scholarly journals Threats in the Workplace as a Determinant of Shaping the Employee’s Ability to Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 875-885
Author(s):  
Marzena Pytel-Kopczyńska ◽  
Agnieszka Strzelecka ◽  
Alena Daňková
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Current Research Problem ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Early Leave

AbstractThe results of a literature review show that there is an undeniable link between the working conditions connected with the existence of threats in a form of harmful, dangerous (mechanical) or strenuous factors and the employees’ health condition determining the level of their ability to continue their work. It is necessary to shape the employee’s working environment in an appropriate way by eliminating or minimising the threats related to the work process (in accordance with the binding norms) in order to prevent the existence of any health problems or such undesirable events as accidents at work.Thus, the issue concerning the influence of elimination or limitation of threats connected with the existence of harmful, dangerous (mechanical) and strenuous factors in the work process on the level of employment in the hazardous conditions considering the prevention of early leave from the performed work is becoming an important and current research problem. Therefore, in this article, the attempt was made to present the dependencies between the level of considered employment and the factors affecting the level of acceptable occupational risk. The econometric modelling, which uses cross-section-time data, was applied. Moreover, the analysis showing the changes in shaping considered variables was performed. The presented information refers to Polish regions and was taken from the publications of CSO (Statistics Poland) covering the period 2011 - 2017.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Burnout Syndrome Among Nurses: A Systematic Review

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 272
Author(s):  
Rizal Tri Ardiansyah ◽  
Fetreo Negeo Putra ◽  
Hari Soebagyo ◽  
Basilius Yosepfus Weu
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Nurse Burnout

Background: Burnout syndrome is due to the fatigue felt from work, both physically and mentally. Work fatigue experienced by the health care team, especially the nurses, can threaten patient safety. There needs to be actions or policies put in place to decrease the level of nurse burnout syndrome. Before setting the policies or actions, it is important to know the factors that affect the occurrence of burnout syndrome. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that influence the occurrence and incidence of burnout syndrome.Method: The authors specified the topics and keywords used to search the literature, which in turn allowed for the seeking and obtaining of the appropriate literature criteria. The search found 15 pieces of literature.Result: There are several factors that cause burnout syndrome, but the most common factor in the working environment was the poor working conditions and motivation factors of nursing itself.Conclusion: Based on the results above, we can reduce burnout syndrome with modifications in the working environment or improving the nurse’s motivation through policies, dependent on the institution.

DYNAMICS AND FEATURES OF THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL INCIDENCE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Sabitova ◽  
◽  
Z.M. Berkheeva ◽  
A.V. Shulaev
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Structure Dynamics ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic

Abstract. Working conditions have a significant impact on the health of the working population. In the Republic of Tatarstan (RT), there are still industries where unsatisfactory working conditions lead to a high risk of developing occupational diseases. The aim of the work was to assess the occupational morbidity (DI) in the Republic of Tatarstan of the structure, dynamics, main reasons and factors affecting its formation. The aim of the work was to assess the occupational morbidity (DI) in the Republic of Tatarstan of the structure, dynamics, main reasons and factors affecting its formation. The analysis was carried out on the basis of data from the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Center for Occupational Pathology, and Tatarstanstat. Results: The proportion of workers employed in harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions in the Republic of Tatarstan amounted to 47.9% -50.8% of the payroll number of the working population. PP indicators in the Republic of Tatarstan over the past 10 years are 1.39 - 1.88 per 10 thousand employees. The highest levels of PZ are recorded among agricultural workers - from 5.22 to 10.12 and manufacturing - from 3.46 to 7.41 cases per 10 thousand. The leading places are occupied by diseases associated with exposure to noise and vibration. The main share of the identified occupational diseases was registered in workers of working age (50-59 years) with over 30 years of work experience. Conclusion. During the analyzed period, the PP indicators in the Republic of Tajikistan remained higher or at the level of the PP in the Russian Federation (RF). The main share of occupational diseases was registered at aircraft and mechanical engineering enterprises. We associate the observed increase in the proportion of diseases with the loss of professional ability to work with the untimely referral of patients for examination, as well as their late appeal to the center of occupational pathology.

scholarly journals WORKING CONDITIONS, HEALTH STATUS AND OCCUPATIONAL RISK OF EMPLOYEES OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 766-770
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Pankov ◽  
M. V. Kuleshova
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Chemical Substance ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Lighting Conditions

