'Flexible' Work Practices and Occupational Safety and Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Cumulative Trauma Disorders and Workplace Transformation

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Brenner ◽  
David Fairris ◽  
John W. Ruser
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Cumulative Trauma Disorders ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Cumulative Trauma ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Trauma Disorders ◽  
Flexible Work Practices ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Use of flexible work practices and employee outcomes: the role of work–life balance and employee age

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Tahrima Ferdous ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Erica French
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Employee Outcomes ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Flexible Work Practices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Employee Age

Abstract Flexible work practices (FWPs) give employees some control over when and where they work. Using boundary theory and role balance theory, this study proposes and tests a mediation model focusing on how the relationships between FWPs usage and employee outcomes (i.e., wellbeing and turnover intention) are mediated by work−life balance (WLB). It also tests the moderating role of employee age on the relationship between WLB and employee outcomes using socioemotional selectivity theory. The model was tested using survey data from 293 employees of an Australian for-profit organization. The findings indicate that FWPs usage is positively associated with WLB, WLB is positively associated with wellbeing and negatively with turnover intentions, and WLB partially mediates the relationships between FWPs usage and employee outcomes. The results provide partial support that employee age moderates the relationship between WLB and turnover intentions. Theoretical, research and practical contributions are discussed.

Workers and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals: Developing the Relationship

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Michael B. Lax
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Technical Issue ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Class Power ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Relationship

The occupational safety and health movement has been transformed from a struggle emphasizing workplace democracy to a de-politicized technical debate. Professionals involved in occupational safety and health (OSH) are continuously urged to keep “politics” out of their work. However, “politics,” defined as the participation in knowledge production and decision-making that profoundly affects working life, is inherent to the work of OSH professionals. These professionals function within specified roles largely created and shaped to meet the needs of the corporate class. In this context, there is a need for professionals who are explicitly allied to workers struggling for health and safety. However, there are powerful constraints to the development of this alliance, including professionals’ need for jobs, job security, and credibility. Additionally, many professionals seeking an alliance with workers remain under the sway of hegemonic myths that limit their ability to function as worker allies. These myths include non-recognition of class power and its effects on workplace health, a view of OSH as purely a technical issue, and a failure to recognize how OSH knowledge is shaped by its political/economic context. Ideas for developing an alternative praxis are offered.

Relationship study between the student learning approach in the occupational safety and health field and acquired competencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (95) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
O. Nanka ◽  
M. Lysychenko ◽  
M. Kiriyenko ◽  
V. Pavlykivskyi ◽  
T. Duyunova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Relationship Study ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: To search for training methods for specialists in industrial safety, environmental and occupational safety and health in conditions of insufficient (or absent) laboratory support and to study the relationship between the student learning approach and acquired competencies. Design/methodology/approach: To study modern advances in industrial safety, environmental and occupational safety and health and training methods for specialists a systematic literature review approach has been used. For publications from 2017, queries were asked through keywords and safety related topics. To relationship study between the student learning approach and acquired competencies a student survey on random sampling has been used. A total of 112 students of the 3rd and 4th year of study at the university were interviewed. Findings: The results of the survey showed that the students’ number who simultaneously successfully answered theoretical questions and completed practical tasks is 33.8% from the group with theoretical training and 75% from the group that was trained in the workplace. The relationship between the groups with a visit to the existing enterprise and acquired competencies was justified by the association coefficient and contingency coefficient that are 0.7 and 0.4 respectively. Research limitations/implications: A student’s survey was conducted at only one university. Questions were asked only according to the curriculum of the course “Labour Protection”. No survey for other training courses conducted. Practical implications: The research results are reasonable and can be applied at universities to improve the educational process of training specialists. Originality/value: It was proposed that students be trained using existing enterprises as a laboratory base and by the methods of statistics mathematical processing was substantiated the proposal feasibility.

Improvement of the approach to hazard identification and industrial risk management, taking into account the requirements of current legal and regulatory acts

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (105) ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
O. Kruzhilko ◽  
V. Maystrenko ◽  
O. Polukarov ◽  
V.P. Kalinchyk ◽  
A. Shulha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Industrial Risk

