Research Note: Networking among small and medium-sized enterprises: Meeting the challenge of promoting safety and health measures

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-222
Author(s):  
Hans Jørgen Limborg ◽  
Sisse Grøn ◽  
Maya Flensborg Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Research Note ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Bibliometric Study of Technology and Occupational Health in Healthcare Sector: A Worldwide Trend to the Future

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6732
Author(s):  
Esther Vaquero-Álvarez ◽  
Antonio Cubero-Atienza ◽  
Pilar Ruiz-Martínez ◽  
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán ◽  
María Dolores Redel Mecías ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Hospital Epidemiology ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Information And Communication

Since the eighties, technological tools have modified how people interact in their environment. At the same time, occupational safety and health measures have been widely applied. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work considers that information and communication technologies are the main methods to achieve the goals proposed to improve working life and the dissemination of good practices. The principal objective was to determine the trends of publications focused on these technologies and occupational safety in the healthcare sector during the last 30 years. A bibliometric study was carried out. The 1021 documents showed an increased trend per country, especially for the United States (p < 0.001) and year (p < 0.001). The citations per year showed significant differences between citations of articles published before 2007 (p < 0.001). The year was also linked to the increase or decrease of articles (72.2%) and reviews (14.9%) (p < 0.001). The analysis of journal co-citations also showed that the main journals (such as Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) were linked to other important journals and had a major part in the clusters formed. All these findings were discussed in the manuscript and conclusions were drawn.

Asbestos rehabilitation project as a model of landscape sustainability

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Mining Area ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
Rehabilitation Management ◽  
Landscape Sustainability ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The World

Greece was one of the biggest producers of asbestos in the world as well as a consumer. It took advantage of the asbestos rich Zidani mine, in the region of Western Macedonia in Greece. However, due to serious health problems caused by inhaling asbestos, it was banned in 1979 and the mine closed in March 2000. Rehabilitation management of the abandoned asbestos mining area, the depositions in the open - pit mining area and the tailings remnants was necessary in order to avoid health and environmental problems in the wider area The detailed soil protection and rehabilitation project of the degraded mining area was implemented taking all necessary and appropriate safety and health measures according to the requirements of the relevant E.U and National legislation, so that accidents would be prevented. Results show that the rehabilitation, soil protection and enhancement of the area help the ecosystems to be sustainable, ecologically and socially acceptable

scholarly journals Occupational Safety and Health Measures in Micro‐scale Enterprises (MSEs) in Shiraz, Iran

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Jahangiri ◽  
Akbar Rostamabadi ◽  
Gholamreza Malekzadeh ◽  
Amin Fahandej Sadi ◽  
Golnar Hamzavi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals A Review on Ergonomics in Agriculture. Part I: Manual Operations

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lefteris Benos ◽  
Dimitrios Tsaopoulos ◽  
Dionysis Bochtis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Low Back Disorders ◽  
Repetitive Movements ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Ergonomic Interventions

Background: Agriculture involves several harmful diseases. Among the non-fatal ones, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most prevalent, as they have reached epidemic proportions. The main aim of this investigation is to systematically review the major risk factors regarding MSDs as well as evaluate the existing ergonomic interventions. Methods: The search engines of Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect were used to identify relevant articles during the last decade. The imposed exclusive criteria assured the accuracy and current progress in this field. Results: It was concluded that MSDs affect both developed and developing countries, thus justifying the existing global concern. Overall, the most commonly studied task was harvesting, followed by load carrying, pruning, planting, and other ordinary manual operations. Repetitive movements in awkward postures, such as stooping and kneeling; individual characteristics; as well as improper tool design were observed to contribute to the pathogenesis of MSDs. Furthermore, low back disorders were reported as the main disorder. Conclusions: The present ergonomic interventions seem to attenuate the MSDs to a great extent. However, international reprioritization of the safety and health measures is required in agriculture along with increase of the awareness of the risk factors related to MSDs.

scholarly journals Work safety and health measures during pesticide application

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ivan Mikov ◽  
Velibor Vasović
Keyword(s):  
Pesticide Application ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health

scholarly journals Effective Safety and Health Measures in Preventing H2S Poisoning among Wastewater Network Operators

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Razeghi ◽  
Behrouz Hormozi ◽  
Akbar Hormozi
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Engineering Controls ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Gas Poisoning ◽  
H2s Poisoning

Background: Waste water networks were constructed and established to collect and transfer the swage in cities. In this regard, the occupation related to the operation of wastewater networks was created and flourished to improve and study the application of networks. One of the hazards that threaten the life of wastewater operators is poisoning by inhalation of hydrogen sulfide gas produced by wastewater. The aim of this study was to investigate the effective safety and health measures in prevention of hydrogen sulfide gas poisoning among the wastewater network operators. Methods: This qualitative study was carried out on 23 operators who worked in the main lines of wastewater transfer in Tehran. In order to collect the data, we used the focused group discussion in five months; from August 1, 2017 to the end of December 2017. The results were collected using the databases' analysis and the focused group discussions. The collected information was implemented and practiced in various maneuvers under probable scenarios and the possibility of operating them was investigated.Results: The average age of participants was 34.8 years and they were in the range of 24- 51 years. Participants were male and their educational degrees included diploma and lower degrees (N =4), bachelor's degree (N =11), and master's degree (N =3). The effective control measures to prevent H2S poisoning were classified into three categories of engineering controls, managing controls, and using the personal protective equipment. Conclusion: The results showed that the highest frequency of efficient control measures was related to engineering controls, which indicated the high effect of engineering maneuver on the prevention of H2S poisoning among operators of wastewater networks. Management controls and use of personal protective equipment were in the next steps, respectively. In order to have complete efficiency, we should consider the control measures in all three areas.

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