scholarly journals Occupational health and safety in mining: Predictive probabilities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257772
Author(s):  
Simon Appah Aram ◽  
Benjamin M. Saalidong ◽  
Augustine Appiah ◽  
Idongesit Bassey Utip
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Artisanal Mining ◽  
Artisanal Miners

Artisanal goldminers in Ghana are exposed to various levels and forms of health, safety and environmental threats. Without the required legislation and regulations, artisanal miners are responsible for their own health and safety at work. Consequently, understanding the probabilities of self-protection at work by artisanal goldminers is crucial. A cross-sectional survey of 500 artisanal goldminers was conducted to examine the probabilities of personal protective equipment use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana. The data was subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics. Initial findings showed that personal protective equipment use among artisanal miners was 77.4%. Overall, higher probabilities of personal protective equipment use was observed among artisanal goldminers who work in good health and safety conditions as compared to artisanal miners who work in poor health and safety conditions. Also, personal protective equipment use was more probable among the highly educated artisanal goldminers, miners who regularly go for medical screening and the most experienced miners. Additionally, personal protective equipment use was more probable among artisanal miners who work in non-production departments and miners who work in the medium scale subsector. Inversely, personal protective equipment use was less probable among female artisanal miners and miners who earn more monthly income ($174 and above). To increase self-care and safety consciousness in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national occupational health and safety legislation in Ghana. Also, interventions and health promotion campaigns for better occupational conditions in artisanal mining should target and revise the health and safety related workplace programs and conditions.

scholarly journals PRACTICE RELATED TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AMONG WORKERS OF BRICK FACTORIES AT BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-104
Author(s):  
Krishna Bahadur Bahadur ◽  
Anoj Budhathoki ◽  
Sushmita ◽  
Kshitij Karki
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this study was to find out the practice related to occupational health and safety among the brick factory workers. The study was based on descriptive cross sectional design. Random proportionate sampling technique was applied to select the respondent from each randomly selected five brick factory. The total numbers of 300 samples of brick factory workers were selected. Semi-structured questionnaire and observation checklist were used for data collection. Most of the participants had knowledge about occupational health and safety. Similarly about 54.7% of them use gloves, 25.3% use boot and 18% use mask as personal protective equipment. Majority of participants were aware about occupational hazard but their practice level of personal protective equipment is low for protecting themselves. So the practice of personal protective equipment should be encouraged in the brick factory for the promotion of occupational health and safety.

Industrial safety and video analytics

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Video Analytics

The demand for technological solutions for industrial safety is growing rapidly. Digitalization enters all spheres of occupational health and safety in industry, new integrated solutions based on artificial intelligence appear, monitoring personal protective equipment, which create such working conditions where threats to life and health will be minimal.

scholarly journals Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Appah Aram ◽  
Benjamin M. Saalidong ◽  
Augustine Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Good Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Artisanal Mining ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Self Protection

The nature of Artisanal mining in Ghana exposes its workers to various levels of health, safety and environmental (HSE) threats. These miners are mostly liable for their own HSE state at work. In an attempt to understand the HSE dynamics of artisanal miners, this study sought to assess the effect of HSE conditions on self-protection at work by artisanal goldminers in Ghana. A nested binary logistic regression model was fitted to a cross sectional survey of 500 artisanal goldminers while controlling for compositional and contextual factors. Of the HSE conditions, only health (OR= 1.653, p<0.001) and safety conditions (OR= 1.935, p<0.001) were robust in predicting self-protection in all three models. Goldminers who reported good health and safety conditions were more likely to fully protect themselves at work as compared to their counterparts who reported poor health and safety conditions. For compositional factors, female goldminers were 84% less likely to protect themselves. Miners who had senior high (OR= 1.759, p<0.001) or tertiary education (OR= 1.875, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work as compared to those with no formal education. Likewise, miners who undertook routine medical checkups (OR= 2.533, p<0.001) and the most experienced miners (OR= 2.734, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. Counterintuitively, miners who earned more monthly income ($174 and above) were less likely to protect themselves. At the contextual level, miners who worked in non-production departments (OR= 2.001, p<0.001) and miners who worked in the medium scale subsector (OR= 5.311, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. To increase consciousness of self-protection in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve HSE conditions and in the absence of legislation, the complexities in managing HSE in the sector needs to be decoupled to achieve fair and standard HSE conditions as championed by the World Health Organization.

scholarly journals The effect of occupational health and safety to employee performance in the sawmills industries in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 912 (1) ◽  
pp. 012037
Author(s):  
Muhdi ◽  
Rifai ◽  
R D Harahap ◽  
D S Hanafiah
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
North Sumatra

Abstract Occupational health and safety is the most important aspects at work, especially for workers related to machine equipments. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of occupational safety and health on the performance of employees in the sawmill process at UD. Rahmat, Kuala Begumit, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The method used is descriptive analysis. Respondents in this study were all employees who worked in the sawmill process at UD. Rahmat, Kuala Begumit, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The sampling were 30 respondents. The multiple regression analysis method with the simultaneous test. The results show that occupational safety and health have a significant effect on employee performance. Based on the perception of workers the company has provided personal protective equipment but the workers feel uncomfortable and if they wear personal protective equipment they assume that it interferes with their work.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety Management in Selected Stone Quarries in Akamkpa, Cross River State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Akaninyene Edet Ekong ◽  
Chikere Ezeokoro ◽  
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi ◽  
Realman Evans Obele
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Health And Safety Hazards

This research aims to study the management of and implementation of occupational health and safety issues associated with stone quarry work in selected quarries in Akamkpa, Cross River State Nigeria. The research objectives include to determine the types of quarrying activities carried out; to assess the occupational health and safety hazards associated with stone-quarry work; to evaluate the awareness of Quarry workers on potential health and safety hazards associated with their work; establish the level of compliance to the use of Personal Protective Equipment by the workers, and to verify the type of health care provision available to the workers. With a target population of four hundred and thirty-five (435) staff of twelve (12) quarries, A sample of two hundred and five (205) respondents was drawn from the target population through simple random sampling procedure. Questionnaires were the major instrument used for data collection and designed in a 4-point modified Likert scale based on the objectives of the study and validated to be in conformance with ISO 45001:2018 checklist.  Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings were that 61.7% of respondents are aware that quarry work is highly hazardous, 84.6% do not make use of Personal Protective Equipment. 93.5% inhale particulate materials, 60% have trouble in breathing, 63% experience back and waist pain, 67.2% experience catarrh and 66.7% experience cough at work. 91.5% of workers responded that there were no emergency provisions at site while 96.5% respondents do not have any health insurance, a large percent (85.1%) self-medicates. The totality of evidence from this research supports the conclusions that stone-quarry workers are highly exposed to health and safety hazards, they have no PPE or access to medical care. It is recommended that the Federal and State Government should establish laws and establish an agency to regulate, enforce and monitor compliance to health and safety in Quarries.

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