Local Information System on Occupational Accidents: Subsidies for the Development of Public Policies on Occupational Health

Pregnant workers have more health risks for health problems than other workers. There are different potential hazards in different workplaces. Occupational Health and Safety Programs need to be implemented for pregnant workers in order to avoid work related diseases in various workplaces. This study aims to determine the the implementation of occupational health and safety for pregnant workers in various workplaces. This study uses a qualitative method by conducting FGD (Focus Group Discussion) with pregnant women workers from various workplaces and in-depth interviews with occupational health and safety experts. Occupational health and safety programs have been implemented for pregnant workers such as the right to maternity leave, working hours arrangements, health insurance, and special protection for pregnant workers. However, there are some workplaces that still do not provide special protection for pregnant workers. Every workplace should pay more attention to the health and safety of pregnant workers as an effort to prevent occupational accidents and work related diseases

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Periodic Medical Examinations in the Russian Federation: Challenges of Data Recording in the National Occupational Health System (Experience of the Sverdlovsk Region)

ЗДОРОВЬЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ И СРЕДА ОБИТАНИЯ - ЗНиСО / PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIFE ENVIRONMENT ◽

10.35627/2219-5238/2020-333-12-43-49 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 43-49

Author(s):

AS Shastin ◽

VB Gurvich ◽

VG Gazimova ◽

VM Baratov ◽

TS Ustyugova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Health System ◽

Health Information ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Health Information System ◽

Data Recording ◽

State Health ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Medical Examinations

Background: As of today, there is no unified health information system that registers and systematizes the results of periodic medical examinations of workers exposed to occupational hazards in the Russian Federation. Our objective was to examine the results of periodic medical examinations in the Sverdlovsk Region over a five-year period. Materials and methods: We reviewed medical reports and conclusions issued by regional health facilities in 2015–2019 and submitted to the Regional Occupational Health Center of the Yekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, and analyzed completeness and timeliness of their submission. Results: We established that occupational health assessment based on the results of periodic medical examinations is complicated by late and incomplete data reporting by healthcare facilities of the Sverdlovsk Region. Conclusions: Our findings prove the importance of creating a “Periodic Medical Examination” subsystem of the unified state health information system. Providing access to standardised results of periodic medical examinations based on a single digital platform to all professional participants of the national occupational health system will enable data recording, analysis and assessment at the interregional and intersectoral levels, as well as at the level of business entities, and facilitate their use for the purposes of workers’ health risk management. Timeliness of reporting and completeness of date entry in the “Periodic Medical Examination” subsystem (or a Federal Registry of Periodic Medical Examinations) may be monitored and verified by local Rospotrebnadzor bodies to be connected to the unified state health information systems of constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

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"Dual causation accident": a third type of work-related accident and its importance for occupational health surveillance

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva ◽

10.1590/1413-812320141912.07722013 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 19 (12) ◽

pp. 4699-4708 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lenz Alberto Alves Cabral ◽

Zaida Aurora Sperli Geraldes Soler ◽

José Carlos Lopes

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

National Policy ◽

Health Surveillance ◽

Occupational Accidents ◽

Causal Connection ◽

Work Related ◽

Unified Health System ◽

Labor Legislation ◽

Starting Point ◽

Occupational Health Surveillance

The scope of this study is to contribute to the improvement of Occupational Health Surveillance in the Unified Health System (UHS), through the recognition and inclusion of a third type of work-related accident in the current Brazilian legislation classification: the dual causation accident. This classification aims at facilitating the establishment of a causal connection, thus broadening the understanding of the relationship between work process and the production of diseases. It also aims at improving legal rules to protect the health of workers. This approach, besides enabling the identification of sentinel events (starting point of surveillance activities), might contribute not only to a decrease in underreporting of work-related accidents, but also to the uniformity of concepts and the implementation of integrated actions of the National Social Security Institute (NISS), the UHS, the Ministry of Labor (MLE) and the Judiciary for the protection of workers. To propose a third type of occupational accident, a study of occupational accidents and causes of underreporting was conducted, with reference to the Brazilian labor legislation in the context of the National Policy on Occupational Health and the UHS.

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Impact of Alcohol on Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Industry at Workplaces with Scaffoldings

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10196690 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (19) ◽

pp. 6690

Author(s):

Marek Sawicki ◽

Mariusz Szóstak

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Abuse ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Accidents ◽

Preventive Actions ◽

Different Sources

The value, care, and customs of workers are essential in terms of occupational health and safety. The abuse of alcohol is widely regarded as a serious threat to the lives, health, and safety of employees. The aim of the research was to identify the main problems that are associated with alcohol abuse and consumption at work among employees in the construction industry, with particular emphasis on workstations where work is carried out on construction scaffoldings. Data for the analysis were obtained from two different sources. The first one was post-accident documentation on occupational accidents. The second one was surveys collected during the research project. This study confirmed that excessive and disproportionate alcohol consumption can be the cause of an accident, and consequently death at workplaces with scaffolding. Of 219 accident reports, 17.4% indicated alcohol as a contributing factor. Analysis of accident documentations shows that in cases where alcohol was indicated as a contributing factor in an accident, the alcohol was consumed during the workday. The results obtained on the basis of the conducted research were able to constitute a justification for the directions of preventive actions carried out in order to reduce the number of occupational accidents in the construction industry caused by alcohol.

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Occupational health and safety in agriculture. A systematic review

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina ◽

10.15446/revfacmed.v68n4.76519 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Licet Paola Molina-Guzmán ◽

Leonardo Alberto Ríos-Osorio

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Final Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

Occupational Accidents ◽

Original Research ◽

Search Terms

Introduction: The prevalence of occupational diseases in the agricultural sector is higher than in other industries, since agricultural workers are at higher risk of exposure to different chemicals and pesticides, and are more prone to occupational accidents.Objective: To conduct a review of recent literature on occupational health and risk in agriculture.Materials and methods: A literature search was conducted in PubMed, SciencieDirect and Scopus using the following search strategy: type of articles: original research papers; language: English; publication period: 2006-2016; search terms: "agricultural health", "agrarian health", "risk factors", "epidemiology", "causality" and "occupational", used in different combinations ("AND" and "OR").Results: The search yielded 350 articles, of which 102 met the inclusion criteria. Moreover, 5 articles were found in grey literature sources and included in the final analysis. Most research on this topic has been conducted in the United States, which produced 91% (97/107) of the articles included.Conclusions: Most studies on health and safety in agriculture focused primarily on the harmful effects of occupational exposure to agrochemicals and pesticides, and the consequences of occupational accidents. However, since more than 90% of these studies come from the United States, a more comprehensive approach to health in agriculture is required, since what is reported here may be far from the reality of other regions, especially Latin America.

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