Purpose: Improving the systematic approach to planning and rationalizing labour protection measures at oil and gas enterprises, based on the results of hazard identification and industrial risk assessment. At the same time, the main task of the risk management process is to ensure the rights of employees guaranteed by the current legislation, namely, to create proper, safe and healthy working conditions. Design/methodology/approach: A comparative legal method for identifying the features of European and Ukrainian legislation in the occupational safety and health field; a structural-logical method for determining the main directions for the further development of the occupational safety and health management system at enterprises; analysis and generalization of well-known scientific results on the research topic; statistical analysis to identify the relationship between the industrial risk' level and various factors that may affect its value; applied systems analysis and mathematical modelling method for new methodological approaches' development to assessing of hazards' likelihood and their consequences' severity were used. The basis for improving the systematic approach to planning and rationalizing labour protection measures is based on the standard IEC 61882:2001. The statistics are taken from the "Messages" information system, which operates in the State Service of Ukraine on Labour and is designed to collect and process data on occupational injuries. Findings: An analysis of the current legislative and regulatory acts showed promising directions for their improvement. A mathematical model for scoring industrial risk is proposed, which takes into account the relationship between industrial risk and preventive measures and the time of their implementation. The calculation system developed on the basis of the proposed model provided a reduction in the time for processing data and calculating the values of industrial risks by 20...25%. Research limitations/implications: Statistical data on industrial injuries at enterprises of the oil and gas industry of Ukraine for 2018-2019 were used. Practical implications: Implementation of the proposed systematic approach to the organization of occupational safety and health management at enterprises has shown its simplicity and effectiveness, which can induce employers to finance reasonable and timely preventive measures. Originality/value: The method has been improved by decreasing the discreteness step in the assessment of industrial risk components, which has increased its accuracy; by developing a mathematical model for calculating the probability of a hazard, taking into account the frequency with which workers are exposed to danger, which eliminates the need to involve experts for an expert assessment at this stage.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK PEKERJA DENGAN UNSAFE ACTION PADA TENAGA KERJA BONGKAR MUAT DI PT. TERMINAL PETIKEMAS SURABAYA

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Aditya Kurnia Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Internal Factor ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Knowledge Variable ◽  
Work Accident ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTUnsafe action is a trigger for work accident. Unsafe action happened for two reasons, such as unintentional mistakes and active errors or violation of a rule. Unsafe action influenced by the internal factor from workers itself, such as characteristic of workers. The objectivs of this research is to aims of this study are analyze the relationship between the characteristics of workers to unsafe action, in stevedor at PT. Terminal Petikemas Surabaya. This study was observational Descriptive. The sample was all stavedore in a group of which consisted of 60 people. The data presented in the form of distribution the frequency and tabulation cross then analyzed statistically the Spearman. The result of this study shownthat there was an relatively low association between the characteristic of workers with unsafe action, but there was one variable had the strong enough relationship, such as knowledge variable and unsafe action on stevedore in PT. Terminal Petikemas Surabaya with coefficient corelation 0.417. Based on the result of this study, suggestions that can be given to the HSE departement are scheduled refreshment through training and briefing to increase knowledge of occupational safety and health at work, meanwhile supervisor of field have to do a strict and firmly supervise to stevedore who performing unsafe action. So it expected to reduce the number of work accident in the process of loading and unloading.Keywords: Stevedore, unsafe action, characteristic of workers

scholarly journals Pengaruh Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Pekerja Pada Perusahaan Penyosohan Beras di Desa Jagapati, Angantaka, Sedang kec. Abiansemal kab. Badung

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Krisna Dwipayana ◽  
I Nyoman Sucipta ◽  
I Putu Gede Budisanjaya
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Reliability Test ◽  
Validity Test ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to determine the effect of occupational safety and health (K3) on worker performance and to find out the factors that most influence the performance of workers in the rice fueling company. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool that was disseminated to 20 employees in the suppression of rice in the area of ??Sedang, Angataka, jagapati, Kec.Abiansemal, Kab. Kadung. Analysis of this study were emalyzed using validity test, normality test, reliability test and linear regression test. The results of the validity test analysis are 9 invalid questions. The results of the normality test, the data are normally distributed with a significance value of 0.819. The reliability test obtained the results of the data that was reliable with the value of Cronbach's Alpha 0.933. As well as the analysis of the linear regression test the results are closely related. From the research conducted it can be concluded that (1) the relationship of Occupational Safety and Health (K3) to the workforce can be seen from the magnitude of the coefficient of determination (R2) the relationship between the factors that influence K3 and the performance of workers. The performance of workers with supervisory factors has a coefficient of determination of 61.27% and with occupational safety of 88.51%, with health of workers of 86.09%, (2) Factors that most influence the performance of workers in the company of raising rice are factors of work safety, where the closeness of the relationship between the two is 61.27%.

scholarly journals The Perception of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Regulation and Innovation Efficiency in the Construction Industry: Evidence from South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2334
Author(s):  
Jaeho Shin ◽  
Yeongjun Kim ◽  
Changhee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Bootstrap Dea ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
The Relationship

Due to safety issues in the construction industry, interest in research on occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations remains high. Previous studies indicated that OSH regulations not only affect performance in and of themselves, but also indirectly by increasing awareness of such regulations. Studies also demonstrated that OSH regulation can affect innovation and corporate safety. However, the effect of OSH regulation on innovation remains unclear, as the relationship between the perception of OSH regulation and innovation is not fully understood. This study measures the innovation efficiency of companies in the Korean construction industry using data envelopment analysis (DEA), and investigates the relationship between innovation efficiency and companies’ perceptions of OSH regulations. Results indicate that companies that positively recognize OSH regulations tend to be more innovative than those that do not. This study also validates differences in innovation efficiency depending on the perception of OSH regulations by bootstrap DEA. The results of this study suggest appropriate strategies to promote innovation in the construction industry from the perspectives of both government and practitioners in firms.

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