OBJECTIVE Comparisons of the changing patterns of inequalities in occupational mortality provide one way to monitor the achievement of equity goals. However, previous comparisons have not corrected for numerator/denominator bias, which is a consequence of the different ways in which occupational details are recorded on death certificates and on census forms. The objective of this study was to m...

This study used OWAS to analyze the working postures of construction workers on building the foundations of a log cabin. Three construction workers, with an average work experience of 40 years, participated in this study. Eight elementary jobs of building the foundations of a log cabin were videotaped at a construction site and analyzed later in the laboratory. For an overall distribution of tr...

Construction industry has the highest ratio of fatality of workers in comparison with other industries. Construction safety has been always a matter of focus to control safety risks. This article presents a new flexible method of safety risk assessment by adding Hybrid Value Number (HVN) to the assessment equation. As a result of using this method, the results of assessment process will be more...

PURPOSE Type of work might be related to insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, scant data are available. We performed this study to investigate whether the prevalence of MetS and insulin resistance differed according to occupation in middle-aged men. MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 2,348 men in their 40s~50s who had participated in the Korean National Health and Nutriti...

OBJECTIVES The manual for the Japanese Stress Check Program recommends use of the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) from among the program's instruments and proposes criteria for defining "high-stress" workers. This study aimed to examine how accurately the BJSQ identifies workers with or without potential psychological distress. METHODS We used an online survey to administer the BJSQ wit...

BACKGROUND The Middle East construction sector is heavily reliant on a migrant workforce that predominantly originates from South Asia. It is common practice for migrant construction workers to pay a local labour recruiter the equivalent of one or more years' prospective overseas salary to secure employment, work and travel permits and transportation. The occupational health and safety implicat...

The scope and extent of public and private sector infrastructure projects in Hong Kong continue to grow rapidly. As a result the construction industry suffers from a shortage of skilled workers to support the ever increasing demands of the industry. Solutions for the manpower deficiency are: to encourage young workers to join the construction industry and to train them; and to retain the older ...

a r t i c l e i n f o A planning methodology is introduced to ensure that workers on construction sites remain at a safe distance from each other. The methodology is based on the assumption that hazardous conditions, which occur on sites due to the proximity of different workers, depend on the interaction between both reinforcing and counteracting characteristics of the workers. The methodology...