐negligible minority of conversations with users; companion AIs are often unable to recognize, and respond appropriately to, signs of distress; and consumers display negative reactions to unhelpful and risky chatbot responses, highlighting emerging reputational risks for generative AI companies.

This review provides an update on the effects of Cd exposure on the soil-plant system, food safety, and human health, focusing on the various mechanisms involved in cellular or molecular alterations.

The construction industry is known both for its significance in economic growth and its hazardous nature. The accidents on construction sites not only cause fatalities but also affect project performance severely in term of delayed completion, cost overruns, reduced quality and eventually low productivity. Statistically, poor safety performance is the main cause of the accident on sites due to the number of influencing factors. To improve safety performance, it is inevitable to investigate potential factors involved in safety management. This is a working paper and examines the relative import...

MXenes are a novel family of two-dimensional (2D) materials that are fast gaining popularity due to their versatile characteristics. The surfaces of these materials are often functionalized by negatively charged terminal groups, such as O, OH, and F during their synthesis, and it has been hypothesized that regulating the surface terminators enables to control the material characteristics. However, there is still a large gap between computational and experimental investigations regarding comprehending the surface functional groups. Surfaces with mixed terminations are consistently synthesized i...

In modern days, rapid urbanisation, climatic abnormalities, water scarcity and quality degradation vis-à-vis the increasing demand for food to feed the growing population necessitate a more efficient agriculture production system. In this context, farming with zeolites, hydrated naturally occurring aluminosilicates found in sedimentary rocks, which are ubiquitous and environment friendly, has attracted attention in the recent past owing to multidisciplinary benefits accrued from them in agricultural activities. The use of these minerals as soil ameliorants facilitates the improvement of soil’s...

The aim of the review was to present information related to lactic acid bacteria, the new classification and perspectives on industrial applications with a special emphasis on food safety and human health.

How ethnic minority populations are conceptualised in the international literature, and the implications of this in shaping of the findings are established; the evidence of patient safety events arising among ethnic minority healthcare consumers internationally; and the individual, service and system factors that contribute to unsafe care are established.

The aim of the present review is to compare the contents of essential minerals as well as potential toxic minerals in 14 main edible seaweeds that have availability of biomass from harvest and aquaculture to establish their safety in foods and contributions to the Recommended Dietary Allowance and adequate intake values.

Pesticide chemistry : crop protection, public health, environmental safety , Pesticide chemistry : crop protection, public health, environmental safety , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

A systematic review from members of the American Contact Dermatitis Society highlights cases of occupational dermatitis to facial protective equipment including potential offending allergens to help in the diagnosis and treatment of healthcare workers with facial occupational dermatopathy.

A significant correlation between PCB exposure and increased blood PCB concentrations was observed in people working in PCB-contaminated workplaces, suggesting the need for the implementation of remediation strategies of such polluted areas to safeguard the health of workers and local populations.

Four case studies on plant health issues directly tied to food safety and/or security and how a One Health approach influences the perception and mitigation of these issues are presented to demonstrate the complex interrelationships between plants and public health.

Favourable associations for most health-related outcomes with high OPA levels are found, but there is a need for better quality evidence to provide a unequivocal statement on the health effects of OPA.

This study aims to enlighten future research into the core component of microplastics, their exposure to humanFood, prevention to human food chain, and biological reactions in human body based on the different types, shapes, and sizes of plastic particles.

This model provides a structure for anticipating research needs in response to the changing nature of work, including the formation of research priorities, the need for expanded research methods and measures, and attention to diverse populations of enterprises and workers.

This review will provide a synopsis on whether edible insects may be considered safe for human consumption and discussion about potential issues related to their microbial content and anti-nutritive factors.

These topics cover the need for incorporating One Health education into curriculum for scientific, engineering, and humanities programs to build capacity in One Health competencies with the goal of established networks that will work toward improving public health, food safety, and sustainable agriculture.

Like many researchers in other areas of the social and behavioural sciences, scholars in occupational health psychology (OHP) often rely on cross-sectional survey designs when addressing the issues...

Examination of the epidemiology of the US coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak demonstrates collusion between epidemiology and racial capitalism because it obscures structural influences, absolving industries of responsibility for worker safety.

The exponential growth in electronic waste (e-waste) comprising end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment has emerged as a major environmental concern. E-waste recycling, which comprises systematic collection of e-waste and its treatment for recycling of useful materials, offers a valuable tool to minimize the escalating heap of e-waste, supplement the shortage of some primary resources and support the economy. However, depending on the processing methods used for recycling, e-waste can also be a source of toxic substances, such as heavy metals, and persistent organic pollutants, includi...

Different classifications of nutraceuticals and their potential therapeutic activity, such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-lipid activity in disease will be reviewed.

It is recommended that in order to reduce the risk of injuries and possibly breast cancer, night shift schedules have: (i) ≤3 consecutive night shifts; (ii) shift intervals of ≥11 hours; and (iii) ≤9 hours shift duration.

Concerns among nurses working in the United Arab Emirates associated with the use of electronic health records, including privacy, confidentiality, security and patient safety, were explored, with the main patient safety concerns associated with non-technological factors.

A framework that presents a consistent set of criteria, universal across initiatives, to evaluate a NAM's fit-for-purpose and will help build confidence in the scientific understanding of these methods and their value for chemical assessment and regulatory decision-making is developed.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) levels in the body deplete with aging and it is associated with downregulation of energy production in mitochondria, oxidative stress, DNA damage, cognitive impairment and inflammatory conditions. However, NMN, as the precursor of NAD + , can slow down this process by elevating NAD + levels in the body. A number of in vivo studies have indicated affirmative results of therapeutic effects for various age-induced complications with NMN supplementation. One preclinical and one clinical study have been conducted to investigate the safety concerns of NMN a...

Publicizing firms’ socially undesirable actions may enhance firms’ incentives to avoid such actions. In 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began issuing press releases about facilities that violated safety and health regulations. Using quasi-random variation arising from a cutoff rule OSHA followed, I find that publicizing a facility’s violations led other facilities to substantially improve their compliance and experience fewer occupational injuries. OSHA would need to conduct 210 additional inspections to achieve the same improvement in compliance as achieved with...

This review focuses on recent findings related to the nutrient components, health benefits, and safety of litchi.

A systematic search of iOS (Apple) and Android app stores and an analysis of apps targeting individuals with chronic illnesses found that 43 percent of iOS apps and 27 percent of Android apps appeared likely to be useful in patient engagement efforts.

Density functional theory was used to study the adsorption mechanism of hydrated Lu(OH) 2+ and Al(OH) 2+ ions on (001) kaolinite surface. Calculation results showed that the respective most stable hydration configurations in the water system were Lu(OH)(H 2 O) 7 2+ and Al(OH)(H 2 O) 5 2+ . Both hydrated ions were adsorbed on the outer layer of the (001) kaolinite aluminium octahedral and silica tetrahedral surfaces through hydrogen bonding. The two hydrated ions were adsorbed on the deprotonated (001) aluminium octahedral kaolinite surface via coordination bonds, with electrons transferred fro...