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Lisa Kobos, Kim Anderson, Laura Kurth, Xiaoming Liang, Caroline P. Groth, Lucy England, A. Scott Laney and M. Abbas Virji
Healthcare facility staff use a wide variety of cleaning and disinfecting products during their daily operations, many of which are associated with respiratory or skin irritation or sensitization with repeated exposure. The objective of this study was to...
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Massimiliano Masullo, Roxana Adina Toma and Luigi Maffei
Noise pollution is one of the most common workplace hazards. Noise exposure may induce auditory and extra-auditory physiological and psychological alterations that affect job performance, safety, comfort, and wellbeing. Recent research showed a connectio...
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Abu Faisal Ahamad, Petra Schneider, Romaza Khanum, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Sabrina Jannat Mitu and Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman
The ship-breaking industry has become a promising sector in Bangladesh by contributing to the country?s primary steel demand as raw material for re-rolling mills, providing livelihood opportunities for the poor. This paper investigates the livelihood ind...
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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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AnnMarie Lee Walton and Bonnie Rogers
Nursing assistants (NAs) make up a large share of the healthcare provider workforce and their numbers are expected to grow. NAs are predominantly women who earn a low wage and report financial, work, and family demands. Working as a NA is hazardous; this...
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Chong Hui Liy,Siti Halipah Ibrahim,Rohaida Affandi,Nor Azalina Rosli,Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi
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Statistics from Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 has shown that the number of fatality in the construction industry is 5 times more than in other sectors. The total fatalities in construction are 796 in year 2013 and out of this 796, there were 29...
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Tsung-Chih Wu, Chi-Hsiang Chen, Nai-Wen Yi, Pei-Chen Lu, Shan-Chi Yu and Chien-Peng Wang
Identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards are important functions of safety professionals (SPs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the content and frequency of hazard management dealt by safety professionals in colleges. The a...
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Ai Lin Evelyn Teo, George Ofori, Imelda Krisiani Tjandra, Hanjoon Kim
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Despite the safety improvement drive that has been implemented in the construction industry in Singapore for many years, the industry continues to report the highest number of workplace fatalities, compared to other industries. The purpose of this paper ...
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