scholarly journals Workers’ Protection in the Covid-19 Era in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-312
Author(s):  
Ogbole Ogancha O ◽  
Oreoluwa Omotayo Oduniyi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Workplace Issues ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
Pay Cuts ◽  
Working Poverty ◽  
The Impact

Against the backdrop of measures adopted sequel to the outbreak of the pandemic, this research focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on the workplace. It highlights and interrogates the utility of responsive measures and also articulates recondite labour issues relating to changing work patterns, pay cuts, job losses culminating in growing unemployment rate, and occupational safety and health concerns within the context of extant labour standards. It also extends focus to the impact of Covid-19 on existing challenges revolving around working poverty, decent work deficit, unfair labour practices, and ineffective labour regimes. This research finds, inter alia, that impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the workplace is colossal, disruptive, and unprecedented, and that extant labour standards, having proved mute on a wide range of contingent workplace issues, can only provide some sort of protection in a detached manner. The research concludes with an array of far-reaching recommendations on the adoption of protective and remedial legal norms that are transient, flexible, and proactive enough to accommodate diverse situations capable of undermining the prospects for labour laws, regulations, and policies in the Covid-19 era.

Assessment of the impact of nanoparticles on the activity of biomimetic membrane

2021 ◽  
Vol XXXVII (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Dorota Kondej
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Biological Membranes ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Lipid Monolayer ◽  
Biomimetic Membranes ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Biomimetic Membrane ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents basic information on a structure and function of biological membranes. Types of biomimetic membranes modelling properties of biological membranes were introduced. The method of testing surface properties of a lipid monolayer, which is the basic type of biomimetic membranes, was described. The presented method makes it possible to evaluate the effect of nanoparticles on the surface activity of biomimetic membranes based on the determination of the surface index MA. This article discusses the problems of occupational safety and health, which are covered by health sciences and environmental engineering.

scholarly journals COVID-19: US federal accountability for entry, spread, and inequities—lessons for the future

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 995-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Hanage ◽  
Christian Testa ◽  
Jarvis T. Chen ◽  
Letitia Davis ◽  
Elise Pechter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Worldwide Population ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe United States (US) has been among those nations most severely affected by the first—and subsequent—phases of the pandemic of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. With only 4% of the worldwide population, the US has seen about 22% of COVID-19 deaths. Despite formidable advantages in resources and expertise, presently the per capita mortality rate is over 585/million, respectively 2.4 and 5 times higher compared to Canada and Germany. As we enter Fall 2020, the US is enduring ongoing outbreaks across large regions of the country. Moreover, within the US, an early and persistent feature of the pandemic has been the disproportionate impact on populations already made vulnerable by racism and dangerous jobs, inadequate wages, and unaffordable housing, and this is true for both the headline public health threat and the additional disastrous economic impacts. In this article we assess the impact of missteps by the Federal Government in three specific areas: the introduction of the virus to the US and the establishment of community transmission; the lack of national COVID-19 workplace standards and enforcement, and lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for workplaces as represented by complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) which we find are correlated with deaths 16 days later (ρ = 0.83); and the total excess deaths in 2020 to date already total more than 230,000, while COVID-19 mortality rates exhibit severe—and rising—inequities in race/ethnicity, including among working age adults.

Human Factors Implications of Osha's Impact on Small Manufacturers

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 493-497
Author(s):  
James W. Knight ◽  
Douglas J. Harju
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Small Manufacturers

Small manufacturers often lack the necessary expertise to solve their occupational safety and health problems. A recent study examined the impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration upon small manufacturers. The findings of that study are reported here regarding their human factors implications. Recommendations to improve occupational safety and health performance are made.

scholarly journals The impact of climate change to occupational safety and health: future projections of thermal discomfort (humidex index) in the West Attica region

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012024
Author(s):  
T Katopodis ◽  
Y Mouzakitis ◽  
E D Adamides
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Extreme Heat ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
The West ◽  
Future Projections ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Impact

Abstract There is a growing concern on the implications of climate change on thermal stress, which in turn may affect workspace morale and performance, leading to lower productivity, or even posing a higher risk for employee’s health. In this paper, we study this aspect of climate change providing evidence on future projections of the Humidex Index (HI) for the West Attica Region, an overpopulated and industrialized area of Greece, which holds the World Meteorological Organization record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe. The current study is based on the use of the high resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) regional climate model to determine changes in the trends of extreme heat conditions under future scenarios analysis. Projections of future climate regional analysis for the mid-twenty-first century (2021-2045) indicate an increase in the yearly/daily values of maximum air temperatures (Τmax) and HI index values. In addition, the analysis reveal shorter return periods for the specific design thresholds of Tmax and of the HI index as associated with an increase in the number of events above thresholds for both RCPs 4.5 and 8.5 W/m2 future scenarios. The anticipated (extreme) heat conditions expose the occupational safety and health (OSH) at high risk, and the paper provide suggestions for applied interventions in the direction of a safer working environment.

