scholarly journals Young workers’ occupational safety and health risks in the Nordic countries

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
NMR Publicering
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Occupational Safety and Health Among Young Workers in the Nordic Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese N. Hanvold ◽  
Pete Kines ◽  
Mikko Nykänen ◽  
Sara Thomée ◽  
Kari A. Holte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Occupational safety and health interventions to protect young workers from hazardous work – A scoping review

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 389-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha L. Sámano-Ríos ◽  
Sharea Ijaz ◽  
Jani Ruotsalainen ◽  
F. Curtis Breslin ◽  
Karl Gummesson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Safety And Health

Operating Engineers and the OSHA Silica Standard: A Survey of Union Trainers

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-535
Author(s):  
Grace Barlet ◽  
Rosemary K. Sokas ◽  
Eileen Betit
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Silica Exposure ◽  
Engineering Control ◽  
Heavy Equipment ◽  
Safety And Health

Enclosed cabs with filtration systems, an engineering control preferred in the hierarchy of controls, may reduce heavy equipment operators’ silica exposure during demolition, grading, and excavation. We surveyed operating engineer trainers about silica training, familiarity with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) silica standard, and cab filtration systems. A voluntary and anonymous online survey was e-mailed to 437 trainers in January 2018. The response rate was 22.9 percent (n = 100). Most trainers (84 percent) covered health risks and silica exposure prevention in their courses. Of these, 59 percent discussed cab filtration as an engineering control. Trainers identified possible barriers to the use of cab filtration systems and a need for education to increase use, and raised concerns about other exposures associated with heavy equipment use. Education about selection, use, and maintenance of cab filtration systems to control silica exposure is needed. Engineering improvements to heavy equipment should address cab filtration, noise, heat, and vibration.

scholarly journals Young Workers’ Access to and Awareness of Occupational Safety and Health Services: Age-Differences and Possible Drivers in a Large Survey of Employees in Italy

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Dragano ◽  
Claudio Barbaranelli ◽  
Marvin Reuter ◽  
Morten Wahrendorf ◽  
Brad Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Large Survey

Young workers are in particular need of occupational safety and health (OSH) services, but it is unclear whether they have the necessary access to such services. We compared young with older workers in terms of the access to and awareness of OSH services, and examined if differences in employment conditions accounted for age-differences. We used survey data from Italy (INSuLA 1, 2014), with a sample of 8000 employed men and women aged 19 to 65 years, including 732 young workers aged under 30 years. Six questions measured access to services, and five questions assessed awareness of different OSH issues. Several employment conditions were included. Analyses revealed that young workers had less access and a lower awareness of OSH issues compared with older workers. For instance, odds ratios (OR) suggest that young workers had a 1.44 times higher likelihood [95%—confidence interval 1.21–1.70] of having no access to an occupational physician, and were more likely (2.22 [1.39–3.38]) to be unaware of legal OSH frameworks. Adjustment for selected employment conditions (company size, temporary contract) substantially reduced OR’s, indicating that these conditions contribute to differences between older and younger workers. We conclude that OSH management should pay particular attention to young workers in general and, to young workers in precarious employment, and working in small companies in particular.

scholarly journals Analiza porównawcza poziomu i struktury wydatków na działalność prewencyjną w zakresie bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy ponoszonych przez przedsiębiorstwa przemysłu spożywczego w województwie łódzkim

2017 ◽  
pp. 151-163
Author(s):  
Anetta Zielińska
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Work Accidents

The article describes the level and structure of company’s expenditures attributed to the prevention of the occupational safety and health risks. The survey was conducted on food companies in the Lodz region. The research reveals that over the period of 2008–2012 the number of work accidents increased by about 29% while the prevention-related spending increased by merely 2.5%. This situation must be negatively assessed because the company’s activity in the area of occupational safety and health at a workplace should not be reduced to providing workers with basic resources enabling them to conduct the entrusted activities. The expenditures on prevention programs were too low and ineffective. Moreover, the increase of the occupational safety and health spending did not have any impact on the changes in the number of accidents at a workplace.

scholarly journals Synergetic Modelling of Energy and Resource Efficiency as well as Occupational Safety and Health Risks of Plating Process Chains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Leiden ◽  
Sebastian Thiede ◽  
Christoph Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Inhalation Exposure ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Exposure Model ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Process Chains ◽  
The Impact

AbstractTo meet the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, the energy and resource efficiency of industrial processes have to increase, and workplaces have to become decent for the involved workers. Plating process chains are typically associated with high energy and resource demand and the use of hazardous chemicals. For the analysis and improvement of the energy and resource efficiency as well as for modelling the occupational safety and health risks, a variety of separate approaches are available. Combined approaches are not available yet. An agent-based simulation is used as the basis for integrated energy and resource as well as occupational safety and health risk assessment. In particular, an energy and resource flow model provides the life cycle inventory data for an environmental assessment. The integration of a mechanistic inhalation exposure model through a surrogate model approach enables a combined synergetic consideration of environmental and occupational safety and health effects. A simulation case study shows the impact of chrome acid changes in chrome electroplating processes as well as the effect of different rinsing cascade settings and rinsing control strategies.

scholarly journals Factors affecting occupational safety and health of foreign farm workers in Nordic countries

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Risto H. Rautiainen ◽  
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Anne Marie Heiberg ◽  
Tiina Mattila ◽  
Kim Kaustell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Safety And Health
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