scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety of Workers in Pharmaceutical Industries, Himachal Pradesh, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 4166-4171
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Documentation System ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
The City

In this research paper a comparative study on occupational health and safety of workers has been done for two pharmaceutical companies in and around the city of Solan in Himachal Pradesh, India. The results show that more workers have accepted that workers have been provided with appropriate procedures and instructions before completing the task. Therefore, it can be concluded that management takes it seriously that workers understand the exact course of action before carrying out the task so that it is safer for workers to carry out the operations. At the same time, some employees denied that they had proper procedures and instructions. This may be due to a lack of employee awareness. The majority of employees agreed that companies regularly follow the procedures for documenting the investigation of incident, and employees appear to be contented with this provision. Thus, it can be concluded that administration appropriately reviews each incident that occurs during the execution of the task and follows the correct documentation system to determine the real cause for the incident. It is noted that most employees have accepted that companies have followed the proper procedures for inspecting and assessing equipment hazards and that workers are satisfied with them. It can therefore be concluded that the organization has recognized the need to review and investigate the risks to facilities that exist or may exist in the facilities in order to affect workers' health.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety of Workers in Pharmaceutical Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-316
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries

Workers are the most significant resources for an association as they contribute the most towards the accomplishment of an association which relies upon the basic abilities of its human capital that pays to the occupational safety and health of employees in the work environment. The present study is led with the objective to highlight occupational safety and health actions for the employees and their satisfaction level accompanied occupational health and safety services provided by the chosen pharmaceutical organizations. It additionally highlighted the awareness and training program undertaken by the organizations. The analysis of the current study has been done by suitable mathematical and statistical tools consisting of percentage analysis, mean (average), standard deviation, and correlation and regression analysis depending upon the objectives of the study. The outcomes demonstrated that the representatives of both organizations are genuinely happy with the continuous training program on risk of health and safety of workers. With regard to health and safety at work, the chosen pharmaceutical companies offer their employees with numerous facilities. Likewise, the fulfillment level of the employees by means of these measures is high, which is a decent picture of a balanced relationship between the management and the employees.

scholarly journals Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety in Motor Vehicle Repair Workshops in Jeddah

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ijaz Ahmad ◽  
Mohammad Rehan ◽  
Mansour A. Balkhyour ◽  
Iqbal M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Chemical Exposure ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT: This study aims to examine the occupational health and safety (OHS) status in motor vehicle repair workshops (MVRW) industry in the city of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). An inspection tool composed of 10 OHS components and 69 items was employed through observations, interviews, walk through survey and focused group discussions. The data was collected from local workshops (LWs, N=62) and multinational companies’ workshops (CWs, N=11). The mean positive response for OHS components among surveyed LWs and CWs was as follow; personal protective equipment’s (PPEs) (28% and 61%), fire protection and emergency management (52% and 91%), provision of facilities (69% and 94%), electric safety (44% and 82%), general workshop safety (43% and 82%), housekeeping (18% and 84%), chemical exposure (16% and 69%), maintenance and services (54% and 86%), manual handling (84% and 100%) and tool safety (58% and 91%), respectively. The overall OHS mean positive response, complying best practices and regulations, of all OHS elements in LWs was 47% which was much lower than 84% positive response for CWs. The impact of OHS on workers’ health was also discussed together with recommendations given for further improvement.

scholarly journals Occupational health and safety legislation: possibilities for future development

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian B. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Legislative Changes

That there should be much greater attention to the problem of occupational health and safety may be demonstrated by the out-dated and fragnented legislation and its administration now current in New Zealand, notwithstanding recent legislative changes. It is suggested that there are many factors that should be considered in developing a new course of action and recent approaches in some other countries, notably Britain and Canada are examined for their relevance to New Zealand's future needs. Among the factors considered are scientific, economic, ethical and political aspects. Probably the greatest need lies in the necessity of paying a lot more attention to the health effects of the working environment. Also recommended is a well-informed approach to self-regulation which involves all in the workplace and, as a consequence, calls for a lot more training and education. Joint training for all members of management-labour committees is regarded as essential. A tripartite authority is proposed to take over the present role of government departments.

Development of a Toolkit for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety and Worksite Health Promotion

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bizarro ◽  
Megan Dove-Steinkamp ◽  
Nicole Johnson ◽  
Scott Ryan ◽  
Michelle Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Worksite Health Promotion ◽  
Worksite Health
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