Organization of work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing sector in the US southeast: Implications for immigrant workers' occupational safety and health

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 925-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Grzywacz ◽  
Hester J. Lipscomb ◽  
Vanessa Casanova ◽  
Barbara Neis ◽  
Clermont Fraser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Fishing Sector ◽  
The Us

OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon ◽  
Kit Fai Pun
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Media Types ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

As Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) embraces the digital age, one field in which the country must advance is Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). This paper seeks to identify how T&T's Occupational Safety and Health Agency (TTOSHA) addresses e-government (e-gov) through its website, how its approach compares to those used by leading OSH bodies in two first-world countries, the USA (US) and the UK, and how the T&T approach may be improved. The OSH e-gov practices of the US OSHA, UK HSE, and TTOSHA websites are presented. Through a content analysis and comparison exercise, e-gov shortcomings of the TTOSHA site are noted and recommendations for improvement are proposed. The paper's potential benefits include improved accessibility and utility of the TTOSHA site through improved matching of site content to international practice, broader ranges of resource topics and media types, improved responsiveness and connectivity with stakeholders, and better focus on OSH performance through the dissemination of searchable OSH statistics and performance reports.

scholarly journals Improving Occupational Safety and Health among Mexican Immigrant Workers: A Binational Collaboration

2013 ◽  
Vol 128 (6_suppl3) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Flynn ◽  
Pietra Check ◽  
Donald E. Eggerth ◽  
Josana Tonda
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Mexican Immigrant ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Current understanding and future directions for an occupational infectious disease standard

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 703-710
Author(s):  
Corey Boles ◽  
Justine Parker ◽  
Laura Hallett ◽  
John Henshaw
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
State Government ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Us

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has demonstrated a need for an infectious disease standard that will promote a safe and healthy work environment and assure business continuity. The current pandemic has revealed gaps in workplace preparedness and employee protections to microbial exposures. Federal and state government agencies have responded by providing interim guidelines and stop-gap measures that continue to evolve and vary in approach and required controls. This interim and inconsistent approach has resulted in confusion on the part of businesses as they work toward reopening during the pandemic and uncertainty as to the efficacy of required or suggested controls. Moving forward, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, with guidance from the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, should establish consistent and effective strategies through a nationwide standard to address the potential microbial exposures in the workplace. Such a standard will require effective worker protections from infectious diseases and assure business continuity.

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