Assessment of working conditions of employees in key occupations in Thermal Power plants (TP) was carried out. Working environment factors (noise, general vibration, harmful chemicals, microclimatic and lighting conditions) were measured and evaluated at workplaces. The analysis of occupational and general morbidity and assessment of occupational risks was performed in the study. At workplaces there were high noises levels exceeding the maximum permissible level in some cases by 12-16 dBA; the levels of occupational co-factors - general vibration, microclimate and lighting conditions, and chemical substance concentrations - match hygiene standards. The work process severity matches the third (harmful) class of the first and second degree, and the intensity of workload - the second (permissible) class. In terms of the hazard rate, severity and intensity of work process working conditions of employees in key occupations of the PT were established to fit the harmful class, and the noise is the leading affecting factor. Exceeding the permissible levels of occupational factors promotes the development of occupational diseases. An analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy has shown a trend to have been towards its growth in the last decade. It has been established an extension of disease of the musculoskeletal, endocrine, and circulatory systems, the eye and adnexa, digestive organs, and respiratory organs among the employees in key occupations of TP. Calculations of relative risk indicate an almost complete production conditionality of the diseases of the musculoskeletal, nervous and endocrine systems in workers engaged in TP. Prevention of occupational and work-related morbidity should include, among other things, the assessment of occupational risks with the creation and implementation of a monitoring system for the dynamics of working conditions and the health status of workers.

scholarly journals Morbidity analysis of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic (a literature review)

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 839-844
Author(s):  
M. V. Bilous ◽  
M. M. Bilynska
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Varicose Veins ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
State Level ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The World ◽  
Oncological Diseases

The aim of the work is to analyze and summarize the literature data regarding the morbidity of pharmacists in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine the prospects for further research in this direction. Results. The catastrophic spread of the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) across the planet has become a challenge to the resilience of healthcare systems around the world. Pharmacists, as part of the healthcare professional team, have a unique role in the ongoing global fight against the pandemic. At the same time they are directly influenced by adverse environmental factors. Based on the literature data integration, it was determined that pharmacists are exposed to psychological stress, they are susceptible to allergic, oncological diseases, as well as diseases of the musculoskeletal system, and to primary varicose veins of the lower extremities. In addition, when providing pharmaceutical care, pharmacists may be at a very high risk for COVID-19. A review of scientific professional literature over the past 5 years has shown the lack of targeted research concerning the structure and level of morbidity with temporary disability of pharmacists in Ukraine and in other countries of the world. This fact and previously conducted studies give grounds to assert that there are significant difficulties in providing, collecting, accumulating and analyzing indicators of morbidity with temporary disability of pharmacists in Ukraine both at the state level and at the level of individual pharmaceutical enterprises. Today, we need to develop a methodology for assessing the relationship between the morbidity of pharmacists and their working conditions, and to find fundamentally new approaches to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection. This should result in improvement of the working conditions in the pharmaceutical sector and in the health care sector in Ukraine. Conclusions. Analysis and summary of literature data on the morbidity of pharmacists in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed the need for further scientific research regarding the substantiation of factors affecting the structure and level of their incidence. The pandemic has created a need to develop scientifically based measures to increase the resilience of workers in the pharmaceutical health sector of Ukraine to the negative factors of the working environment impact on their life andhealth.  

scholarly journals Ergonomics and Efficiency in a New Attempt to Model Work Processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 645-656
Author(s):  
Patrycja Kabiesz ◽  
Joanna Bartnicka
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Production Company ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article presents the relationships between ergonomics and the effectiveness of work processes. A new thematic framework has been developed to evaluate the engineering design of work processes in conjunction with the effectiveness and ergonomics of workplaces. The model presented in the paper takes into account ergonomic factors that have a direct impact on shaping working environment in which a person is located and improving their efficiency. The model was validated in real conditions in the production company. The subject of the research was the work process existing in the plant producing food paper packaging. The main method used to assess working conditions was observation and qualitative and quantitative assessment of operational activities based on video recording. Detailed human actions were analyzed in terms of ergonomic factors to prove the relationship between ergonomics and efficiency. In addition, new technical solutions have been proposed that improve working conditions and the efficiency of the entire work process.

Hygienic assessment of working conditions working in LLC “Oil and gas equipment plant»

2020 ◽  
pp. 733-733
Author(s):  
V. P. Rodkin ◽  
A. N. Usatov ◽  
V. G. Demchenko
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Working Environment

The authors conducted a hygienic assessment of working conditions of employees in LLC «Oil and gas equipment plant» on the basis of research of the Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Omsk region. The factors of the working environment and working conditions of workers having an impact on their health. Are studied. Hygiene-based preventive measures have been developed.

Hygienic aspects of working conditions of workers in the Samara region

2020 ◽  
pp. 564-564
Author(s):  
N. S. Belyakova ◽  
N. M. Tsunina ◽  
A. S. Karapetyan
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Working Day

The factors of working conditions that affect the health of women during the working day are listed. Developed measures to create a favorable working environment for the female body.

