Hazardous Work and Destructive Elements in the Working Environment and Risk Categories in a Mining Company

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Michaela Ocenasova ◽  
Lubica Kozakova ◽  
Csaba Farkas ◽  
Petra Pleskova ◽  
Martin Paska
Keyword(s):  
Working Environment ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Risk Categories

scholarly journals Exposure to Noise Induced at Work and Prevention Practice Among Workers of Stone Mining Company, An Giang, 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ngoc Bich ◽  
Huynh Thi HONG GIANG ◽  
Vo TAN KHOA ◽  
Nguyen ANH TUAN
Keyword(s):  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
High Level ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Noise is one of the most common occupational hazards in Vietnam, causing occupational hearing impairement. Stone mining is among the high-risk working environment. This study aims to describe noise exposure and prevention practice among workers of stone mining in An Giang province. A cross-sectional study using a quantitative method was conducted in 2018. 176 noise samples were collected, and 215 workers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Results show that workers at grinding section exposed with the high level of noise (compared to national standards) and they did not practice adequately to protect themselves from the hazard. Workers aged above 39 years old and had more than 10-year working experience had better prevention practice than the other groups. The differences were statistically significant. It is concluded that workers were exposed to the high level of noise at work, their practice regarding hearing impairement prevention was not adequate, and age, years of working were associated factors with prevention practice among workers.

scholarly journals Why Do They Work in Laos? A Case of Indonesian Workers in Laos Mining Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Paditsavanh Thammavongsith ◽  
Parnawa Putranta
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Worker ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Career Opportunity ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
The Government

Laos is one of the countries where the numbers of foreign direct investment increase every year. Howerver, the government cannot provide the qualified skill worker from the domestic. Therefore, the empoyers have to import the skill workers from other abroad to contribute in the specific working area. As we can seen from the foreign direct investmenet trend in from 2005 – 2015, the main investment sector in Laos were mineral and energy business, these firm required many skill workers and recruit foreign worker to contribute in their project. Also the main foreign workers came from Indonesia. In the same time, from 2013-2018, the IndonesianEmbassy in Laos have the record of the decreasing of the Indonesia Worker in the mining sector average 16,7 percent per year. As recently, the trend to motivate the employee that has a different background in the organization is one of the most important tasks for the employer, because the overseas worker in the mining companies plays the important role to develop the local staff in the various fields.The objective of this paper is to explore the motivations and the challenges of the overseas Indonesian workers in the mining companies in Laos. The study uses a qualitative research methodology for the analysis. Data was collected by interviewing ten (10) overseas Indonesian workers among the different mining companies in Laos.This research has undertaken some main themes that describe the perception of the overseas Indonesian workers in the mining companies in Laos about their motivations and the challenges in their work. The factors that motivated the overseas Indonesian workers to work in the mining company in Laos has appeared into four factors as employee compensation and benefits, career opportunity and development, friendly working environment, and national factor. Besides that, the challenge factors faced by Indonesian workers such as the language barrier and religion practice. 

Improving the working environment for workers in children's welfare agencies

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wagner ◽  
van Reyk ◽  
Spence
Keyword(s):  
Working Environment ◽  
Welfare Agencies

Communicating the results of criterion referenced prediction measures: Risk categories for the Static-99R and Static-2002R sexual offender risk assessment tools.

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 582-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Karl Hanson ◽  
Kelly M. Babchishin ◽  
L. Maaike Helmus ◽  
David Thornton ◽  
Amy Phenix
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools ◽  
Criterion Referenced ◽  
Risk Categories

Effect of the psychosocial working environment on cognition and dementia - A systematic review

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (08/09) ◽  
Author(s):  
FS Then ◽  
T Luck ◽  
M Luppa ◽  
M Thinschmidt ◽  
S Deckert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Working Environment

Comparison of risk categories defined by Ki-67 and the EndoPredict test in luminal-type breast cancer

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Noske ◽  
J Ettl ◽  
SI Anders ◽  
A Hapfelmeier ◽  
K Steiger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Luminal Type ◽  
Risk Categories
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