The European Society for Occupational Medicine notes that numerous differences exist between EU members regarding their policies associated with occupational health and safety; one of the reasons for this is the historical variety of approaches. If we wish to unify our occupational health and safety systems, we thus need a common, unified policy and a common European training programme. The key...

obviously, improving the road safety and the efficient allocation of limited resources to the provinces according to their ranking should be done. this paper presents a hybrid method of multivariate statistical analysis-decision making to evaluate iran road traffic safety. in order to solve the problems of road traffic safety, a macroscopic evaluation and traffic safety level classification in ...

head trauma is the most common form of accidental injury among children, which is a source of concern for parents and pediatricians. after head trauma, children may be loss of intellectual function. most head trauma in children is minor and not related with brain injury or long-term outcome. however, a small number of children may have a clinically important traumatic brain injury. the incidenc...

the paper discusses the use of modern information technologies, and in particular geographic information systems (gis), in the management and control of major accident risk. for this purpose, the regulatory framework of the recent “seveso ii” directive is briefly described. the referencing in space of the phenomena may be defined in terms of a geometrically exact or a relative location. the for...

This paper aims to place current safe design activity in Australia into context by providing an overview of the regulatory environment, the history of safe design initiatives in Australia, and the influence of the National Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) strategy. The paper summarizes recent work in safe design policy undertaken at the national level in Australia. The paper sets out the Au...

BACKGROUND Although road traffic injury is reported as the leading cause of work-related death in Australia, it is not clear, due to limitations in previous methods used, just how large a burden it is. Many organisations are unaware of the extent of work-related road traffic injury and, importantly, what can be done to reduce the burden. The proposed research will (i) estimate the prevalence of...

To allocate available resources as efficiently as possible, decision makers need information on the relative economic merits of occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions. Economic evaluations can provide this information by comparing the costs and consequences of alternatives. Nevertheless, only a few of the studies that consider the effectiveness of OHS interventions take the extra st...

There is no comprehensive source of information describing work-related fatalities in any Australian state or territory. Information for NSW is available from WorkCover NSW but this information is based heavily on workers’ compensation data. Significant groups within the population, and particular types of injury, are excluded from the available data, either by design or practice. This lack of ...

BACKGROUND This study seeks to examine the relationship and impact of occupational health and safety on employees' organizational commitment in Ghana's mining industry. The study explores occupational health and safety and the different dimensions of organizational commitment. METHODS A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random...

It is necessary to appropriately integrate risk analysis with planning and transport management to prevent a potential danger being transformed into a real event. The aim of this study is to evaluate risks for workers, through a new approach that links the occupational safety health (OSH) and control of major accident Hazard (COMAH) risks, using quantitative assessment. The method has been test...