scholarly journals Analysis of COVID-19 Concerns Raised by the Construction Workforce and Development of Mitigation Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makram Bou Hatoum ◽  
Ali Faisal ◽  
Hala Nassereddine ◽  
Hadi Sarvari
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Impact

The coronavirus outbreak has created a global health crisis that has disrupted all industries, including the construction industry. Following the onset of the pandemic, construction workers faced and continue to face unprecedented safety and health challenges. Therefore, construction employers established new safety precautions to protect the health and safety of the workforce and minimize the spread of the virus. The new precautions followed the advice and guidelines offered by different health and safety agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). With construction projects resuming operations, it becomes important to analyze the coronavirus-related health and safety concerns of construction workforce and understand how the new safety procedures can assist on jobsites. Existing studies mostly focused on interviews and surveys with construction companies to understand the impact on project performance and supply chains. However, no study has yet to analyze the United States construction workforce. This paper fills the gap by providing a qualitative descriptive analysis of the COVID-19 complaints data gathered by OSHA from construction jobsites. Information gathered by OSHA includes the jobsite location, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of the construction company, the type of the complaint (i.e., formal or non-formal), and a thorough description of the complaint. N-grams were employed to analyze the complaints, detect trends, and compile a list of the most frequent concerns reported by the workforce. The analysis of the complaints data identifies safety practices that were most violated, highlights major safety and health concerns for construction workers, and pinpoints geographical areas that have seen a surge in complaints. The study also synthesized the existing research corpus and compiled a list of 100 best practices that construction employers can adopt to mitigate the concerns of the workforce. The findings of this study provide insights into the safety and health trends on construction sites, lay the foundation for future work of academicians and practitioners to address the concerns faced by construction workers, and serve as lessons learned for the industry in the case of any future pandemic.

scholarly journals Health problems among employees in small enterprises as a result of improper OHS management

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 01012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Niciejewska ◽  
Dorota Klimecka-Tatar
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Impact

Occupational health problems are rarely underestimated both by employers and employees themselves. Lack of awareness about the impact of the environment on the health of the human body results in more frequent accidents, the sources of which are seen in the health problems of employees. Lifestyle, as well as the management of occupational health and safety, affect work quality and safety. It this paper ailments that have a significant impact on the health of the employee, which are the result of improper management of occupational safety and health in small enterprises, have been presented. The obtained results also indicate factors that cause various health problems among employees, with particular emphasis on stress symptoms.

scholarly journals Penerapan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja pada Aktivitas Wisata Berenang Bersama Ikan Hiu (Swim with Shark) di Pulau Serangan, Denpasar Selatan

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Julius Simon ◽  
Made Sukana
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Great Possibility ◽  
The Impact

Selection of research is motivated by the increased interest of tourists will kind of attraction travel in Bali. In this kind of travel these attraction are extreme types of tourist activity in Pulau Serangan is, Swim with Sharks. Of course, by choosing the type of extreme travel to swim with the sharks, the great possibility of the risk of accidents caused. Hence the importance of this research study releated to health and safetyof employees and tourist who do this activity in Pulau Serangan. The data used in this research is qualitative data, while the data source in the form of primary data and secondary data. Data was collected through observation, interviews, and library research. And assisted with the descriptive data analysis techniques. In applying the safety and health at tourism activities swim with sharks, this report uses occupational safety and health procedures that apply to employees and tourist who do that tourism activity. Besides, the factors triggering the accident, or the result of the impact and the prevention and mitigation to be part of the discussion of this report. The results showed that the application of occupational safety and health on travel activity swim with sharks being the foremost, so most have applied, only need the addition of some other procedure for the safety of travelers.   Keywords: Attraction Tourism, Swim With Shark, Occupational health and safety

Use of Health Communication and Social Marketing Principles in Planning Occupational Safety and Health Interventions

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia H. Sublet ◽  
Max R. Lum
Keyword(s):  
Health Communication ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Marketing Principles ◽  
The Impact

This study reviewed health communication and social marketing designs used in occupational safety and health interventions over the last 15 years in the United States. After an extensive literature review, 50 studies were identified that self-reported use of health communication and/or social marketing principles and practices to design occupational safety interventions. Nineteen of these studies were selected for analysis based on the following factors: the inclusion of a behavioral theory, strong study design, an intervention was conducted, and an evaluation was completed. Results indicated that all of the interventions met the criteria to be classified as a health communication intervention, but none met the complete criteria to be considered a true social marketing intervention. Limitations in the evaluation designs made it difficult to assess the impact of these interventions; however, results suggest that health communication principles have been applied widely, while social marketing techniques are poorly understood and underutilized in planning occupational safety programs.

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