Occupational Health and Safety Challenges From Employment-Related Geographical Mobility Among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway

Seafaring involves multiple patterns of mobility. Ships are mobile workplaces that connect and disconnect from land. Many move within and between national boundaries. Maritime labor forces are recruited from multiple locations engaging in varying commutes to and from homeports—international commutes for international labor forces and internal commutes for national labor forces. Mobilities expose seafarers to a range of occupational health and safety hazards, which can be exacerbated by mobility-related constraints on regulatory protections. Based on legal analysis and twenty-five semi-structured interviews with Canadian seafarers, managers, and key informants, this exploratory study examines how employment-related geographical mobility may create occupational health and safety challenges for Canadian seafarers working on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Findings show that few legal instruments are available to protect seafarers from commuting-related occupational hazards and that occupational health and safety challenges are numerous. Seafarers’ occupational health and safety rights on board are restricted and they are systemically discouraged from raising safety concerns.

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Occupational Health and Safety Challenges from Employment-Related Geographical Mobility Among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3585419 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Katherine Lippel ◽

Desai Shan

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Great Lakes ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Geographical Mobility

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Work scheduling and work location control in precarious and ‘permanent’ employment

The Economic and Labour Relations Review ◽

10.1177/1035304620981405 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 103530462098140

Author(s):

Helen Devereux ◽

Emma Wadsworth

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Rest Period ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Well Being ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Precarious Employment ◽

Safety Risks ◽

Jel Code ◽

Lack Of Commitment

This article explores the relationship between precarious employment and seafarers’ control over the scheduling and location of their work, and considers the implications of this relationship for their occupational health and safety. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 permanently and 17 precariously employed seafarers. In contrast with those on permanent contracts, seafarers employed by crewing agencies on temporary contracts were deployed at short notice and commenced work on vessels irrespective of whether they had experienced an adequate rest period at home. Such precariously employed seafarers were also deployed across the various sectors of the industry on unfamiliar vessels. Seafarers felt strongly that scheduling and location uncertainties were closely linked with increased risks to their safety and well-being, and it was clear that these areas of uncertainty were frequently experienced in combination, in particular, by those with precarious employment arrangements. The article, therefore, suggests that the widespread disorganisation of the employment relationship increases the occupational health and safety risks faced by those working in an already dangerous industry. It concludes that this lack of commitment by shipping companies to their workforce means that, for many seafarers, protection against these additional risks is effectively at the discretion of the captain on board. JEL Code: J81

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Occupational Health and Safety and Practical Code of Safety at An Indonesian Agrochemical Company

MIMBAR Jurnal Sosial dan Pembangunan ◽

10.29313/mimbar.v34i2.3638 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 341-350

Author(s):

Mahendra Fakhri ◽

Mahir Pradana ◽

Alini Gilang ◽

Henrika Arda Ekaristi

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Human Resources ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Social Program ◽

International Labor ◽

Labor Service

The implementation of human resources maintenance function is a function of management used to support and maintain reliable human resources. The maintenance of workers’ physical condition can be achieved by applying Occupational Health and Safety Program, and Labor Service and Insurance Social Program. The purpose of the study is to analyze dominant factors which affect the occupational health and safety of workers at PT. Indo Acidatama Tbk. based on the International Labor Organization’s practical code of safety in the use of chemicals at work. The type of study used is descriptive study with quantitative method. The sampling technique uses non-probability sampling with incidental sampling type. The data collection was done by distributing 50 questionnaires consisting 30 question items to employees of PT. Indo Acidatama Tbk. Based on the results of data processing through factor analysis, a factor of occupational health and safety factor is formed involving the following subfactors: general responsibilities of employers, rights of the workers and personal protections of the workers.

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International Labor Organization: results of the crisis

10.33920/pro-4-2107-05 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 44-46

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

National Level ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Labor Organization ◽

Labor Protection ◽

International Labor Organization ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

International Labor ◽

Protection Systems

In order to effectively overcome future crises, it is necessary to create adequate and reliable labor protection systems. The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that effective occupational health and safety policies should be implemented at the national level, appropriate organizational measures should be taken and regulatory frameworks should be observed.

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Improving Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) implementation in construction project in Bali

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201927602022 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 276 ◽

pp. 02022

Author(s):

Dharmayanti Gusti ◽

Pramana Sien ◽

Diputra Astawa ◽

Frederika Ariany

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Service Providers ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Planning Stage ◽

Weak Supervision ◽

Low Culture ◽

The Cost

Optimal Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) implementation to achieve zero accident becomes the demand for construction service providers in realizing a qualified infrastructure, including for construction industry in Bali and Indonesia as general. This study aims to investigate the barriers of OHS implementation faced by contractors in Bali, and to formulate the efforts to improve the implementation. Collected data from a questionnaire survey were analysed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the priority level of the identified barriers. The results suggested that the barriers on the implementation of OHS which was sorted from the most important included Limited funding for OHS (3.231), Low OHS priority by company management (2.020), Low culture and discipline to implement OHS (1.031), Lack of knowledge about OHS (0.725), Weak supervision (0.478), Weak application of sanctions from the company (0.340), and Contractor forced to work until late at night (0.230). The related efforts were formulated based on semi-structured interviews recommended that the cost of implementing OHS including the required methods and equipment should be covered in the planning stage, and socialization, supervision and strict sanctions against violations of OSH implementation needs to be applied.

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