scholarly journals Avoiding Occupational Diseases in Industry by Adapting the Training Methods to the New Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-59
Author(s):  
Petru Iulian Mureșan ◽  
Ioan Milosan ◽  
Dorin Senchetru ◽  
Adrian Nicolae Reit
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
To Receive

The most common occupational diseases in the industry are mainly due to the non-compliance with the employer's obligation to provide appropriate training in the workplace. This is often performed only by signing training forms only formally. With this fact in mind, we analyze in this paper the occupational diseases in industry specific to Brașov County, presented in the reports of Brașov Labor Inspectorate, from 2005 to 2019. This study was conducted based on the number of occupational diseases due to silicosis, related to the total number of occupational diseases in Brașov County (study period between 2005 and 2019). Given the state of emergency generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to prevent the spread of this virus and to carry out activities using work from home, telework, and to avoid the interaction between workers as much as possible, online communication with employees is considered as being the only way that allows at the same time both the observance of the measures imposed to prevent the spread of the virus and the implementation of the obligations regarding training on occupational safety and health, which the employer has according to the laws in force. In this context, analyzing the values obtained from the experimental data (number of occupational diseases due to silicosis, related to the total number of occupational diseases in Brasov County) it is identified and solved in the paper the use of online environment, especially in remotely training the workers, who have the opportunity to receive training documents, analyze them, sign them electronically and send them to the employer in electronic format and in this way, being trained even in special situations.

scholarly journals Trends and Opportunities of Tertiary Education in Safety Engineering Moving towards Safety 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 524
Author(s):  
Vendula Laciok ◽  
Katerina Sikorova ◽  
Bruno Fabiano ◽  
Ales Bernatik
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety Engineering ◽  
Safety And Health

Industry and related work and workplaces are constantly changing as a result of the implementation of new technologies, substances and work processes, changes in the composition of the workforce and the labor market, and new forms of employment and work organization. The implementation of new technologies represents certain ambivalence. Next to the positive impact on workers’ health, new risks and challenges can arise in the area of process and occupational safety and health of people at work. On these bases, it follows the need for predicting and handling the new risks, in order to ensure safe and healthy workplaces in the future. The aim of most forecasting studies is not only to identify new emerging risks, but also to foresee changes that could affect occupational safety and health. However, a number of questions still require proper investigation, i.e., “What impact do new emerging risks have on tertiary education in the area of Safety engineering? Has tertiary education already reacted to progress in science and research and does it have these innovations in its syllabus? How are tertiary graduates prepared for the real world of new technologies?” This paper represents a first attempt in the literature to provide answers to the raised questions, by a survey approach involving academics, Health Safety and Environment (HSE) industrial experts and university students in the Czech Republic. Even if statistical evaluation is limited to a single Country and to a small sample size, the obtained results allow suggesting practical recommendations that can contribute to ensuring new challenges in the area of education by addressing relevant culture issues needed to support new workplace realities according to the newly defined Safety 4.0.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN PT PANTJA SIMPATI

KREATOR ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Faqih Solansa ◽  
Hendra Nanang ◽  
M Sudiyamto
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Production Section ◽  
Work Accidents ◽  
A Company

Every production process in a company is inseparable from all the dangers of disease and occupational accidents for workers. So in a company it is necessary to implement occupational safety and health in order to reduce and prevent occupational diseases and accidents. In carrying out occupational safety and health at PT Pantja Simpati, PT Pantja Simpati has several problems that can cause illness and work accidents such as unavailability of personal protective equipment, non-functioning air vents, employees smoking in the production room, employees drinking in the production section. part. areas, fire fighting equipment lacks lighting, damaged ceilings or roofs, untidy cables, and slippery production floors. Ways to avoid work accidents such as providing PPE and APAR, repairing damaged equipment, and taking firm action against workers. From the problems found, the implementation of occupational safety and health at PT Pantja Simpati is still not good.Keywords— Occupational Safety and Health, 5W+1H

scholarly journals Proceedings from the CIHLMU occupational safety and health symposium 2019 “Protecting workers’ health: global challenges and opportunities in work-related respiratory diseases”

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (S14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Netsanet Workneh Gidi ◽  
Anna Suraya ◽  
Beatrice Mutayoba ◽  
Bernarda Espinoza ◽  
Bindiya Meggi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

AbstractThe international CIHLMU Occupational Safety and Health Symposium 2019 was held on 16th March, 2019 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany. About 60 participants from around the world representing occupational health and safety professionals, students, instructors from several institutions in Germany and abroad, attended the symposium.The main objective of the symposium was to create awareness on global challenges and opportunities in work-related respiratory diseases. One keynote lecture and six presentations were made. While the keynote lecture addressed issues on occupational diseases in the twenty-first century, the six presentations were centered on: Prevention and control of work-related respiratory diseases, considerations; Occupational health and safety in Mining: Respiratory diseases; The prevention of TB among health workers is our collective responsibility; Compensation and prevention of occupational diseases and discussion on how artificial intelligence can support them: Overview of international approaches; Work-related Asthma: Evidence from high-income countries; and The role of imaging in the diagnosis of work- related respiratory diseases. A panel discussion was conducted following the presentations on the importance and challenges of data acquisition which is needed to have a realistic picture of the occupational safety and health status of workers at different levels. The current summary is an attempt to share the proceedings of the symposium.

