Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives of Health and Safety Research

2017 ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Zakari Mustapha ◽  
Clinton Aigbavboa ◽  
Wellington Thwala
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Research

scholarly journals Laboratory Safety, Biosecurity, and Responsible Animal Use

ILAR Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica McCormick-Ell ◽  
Nancy Connell
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Chemical Exposure ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Animal Safety ◽  
Animal Care

AbstractResearch with animals presents a wide array of hazards, some of which overlap those in the in vitro research laboratory. The challenge for environmental health and safety professionals when making their recommendations and performing the risk assessment is to balance worker safety with animal safety/welfare. The care and husbandry of animals require procedures and tasks that create aerosols and involve metabolized chemicals and a variety of physical hazards that must be assessed in addition to the research related risks, all while balancing the biosecurity of the facility and NIH animal care requirements. Detailed communication between health and safety, research, and animal care teams is essential to understand how to mitigate the risks that are present and if modifications need to be made as the experiments and processes progress and change over time. Additionally, the backgrounds and education levels of the persons involved in animal research and husbandry can be quite broad; the training programs created need to reflect this. Active learning and hands-on training are extremely beneficial for all staff involved in this field. Certain areas of research, such as infectious disease research in high- and maximum-containment (biosafety level 3 and 4) facilities, present challenges that are not seen in lower containment or chemical exposure experiments. This paper reviews potential hazards and mitigation strategies and discusses unique challenges for safety at all biosafety levels.

scholarly journals Using the past to map out the future of occupational health and safety research: where do we go from here?

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Fan ◽  
Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu ◽  
Andrew R. Timming ◽  
Yiyi Su ◽  
Xinli Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
The Past ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals A Safety Climate Framework for Improving Health and Safety in the Indonesian Construction Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Lestari ◽  
Riza Yosia Sunindijo ◽  
Martin Loosemore ◽  
Yuni Kusminanti ◽  
Baiduri Widanarko
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Safety Research

The Indonesian construction industry is the second largest in Asia and accounts for over 30% of all occupational injuries in the country. Despite the size of the industry, there is a lack of safety research in this context. This research, therefore, aims to assess safety climate and develop a framework to improve safety in the Indonesian construction industry. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 311 construction workers. The results show a moderately healthy safety climate but reflect numerous problems, particularly around perceived conflicts between production and safety logics, cost trade-offs being made against other competing project priorities, poor safety communication, poor working conditions, acceptance of poor safety as the norm, poor reporting and monitoring practices, poor training and a risky and unsupportive working environment which prevents workers from operating safely. Two new safety climate paradoxes are also revealed: contradictions between management communications and management practices; contradictions between worker concern for safety and their low sense of personal accountability and empowerment for acting to reduce these risks. A low locus of control over safety is also identified as a significant problem which is related to prevailing Indonesian cultural norms and poor safety policy implementation and potential conflicts between formal and informal safety norms, practices and procedures. Drawing on these findings, a new integrated framework of safety climate is presented to improve safety performance in the Indonesian construction industry.

scholarly journals Nanotechnology-Related Environment, Health, and Safety Research

2009 ◽  
Vol 117 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Brandi ◽  
Elisabetta Nobili ◽  
Stefania Di Girolamo ◽  
Gianluca Grazi ◽  
Michelangelo Fiorentino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Research

scholarly journals Muscle Health: The Gateway to Population Health Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Gilliam ◽  
Paul Terpeluk
Keyword(s):  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Cleveland Clinic ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Skeletal Health ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Compensation Claims ◽  
New Hire

The muscle on your frame is a prime indicator of health and longevity. Dr. Paul Terpeluk with the Cleveland Clinic has stated that muscular strength is the new vital sign of workplace health and safety. Research studies focusing on Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, musculo-skeletal injuries, certain cancers and the delay of dementia have shown a strong correlation between disease prevention and muscular strength. IPCS’ database of over 500,000 strength tests have shown a workers’ absolute strength today is at least 14% weaker than the worker 15 years ago and weighs about 8 pounds more. Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant shift by 52% with an increase in the number of workers with a BMI of 35 or greater. The Cleveland Clinic implemented a new hire muscular strength assessment to place new hire applicants into jobs that match their physical capability in 2011. The outcomes show a statistically significant reduction in number of employee health, pharmacy and workers’ compensation claims and costs with overall savings near $25 million. Musculo-skeletal health of the worker can be improved. When a worker maintains good muscular strength, the worker is more productive, has fewer medical claims and workers’ compensation claims.

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