Workplace Assessment for Working Conditions: New Order, New Problems

Федорец; Aleksandr Fedorets;  Мишутинская; E. Mishutinskaya

doi:10.12737/110

Workplace Assessment for Working Conditions: New Order, New Problems

Safety in Technosphere ◽

10.12737/110 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 46-54

Author(s):

Федорец ◽

Aleksandr Fedorets ◽

Мишутинская ◽

E. Mishutinskaya

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

New Order ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Workplace Assessment

The most significant innovations of workplace assessment procedure according to working conditions, characteristic mistakes and contradictions as well as some positive moments are noted in this article. It is the authors’ opinion that a new Order has provisions which practically exclude possibilities for legitimate carrying out of workplace assessment procedure by any certifying organizations and don’t allow the organizations to prove undoubtedly the need of compensations connected with working conditions.

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Development of Risk Assessment Methodology for Occupational Safety in Using Work Observation Technique

10.5957/smc-2012-p04 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Takeshi Shinoda ◽

Takashi Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Occupational Accidents ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Assessment Methodology ◽

Quantitative Methodology ◽

The Past ◽

Walking Environment ◽

Risk Assessment Methodology

It is a challenge to prevent an occupational accident in any industrial activities. The aim of this study is to improve the safety and reduce the risk of occupational accidents at shipyard through developing a risk assessment. This paper describes the concept and methodology of risk assessment for occupational safety and its application. The methodology introduces an effective and useful assessment procedure to construct the database based on the past occupational accidents occurred at shipyards. Quantitative methodology is developed to understand the unsafe working conditions and environment at the shipyard by the convenient handheld to collect the data with Information Technology. Some examples of effective hazard countermeasures are suggested and a feasibility study is conducted to improve a walking environment at shipyards.

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Occupational Hot Exposures: Body Physiology and An Approach to Numerical Assessment

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine ◽

10.1243/pime_proc_1989_203_025_01 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 203 (3) ◽

pp. 133-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R C McLean ◽

G H Galbraith ◽

D Stewart

Keyword(s):

Heat Stress ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Heat Balance ◽

Energy Exchange ◽

Environmental Parameters ◽

The Body ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Exchange Processes ◽

Numerical Assessment ◽

Physiological Reactions

This paper summarizes the factors which influence the energy exchange processes between an individual and his surroundings and the mechanisms by which the body attempts to maintain itself in a heat balance situation. Thereafter, the important physiological reactions to hot working conditions are described and, on this basis, a numerical assessment procedure is proposed. Examples are given of the use of this method in investigating the possibility of heat stress and estimating the time for which an acclimatized worker can safely be exposed in such circumstances. An increase in the permissible exposure time through a manipulation of the environmental parameters is also considered.

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Development of Risk Assessment Methodology for Occupational Safety by Work Observation Technique

Journal of Ship Production and Design ◽

10.5957/jspd.2016.32.3.139 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (03) ◽

pp. 139-153

Author(s):

Takeshi Shinoda ◽

Takashi Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Numerical Control ◽

Occupational Accidents ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Observation Data ◽

Assessment Methodology ◽

The Past ◽

Risk Assessment Methodology

It is a challenge to prevent occupational accidents in any industrial activities. The aim of this study is to improve safety and reduce the risk of occupational accidents at shipyards by developing a risk assessment methodology using work observation technique. This article describes a concept and methodology of risk assessment for occupational safety and its application. It introduces an effective and useful assessment procedure designed from a database based on the past cases of occupational accidents at shipyards. A quantitative method is developed to understand unsafe working conditions and environment at shipyards. A mobile device is used to collect the work observation data at the shipyard, and some examples of effective hazard measures are suggested. Based on the methodology, a feasibility study was conducted to improve walking safety at a numerical control (NC) cutting process of a shipyard in Japan.

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Hours and Working Conditions

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online ◽

10.1017/isbn-9780511132971.ba.ess.05 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William A. Sundstrom

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions

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Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorder Symptoms

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.17.1.25 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 25-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

G. Leonard Burns ◽

James A. Walsh ◽

David R. Patterson ◽

Carol S. Holte ◽

Rita Sommers-Flanagan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Attention Deficit ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Behavior Disorder ◽

Disruptive Behavior Disorder ◽

Subjective Rating ◽

Time Interval ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Frequency Count ◽

Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Oppositional Defiant

Summary: Rating scales are commonly used to measure the symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD). While these scales have positive psychometric properties, the scales share a potential weakness - the use of vague or subjective rating procedures to measure symptom occurrence (e. g., never, occasionally, often, and very often). Rating procedures based on frequency counts for a specific time interval (e. g., never, once, twice, once per month, once per week, once per day, more than once per day) are less subjective and provide a conceptually better assessment procedure for these symptoms. Such a frequency count procedure was used to obtain parent ratings on the ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms in a normative (nonclinical) sample of 3,500 children and adolescents. Although the current study does not provide a direct comparison of the two types of rating procedures, the results suggest that the frequency count procedure provides a potentially more useful way to measure these symptoms. The implications of the results are noted for the construction of rating scales to measure the ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms.

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