scholarly journals The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part IV: employee benefits, industries and occupations, and worker safety and health since 1980

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Baker
Keyword(s):  
Employee Benefits ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Monthly Labor Review ◽  
Safety And Health

International benchmarking for performance improvement in construction safety and health

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 916-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance W. Saunders ◽  
Andrew P McCoy ◽  
Brian M. Kleiner ◽  
Helen Lingard ◽  
Tracy Cooke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Project Lifecycle

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advance knowledge on the advantages of integrating safety earlier in the construction project lifecycle. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach is used to collect data from construction sites in the USA, which performs poorly in construction safety and health, and Australia (AU), which performs well in construction safety and health. Qualitative data are collected to determine how and when safety is considered in the project lifecycle in both countries, and then the results are benchmarked to determine the benefits of addressing safety earlier in the process. Findings – Data show that addressing a potential hazard earlier in the project lifecycle has performance benefits in terms of the level of hazard control. Research limitations/implications – The processes that are identified as possibly explaining the performance difference are just based on qualitative data from interviews. Targeted research addressing the relationship between these processes and safety outcomes is an opportunity for further research. Practical implications – The case study data are used to identify specific processes that are used in AU that might be adopted in the USA to improve performance by integrating safety earlier into the decision-making process. Social implications – This paper highlights the advantages of integrating safety as a decision factor early in the process. Worker safety is not just an issue in the construction industry, and thus the findings are applicable to all industries in which worker safety is an issue. Originality/value – This paper advances the safety in design literature by quantitatively supporting the link between when a hazard is addressed and performance. It also links the results to specific processes across countries, which advances the literature because most research in this area to data is within a single country.

scholarly journals Advancing the framework for considering the effects of climate change on worker safety and health

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 847-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.A. Schulte ◽  
A. Bhattacharya ◽  
C.R. Butler ◽  
H.K. Chun ◽  
B. Jacklitsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Safety And Health

Protecting Disaster Site, Support, and Recovery Workers

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Celenza
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
National Response ◽  
Response Plan ◽  
State And Local

When a disaster strikes, FEMA activates the worker safety and health provisions (annex document) of the National Response Plan (NRP). The annex describes actions needed to ensure that threats to safety and health are recognized, evaluated, and controlled consistently so that responders are properly protected during incident management operations. The activation of the Worker Safety and Health Annex gives the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) the responsibility to coordinate a comprehensive response involving federal, state, and local agencies and private-sector organizations to ensure the safety and health needs of responders are met. There is confusion, however, as to whether OSHA is acting as an advisory “coordinator” or as an enforcement agency. OSHA personnel at the WTC and the Gulf region reported they were not clear what role they must perform (and the language in the National Response Plan is not explicit). Thus, the need for a clear and comprehensive mandatory program.

scholarly journals Burden, Need and Impact: An Evidence-Based Method to Identify Worker Safety and Health Research Priorities

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A Felknor ◽  
Paul A Schulte ◽  
Teresa M Schnorr ◽  
Regina Pana-Cryan ◽  
John Howard
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Safety And Health
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