Relationship study between the student learning approach in the occupational safety and health field and acquired competencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (95) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
O. Nanka ◽  
M. Lysychenko ◽  
M. Kiriyenko ◽  
V. Pavlykivskyi ◽  
T. Duyunova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Relationship Study ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: To search for training methods for specialists in industrial safety, environmental and occupational safety and health in conditions of insufficient (or absent) laboratory support and to study the relationship between the student learning approach and acquired competencies. Design/methodology/approach: To study modern advances in industrial safety, environmental and occupational safety and health and training methods for specialists a systematic literature review approach has been used. For publications from 2017, queries were asked through keywords and safety related topics. To relationship study between the student learning approach and acquired competencies a student survey on random sampling has been used. A total of 112 students of the 3rd and 4th year of study at the university were interviewed. Findings: The results of the survey showed that the students’ number who simultaneously successfully answered theoretical questions and completed practical tasks is 33.8% from the group with theoretical training and 75% from the group that was trained in the workplace. The relationship between the groups with a visit to the existing enterprise and acquired competencies was justified by the association coefficient and contingency coefficient that are 0.7 and 0.4 respectively. Research limitations/implications: A student’s survey was conducted at only one university. Questions were asked only according to the curriculum of the course “Labour Protection”. No survey for other training courses conducted. Practical implications: The research results are reasonable and can be applied at universities to improve the educational process of training specialists. Originality/value: It was proposed that students be trained using existing enterprises as a laboratory base and by the methods of statistics mathematical processing was substantiated the proposal feasibility.

scholarly journals Effective capacity building by empowerment teaching in the field of occupational safety and health management in mining

2020 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgen KRETSCHMANN ◽  
Marcus PLIEN ◽  
Thi Hoai Nga NGUYEN ◽  
Marat RUDAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Effective Capacity ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Participatory Training

The paper is dealing with a developed concept named Empowerment Teaching, which is based on practical teaching experience gained in various mining universities. It is demonstrated that this concept can be used to increase the effectiveness of knowledge transfer to mining countries in the world, as well as to overcome cultural barriers between lecturers and their students. The two models of participatory training, which are proposed to be named “physical” and “emotional” models, are portrayed. The authors are convinced that participatory training methods can be an ideal answer to a challenge associated with workers’ competencies in mining, namely – the potential of highly motivated and well-educated young academics is often diminished by a lack of ability to apply their knowledge. A special emphasis is made on the possible application of empowerment teaching for educational and training activities in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH), which is a matter of utmost importance for the mining industry. Several benchmarking initiatives in the field of OSH (“safety culture”, zero-accident vision) are underlined to be encouraged and promoted by means of new teaching methods. The examples of successful international cooperation among universities are given, as well.

Penyuluhan Keselamatan Dan Kesehatan Kerja Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Simpur

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 914-920
Author(s):  
Arti Febriyani Hutasuhut ◽  
Anggunan Anggunan ◽  
Eka Silvia ◽  
Mardheni Wulandari ◽  
Nia Triswanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Community Health Center ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Work Accidents

