Occupational safety and health practices among flower greenhouses workers from Alto Tietê region (Brazil)

2012 ◽  
Vol 416 ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela G. Ribeiro ◽  
Camilla G. Colasso ◽  
Paula P. Monteiro ◽  
Walter R. Pedreira Filho ◽  
Maurício Yonamine
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Safety And Health

Process Control: Safety Issues and Answers in Sweden and Norway

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1243-1245
Author(s):  
Daryle Jean Gardner-Bonneau
Keyword(s):  
Process Control ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Technical Paper ◽  
Utilization Of Technology ◽  
Safety And Health

During the first eight months of 1987, the author had the opportunity to visit Sweden and Norway. Since Sweden is noted as a leader with respect to occupational safety and health practices, and is also well known for its innovations in the utilization of technology, the author decided to spend some time studying safety issues and answers with regard to process control. Though the work is ongoing at the time of this report, this article contains a summary of the material collected and the observations made, to date. It should not be considered as a technical paper, but as a report of the current activities in Sweden. Individuals interested in more information about the projects discussed should contact the author.

scholarly journals The Weaknesses of OSHA 1994 Implementation in Malaysian Construction Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Rohaida Affandi ◽  
Hock Tai Chia
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Degree

Statistics from Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Malaysia indicated that the construction sector suffers the highest level of occupational accident and fatalities almost every year. To overcome this problem, the government has come out with a legislative framework and action plans to deal with this situation. The study aims to identify the weaknesses of Malaysian employers and employees in implementing Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA 1994) in the construction industry and to highlight the responsibilities of both parties to comply as far as practicable of safety and health in construction site. Data were obtained via literature reviews and conducting workplace inspection. There is a high degree of consensus on the two important parties in assuming safety and health responsibilities who are employer and employee. The results indicate the weaker areas done by employers were: General duties of employers and self-employed persons to their employees; Duty to formulate safety and health policy; General duties of employers and self-employed persons to persons other than their employees; and Duties of occupier of a place of work to persons other than his employees. While the weaker areas done by employees were: General duties of employees at work; and Duty not to interfere with or misuse things provided pursuant to certain provisions. Thus, the  suggestion for improvement towards safety and health practices was proposed according to the Master Plan (2005 – 2010) which introduced by CIDB. Therefore government bodies, contractors and consultants mostly agree on several stipulations under the Master Plan (2005 – 2010) subdivisions which are: Enforcement and Legislation; Education and Training; and Research, Development and Technology are the suggested areas of concern in which safety and health practices can be improved within the construction industry.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Non-compliance to Occupational Safety and Health Practices in the Informal Non-food Manufacturing Sector in Kampala City, Uganda

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Stephen Aurice Wekoye ◽  
Wilkister Nyaora Moturi ◽  
Stanley Makindi
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

The informal non-food manufacturing sector is an engine of growth and development in both developed and developing countries. It’s unregulated and unregistered in official government statistics. However, this particular sector is faced with occupational safety and health hazards without preventive measures. A number of factors affect compliance with control measures. The study assessed factors influencing non-compliance to occupational safety and health practices in the informal non-food manufacturing sector in Kampala, Uganda. The purpose of the study was to acquire occupational safety and health data on the informal sector and identify needed interventions for mitigation. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted with qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques in 424 firms. Chi-square analysis showed occupational safety and health was good among male respondents compared to females (p<0.05. c2 =23.9), use of Personal Protective Equipment (c2 =40.393, p<0.000), education level (c2 =147.3, p< 0.000), period working at the enterprise (p<0.05. c2 = 87.5, p=0.002) the period spent working provides experience to workers hence better equipped to manage occupational safety and health. Hours spent at work (p<0.05. c2 =19.8), due to less fatigue and exhaustion. Multivariate logistic regression showed that respondents who were 31-40 years old had significantly reduced odds (COR 0.0467-0.0478) of practising occupational safety and health practices at work and able to employ good occupational safety and health practices at work, compared to below 30 and above 50 years. Men in general employed safe practices of occupational safety and health than women (COR 0.0918-0.0997) hence safer at work due to higher literacy in men. Adequate knowledge and awareness had (COR 0.860-0.863) knowledge empowers workers about hazards prevention, usually provided through training by employers. Duration of work (COR 1.189-1.10) as result of experience in managing hazards at work coupled by supervision over time. Use of personal protective equipment (COR of 0.0317- 0.0319) being cheap. Creation of awareness, safe work practices Provision and use of PPE and provision of occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations, as well as proactive multi-media strategies to improve the situation is required.

scholarly journals TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET): TEMPAT ASAS PEMBINAAN BUDAYA KESELAMATAN DI MALAYSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Rosidi Fahlid Mohd Isa
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Training Institute

The purpose of this study was to evaluate occupational safety and health practices among students and lecturers of the Technical Education and Vocational Training Institute (TVET) in Malaysia from the point of view of safety practice, implementation level, compliance and cultural level of occupational safety and health practices. The methodology used in this study uses a quantitative approach. The study was carried out in two parts, Part A was about the personal information of the respondents and Part B was the survey using a questionnaire with respondents from several Technical Education and Vocational Training institutes (TVET) such as Vocational College (KV), Industrial Training Institute (ILP) , National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) and Mara Skills Institute (IKM). Descriptive statistics tests used to describe occupational safety and health practices, levels of occupational safety and health, occupational safety and health compliance and occupational safety and health culture, found that they applied high level of practice, safety implementation. This means that almost all students and faculty agree that compliance with occupational safety and health practices is of utmost importance and practiced. From this culture of safety practices will create a safe work culture, which will indirectly create a safety culture. An organization that provides a safe environment will benefit workers in their work activities

scholarly journals ADOPTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PRACTICES AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN KENYAN PUBLIC REFERRAL HOSPITALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Kemunto Caroline Nyariki ◽  
Kimeli Matthew Chirchir
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Medical Superintendent ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Referral Hospitals

among health care workers in Kenyan public referral hospitals, especially to establish the place of health care worker training, personal protective equipment, occupational safety and health standards in influencing adoption of occupational safety and health practices.Methodology: The cross-sectional survey research study was based on data from 80 medical staff collected using a structured questionnaire from Baringo county referral hospital in Kenya. Data was diagnostically screened to determine Measure of Sampling Adequacy through Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett’s test of sphericity for detection of adequacy of correlations between the variables. Factor analysis was used as a dimensions reduction technique to identify predictors and principal components that accounted most for adoption of occupations safety and health practices among health care workers while Wald Chi-square test of model fit was used to determine if predictors in the principal components significantly influenced adoption of occupational safety and health practices while regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between principal components established through factor analysis.Findings: The study concluded that from the total of 20 factors under study, seven factors accounted most in determining adoption of occupational safety and health practices among health care workers in Kenyan public referral hospitals; they are staffed capacity building through training, implementation of safety and health guidelines, wearing of safety gear, provision of standard operating procedures on PPEs, training needs analysis, provision of information to staff on guidelines and sensitization on risks.Unique contributions to practice and policy: The study recommends that, County Executive Committee member for health through the Medical Superintendent should make necessary budgetary allocations towards staff training, organize and implement specialized training in occupational safety and health for their staff as a matter of priority. The medical superintendent should put in place a robust mechanism that ensures consistent implementation of safety and health guidelines in their facilities. He should further cause an audit of PPEs and ensure deficits on PPEs are included in the next and subsequent financial year procurement plan. The Human Resource Officers should on continuous basis utilizing continuous education approach, organise staff sensitization particularly to sensitize staff on wearing of safety gear, standard operating procedures on PPEs and preview of applicable guidelines and sensitization on risks.

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