Occupational safety and health regulations and implementation challenges in Uganda

Publicizing firms’ socially undesirable actions may enhance firms’ incentives to avoid such actions. In 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began issuing press releases about facilities that violated safety and health regulations. Using quasi-random variation arising from a cutoff rule OSHA followed, I find that publicizing a facility’s violations led other facilities to substantially improve their compliance and experience fewer occupational injuries. OSHA would need to conduct 210 additional inspections to achieve the same improvement in compliance as achieved with a single press release. Evidence suggests that employers improve compliance to avoid costly responses from workers. (JEL J28, J81, K32, L51, M54)

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Briefing: Occupational safety and health regulations in Oman

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management Procurement and Law ◽

10.1680/jmapl.18.00007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 171 (3) ◽

pp. 93-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tariq Umar ◽

Charles Egbu ◽

Sam Wamuziri ◽

Mohamed Shaik Honnurvali

Keyword(s):

Occupational Safety ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Health Regulations

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Answers to the New trade union strategies for new forms of employment questionnaire

European Labour Law Journal ◽

10.1177/2031952519866536 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 271-280

Author(s):

Samuel Engblom ◽

Magnus Lundberg

Keyword(s):

Collective Bargaining ◽

Trade Union ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Comparative Perspective ◽

Labour Law ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Health Regulations ◽

Do So

The personal scope of Swedish labour law is almost exclusively defined by the concept of the employee. Few workers other than employees are covered. From a comparative perspective, the Swedish concept of employee is rather wide, and the exemptions from the personal scope are few. There are no intermediary categories between employees and self-employed workers, but the scope of e.g. some occupational safety and health regulations is extended to cover some self-employed workers. Swedish trade unions are allowed to organise self-employed workers and many unions do so. There are some examples of collective bargaining agreements covering or regulating the conditions of self-employed workers.

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Risk factors that may occur in the process of closing and greening the Lupeni Mining Exploitation

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/202134201017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 342 ◽

pp. 01017

Author(s):

Manuel Cristian Savulescu ◽

Andreea Cristina Tataru ◽

Aurora Stanci ◽

Dorin Tataru

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Mining Operation ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Risk Factor Assessment ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Health Regulations

The process of closing and greening the Lupeni Mining Exploitation is a very complex one. The closure of the mining operation is done in stages for the underground and the surface based on a closure project. When implementing the closure and greening project, all occupational safety and health regulations must be observed. As part of the process of closing and greening a mining operation, it is necessary to redo the risk factor assessment sheets with additional measures for the closure and greening of the mining operation. In this paper we aim to establish what are the main risk factors that can be encountered in the process of closure and greening of the Lupeni Mining operation.

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A REVIEW ON HUMAN ERROR IN MALAYSIA MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Journal of Information System and Technology Management ◽

10.35631/jistm.519001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (19) ◽

pp. 01-13

Author(s):

Jian Ai Yeow ◽

Poh Kiat Ng ◽

Hen Toong Tai ◽

Mei Min Chow

Keyword(s):

Human Error ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Well Being ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Manufacturing Industries ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Workplace Accidents ◽

Common Causes ◽

Health Regulations ◽

A Company

Human error is a serious concern in manufacturing industries. It affects product error and liability and even leads to workplace injuries or fatalities. Malaysia has recorded a worrying figure of workplace accidents and injuries. In 2018 alone, there were more than 2700 workplace accidents which led to disabilities and death. A workplace accident would result in a no-win situation for a company. Manufacturing sectors in Malaysia make the highest claims from the total cost of accidents and injuries. The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in Malaysia also imposes a fine for companies who breach safety and health regulations in the workplace. Inspections are carried out to ensure that manufacturers obey the rules of occupational safety and health (OSH), and fined for being errant employers. However, these penalisations are often due to the negligence and lack of awareness among employers and employees. Hence, it is of interest for researchers to identify the root causes of human error among manufacturing industries in Malaysia. This review highlights the common causes of workplace accidents and injuries in manufacturing through observation. Several well-known human error models since 1983 are also investigated. The potential outcome of this review is to improve OSH awareness among manufacturers for a more sustainable future in their business, employment, and social well-being.

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Perceived risk factors in the process of closure and greening of the Lupeni mining operation for the miner workplace

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/202235400013 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 354 ◽

pp. 00013

Author(s):

Manuel Cristian Savulescu ◽

Andreea Cristina Tataru ◽

Aurora Stanci ◽

Dorin Tataru ◽

Sorin Mihai Radu

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Perceived Risk ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Mining Operation ◽

Occupational Safety And Health ◽

Risk Factor Assessment ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Health Regulations

Determining the risk factors of a job is a process that requires many studies. Determining risk factors is necessary to prevent accidents at work. The process of closing and greening the Lupeni Mining Exploitation is a very complex one. The closure of the mining operation is done in stages for the underground and the surface based on a closure project. When implementing the closure and greening project, all occupational safety and health regulations must be observed. As part of the process of closing and greening a mining operation, it is necessary to redo the risk factor assessment sheets with additional measures for the closure and greening of the mining operation. In this paper we intend to establish the risk factors for the miner workplace within the Lupeni Mining in the process of closure and greening.

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