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Deema Almaskati, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Apurva Pamidimukkala, Karthikeyan Loganathan and Zhe Yin
Hazard identification is a fundamental step in safety management that has the potential to reduce the number and severity of occupational injuries on construction sites. Researchers have identified and evaluated some of the hazards, but few have extensiv...
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Jin-Sung Park, Dong-Gu Lee, Jesus A. Jimenez, Sung-Jin Lee and Jun-Woo Kim
Occupational safety and health is among the most challenging issues in many industrial workplaces, in that various factors can cause occupational illness and injury. Robotics, automation, and other state-of-the-art technologies represent risks that can c...
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Christine Linnenberg, Benjamin Reimeir, Robert Eberle and Robert Weidner
Occupational shoulder exoskeletons need to provide meaningful torques to achieve the desired support, thereby high pressures can occur within the physical human?machine interface (pHMI) of exoskeletons that may lead to discomfort, pain, or soft tissue in...
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Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Fabliha Bushra Islam, Mareska Pratiwi Maharani, Jae-Min Lee and Dong-Seong Kim
Factory shop floor workers are exposed to threats and accidents due to their encounters with tools, equipment, and toxic materials. There are cases of occupational accidents resulting in injuries to workers and precipitating lawsuits, which on the other ...
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Giuseppe Campo, Luca Cegolon, Diego De Merich, Ugo Fedeli, Mauro Pellicci, William C. Heymann, Sofia Pavanello, Armando Guglielmi and Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Background: A national database of work-related injuries has been established in Italy since 2002, collecting information on the injured person, his/her work tasks, the workplace and the risk factors contributing to incident dynamics, according to a mode...
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Ta-Cheng Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Yen-Shan Chen, Yun-Tzu Kuo
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Due to the problems of current population aging, occupational injuries and traffic accidents have led to an increasing number of elder people who are physically disabled in Taiwan. These persons, mostly seek medical treatment from medical institutions to...
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Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki, Steven A. Freeman and Gretchen A. Mosher
The grain handling industry plays a significant role in U.S. agriculture by storing, distributing, and processing a variety of agricultural commodities. Commercial grain elevators are hazardous agro-manufacturing work environments where workers are prone...
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Rachel Nderitu, Peter Mwaura, David Gichuhi
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Contemporary employees spend most of their working lives in the workplace. Work provides economic, social and psychological experiences that promote the mental wellbeing of individuals. The work environment should be devoid of hazards as much as possible...
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Sirio Rossano Secondo Cividino, Gianfranco Pergher, Rino Gubiani, Carlo Moreschi, Ugo Da Broi, Michela Vello and Fabiano Rinaldi
In many productive sectors, ensuring a safe working environment is still an underestimated problem, and especially so in farming. A lack of attention to safety and poor risk awareness by operators represents a crucial problem, which results in numerous s...
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Mario Fargnoli, Mara Lombardi, Nicolas Haber and Daniele Puri
Recently, standards and regulations concerning occupational safety have become more and more rigorous. Nevertheless, the number of accidents and victims has not decreased significantly, as reported by official statistics. In Italy, the agricultural secto...
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