An occupational hazard of workers of wagon-repair production

2019 ◽  
pp. 272-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina V. Kurenkova ◽  
Natalia A. Sudeikina ◽  
Elizaveta P. Lemeshevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Labor Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Wagon Wheel ◽  
Medical Examinations ◽  
Very High

Introduction. Professional groups of railway workers engaged in the repair of wagons are directly responsible for the safety of railway traffic. The analysis of literature testifies to insufficient attention of researchers to the hygienic problems associated with labor activity of workers of wagon-repair production.The aim of the study is to assess the occupational risk to the health of wagon repair workers, due to the impact on them of factors of the working environment and the labor process.Materials and methods. The study used comprehensive hygienic studies using the methodology of occupational risk to worker’s health.Results. The leading factors of the working environment (class of working conditions 3.2–3.4), which are exposed to workers depending on the specifics of the work performed. Identified professional groups with medium (significant) high (unbearable) and very high (intolerable) category of a priori occupational risk: in wagon meintenance workshop — 17 groups (94% of jobs), in a wagon assembly workshop — 11 groups (80% jobs), in wagon wheel workshop — 3 group (100% jobs). At the same time, according to the request for medical care, employees were diagnosed with isolated cases of occupational diseases.The levels of morbidity with temporary disability of employees of the main workshops are statistically significant (p<0.05) higher than those of the control group in 1.4–1.9 times. The influence of the complex of chemical factors of low and medium intensity on the levels of morbidity of respiratory diseases in the group of workers of the wagon wheel workshop, which were 1.7–2.0 times higher than in the control group, is confirmed by the average degree of causation of the production condition of this pathology (RR=1.7; EF=42.0%).The combined effect of vibration and severity of the labor process forms a high level of temporary disability of employees of the main workshops in connection with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, which was 2.7–4.4 times higher than in the control group, and also determines the prevalence of this pathology in the structure of diseases detected on medical examinations (23.2%). Diseases of the musculoskeletal system are caused by the production of employees of the wagon meintenance workshop (RR=3,9; EF=74,9%), as the most unfavorable in terms of hygiene on these factors.The stressful influence of the complex of harmful production factors on the health of wagon repair workers is manifested by the high risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, neurological disorders, violation of adaptation of the cardiovascular system in 97% of the examined, as well as the predominance of diseases of the digestive system and circulatory system detected on periodic medical examinations.Conclusions. Harmful working conditions (class 3.1–3.4) cause the suspected occupational risk from small (moderate) to very high (intolerable) to 100% of the jobs of wagon repair workers. The results of the study of morbidity and risk of pathology indicate a significant risk of damage to the health of workers.

scholarly journals Resource Controllability of Business Processes Under Conditional Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Zavatteri ◽  
Carlo Combi ◽  
Luca Viganò
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Current Research Problem ◽  
Constraint Networks ◽  
Process Engine ◽  
A Current

AbstractA current research problem in the area of business process management deals with the specification and checking of constraints on resources (e.g., users, agents, autonomous systems, etc.) allowed to be committed for the execution of specific tasks. Indeed, in many real-world situations, role assignments are not enough to assign tasks to the suitable resources. It could be the case that further requirements need to be specified and satisfied. As an example, one would like to avoid that employees that are relatives are assigned to a set of critical tasks in the same process in order to prevent fraud. The formal specification of a business process and its related access control constraints is obtained through a decoration of a classic business process with roles, users, and constraints on their commitment. As a result, such a process specifies a set of tasks that need to be executed by authorized users with respect to some partial order in a way that all authorization constraints are satisfied. Controllability refers in this case to the capability of executing the process satisfying all these constraints, even when some process components, e.g., gateway conditions, can only be observed, but not decided, by the process engine responsible of the execution. In this paper, we propose conditional constraint networks with decisions (CCNDs) as a model to encode business processes that involve access control and conditional branches that may be both controllable and uncontrollable. We define weak, strong, and dynamic controllability of CCNDs as two-player games, classify their computational complexity, and discuss strategy synthesis algorithms. We provide an encoding from the business processes we consider here into CCNDs to exploit off-the-shelf their strategy synthesis algorithms. We introduce $$\textsc {Zeta}$$ Z E T A , a tool for checking controllability of CCNDs, synthesizing execution strategies, and executing controllable CCNDs, by also supporting user interactivity. We use $$\textsc {Zeta}$$ Z E T A to compare with the previous research, provide a new experimental evaluation for CCNDs, and discuss limitations.

Automatic Condition Monitoring and Early Fault Detection of Gearbox

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Wang ◽  
Qiang Miao ◽  
Chengdong Wang ◽  
Jingqi Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Wavelet Packet ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Dynamic Threshold ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Machinery Condition Monitoring ◽  
Maintenance Program ◽  
Gear Fault

Condition based maintenance (CBM) improves decision-making performances for a maintenance program through machinery condition monitoring. Therefore, it is a key step to trace machinery health condition for CBM. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to establish a health evaluation index named automatic evaluation index (AEI) and its corresponding dynamic threshold using Wavelet Packet Transform (WPT) and Hidden Markolv Model (HMM). In this process, WPT is used to decompose signal into detail signals and exhibits prominent gear fault features. In addition, HMM employed here is to recognize two concerned states of gear in the whole life validation, including normal gear state and early gear fault state. It is also important to build a dynamic threshold to differentiate the two states automatically. The proposed dynamic threshold not only renews by itself according to the history values of AEI but also easily and automatically detects occurrence of gear early fault. Finally, a set of whole life time data ending in gear failure is used to verify the proposed method effectively. Further, some related parameters included in this method are discussed and the obtained results show that condition monitoring performance of the proposed method is excellent in detection of gear failure.

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