ABSTRAK Setiap pekerjaan selalu mengandung potensi resiko bahaya dalam bentuk kecelakaan dan penyakit kerja. Kasus-kasus kecelakaan dan penyakit kerja di dunia, Indonesia masih cukup besar, baik di kota maupun di desa, baik disektor industri dan jasa-jasa maupun juga disektor pertanian. Masalah keselamatan dan kecelakaan kerja di Indonesia masih sering diabaikan, hal ini dapat dilihat dari masih tingginya angka kecelakaan kerja. Oleh karena itu pentingnya pengetahuan pekerja tentang keselamatan dan kesehatan kerja sebagai evaluasi diri. Salah satu upaya yang dapat dilakukan dengan memberikan penyuluhan tentang Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3). Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan, motivasi dan mengevaluasi diri pekerja  mengenai pentingnya menjaga kesehatan dan keselamatan dalam bekerja. Metode yang di gunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah penyuluhan kepada pegawai pabrik kerupuk dan pabrik bawang putih mengenai Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3). Pelaksanaan kegiatan berkordinasi dengan Puskesmas Rawat Inap Simpur dan dibantu oleh mahasiswa FK malahayati Bandar Lampung angkatan 2017 yang dilaksanakan pada bulan Desember 2020. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah Peserta penyuluhan dapat memahami dan mengerti untuk menjaga Kesehatan dan keselamatan dalam bekerja serta memberikan kesadaran pada pekerta untuk bisa melindungi diri dalam pekerjaanya dengan menggunakan APD yang sudah di siapakan oleh pabrik yang bersangkutan secara benar dan sesuai. Kata kunci : Penyuluhan, Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3), Pegawai Pabrik  ABSTRACT Every job always contains a potential risk of danger in the form of accidents and occupational diseases. The cases of accidents and occupational diseases in the world, Indonesia are still quite large, both in cities and villages, both in the industrial and service sectors as well as in the agricultural sector. The problem of safety and work accidents in Indonesia is still often ignored, this can be seen from the high number of work accidents. Therefore the importance of workers' knowledge about occupational safety and health as a self-evaluation. One of the efforts that can be done is by providing education about Occupational Safety and Health (K3). The purpose of this activity is to increase the knowledge, motivation, and self-evaluation of workers regarding the importance of maintaining health and safety at work. The method used in this activity is counseling employees of cracker factories and garlic factories regarding Occupational Health and Safety (K3). Implementation of activities in coordination with the Simpur Inpatient Community Health Center and assisted by students of FK Malahayati Bandar Lampung class of 2017 which was held in December 2020. The results of this activity were that the participants could understand and understand to maintain health and safety at work and provide awareness to participants to be able to protect themselves in their work by using PPE that has been prepared by the factory concerned properly and accordingly. Keywords: Counseling, Occupational Safety and Health (K3), Factory Employees

How is the home office used by sales and marketing employees during and after the corona crisis?

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Marcus Diedrich
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Sales And Marketing ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Future

Employers must offer home offices wherever possible. This is provided for by the Corona Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, which came into force in Germany on January 27th. The ordinance also contains protective measures for those employees whose presence in the company is essential. In addition, employees are not obliged to use home office. Employers must take appropriate measures to ensure equivalent protection for them and for employees who cannot work from home. Employers are obliged to offer home office unless there are compelling operational reasons to the contrary. In addition, there are other reasons why companies cannot offer a home office, e.g. the inadequate broadband expansion in rural regions and the lack of IT infrastructure in companies in which digitization is still in its infancy. The aim of this work is to find out how the employees in marketing and sales assess the efforts of their companies to offer home offices now and in the future. To this end, three hypotheses are made.

scholarly journals An overview of occupational voice disorders in Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Niebudek-Bogusz ◽  
Mariola Śliwińska-Kowalska
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Objective Measurements ◽  
Holistic Management ◽  
Safety And Health

AbstractOccupational voice disorders make the most frequently certified category of occupational diseases in Poland, making up approximately 20% of all cases. This study presents the current knowledge of the etiopathogenesis of occupational voice disorders. It stresses the importance of the evaluation of vocal loading by means of objective measurements. Furthermore, this study discusses the medico-legal aspects of the procedure of certifying occupational voice disorders in Poland. The paper also describes the preventive programs addressed particularly to teachers, including multidisciplinary and holistic management of occupational dysphonia. Their role in the improvement of occupational safety and health (OSH) arrangement for vocally demanding professions is emphasized.

scholarly journals BARRIERS TO THE ADOPTION OF NEW SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES IN CONSTRUCTION: A DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT

2022 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-133
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Boon Hui Yap ◽  
Canwin Guan Ying Lam ◽  
Martin Skitmore ◽  
Nima Talebian
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Construction Safety Management ◽  
Technological Limitations

The adoption rate of new technologies is still relatively low in the construction industry, particularly for mitigating occupational safety and health (OSH) risks, which is traditionally a largely labor-intensive activity in developing countries, occupying ill-afforded non-productive management resources. However, understanding why this is the case is a relatively unresearched area in developing countries such as Malaysia. In aiming to help redress this situation, this study explored the major barriers involved, firstly by a detailed literature review to identify the main barriers hampering the adoption of new technologies for safety science and management in construction. Then, a questionnaire survey of Malaysian construction practitioners was used to prioritize these barriers. A factor analysis further identified six major dimensions underlying the barriers, relating to the lack of OSH regulations and legislation, technological limitations, lack of genuine organizational commitment, prohibitive costs, poor safety culture within the construction industry, and privacy and data security concerns. Taken together, the findings provide a valuable reference to assist industry practitioners and researchers regarding the critical barriers to the adoption of new technologies for construction safety management in Malaysia and other similar developing countries, and bridge the identified knowledge gap concerning the dimensionality of the barriers.

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