Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in the Dairy Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Reed ◽  
David I. Douphrate ◽  
Peter Lundqvist ◽  
Paul Jarvie ◽  
Gillian McLean ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Thais Helena De Carvalho Barreira ◽  
Mary Lee Dunn

Brazil has a Federal Ergonomic Standard [1] enacted in 1990 that attracts the attention of practitioners in occupational health and safety fields because it is viewed symbolically as a political gain and because of its technical advances. The 1990 ergonomic standard modified a former one that was issued within a set of 28 occupational health and safety regulations established in 1978 [2]. This article focuses on the social and historical steps in a persistent workers' struggle for a healthier work environment in the late 1980s that resulted in this federal standard as a “command-and-control” regulation pioneering a wide tripartite process of policy-making in Brazil.


2016 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 108-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Autenrieth ◽  
William J. Brazile ◽  
Delvin R. Sandfort ◽  
David I. Douphrate ◽  
Ivette N. Román-Muñiz ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Anna Bazan-Bulanda

AbstractWorkers' safety in the workplace depends on the compliance of both employees and the employer with applicable regulations. The EU member states in internal law contain regulations in line with EU directives in this area. The author of this study decided to examine whether compliance by the employer with health and safety provisions is an element motivating employees to take up employment. he law applies to both employees and employers, but their content is not affected by any of the parties to the employment relationship. The purpose of the article was to answer the question whether compliance by the employer with health and safety at work rules is an element that influences the employee when making a decision about taking up employment. The method used was the diagnostic survey method and the survey tool. The research was conducted in 102 facilities-enterprises in the Silesian Voivodeship employing at least 20 employees. The respondents were employees within the meaning of the Labor Code who declared knowledge of basic regulations in the field of occupational health and safety. The unambiguous lack of impact of compliance with the health and safety at work regulations by the employer on the decision on employment was indicated by 29.3% of respondents, while 60.8% of all respondents declared such an impact. Among the surveyed employees there was a group of undecided people,


1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Polk ◽  
Fiona Haines ◽  
Santina Perrone

This investigation describes the level and nature of work-related traumatic work deaths which occurred in Victoria in 1987–90. There were a total of 353 such deaths reported to the coroner in this period. While a large number of these deaths involved farmers or self-employed workers, a majority were found to involve work in the context of a company. Further, most of these company work deaths involved some amount of negligence on the part of the employer. In all, there were prosecutions in only 34 of the 353 fatalities, all of which resulted in convictions. Despite the fact that at least 25 of these deaths could be seen as resulting from extreme employer negligence, and that at least four of the negligent companies were repeat offenders, there were no prosecutions of either individuals or companies under provisions of the Crimes Act (all convictions were obtained for breaches of occupational health and safety regulations). There is in these data, then, further evidence of a ‘gentle’ posture on the part of regulatory agencies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roja Erdmann

Volunteers encounter physical and psychological risks - for example in the volunteer fire brigade or telephone counseling. It is also linked to the occupational health and safety and working time challenges as a voluntary works council. The aim of this study is to counter the uncertainties regarding the application of health and safety regulations for these working forms. This is done by evaluating the personal scope of the Directive 89/391 /EEC, with the corresponding developed consequences for German occupational health and safety law.


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