Construction industry involves the highest risk of occupational accidents and bodily injuries, which range from mild to very severe. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify the factors associated with accident severity rate (ASR) in the largest Iranian construction companies based on data about 500 occupational accidents recorded from 2009 to 2013. We also gathered data on safety ...

In order to comprehensively evaluate the employee satisfaction of mine occupational health and safety management system, an analytic method based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and 2tuple linguistic model was established. Firstly, based on the establishment of 5 firstgrade indicators and 20 secondgrade ones, the weight of each indicator is calculated and validated by method of FAHP and roo...

Workers in the building, renovation, and demolition of roads and commercial structures in the U.S. suffer a disproportionate share of occupational fatalities and lost-time injuries. Nearly all of the injuries and deaths are preventable. The fatality rate from work-related ailments, such as cancers and silicosis, is believed to be excessive, but is not generally computed. The safety and health p...

Today a new generation of food safety policy is emerging in OECD countries and international public health forums. The United States has actively contributed to the thinking and scientific research underlying this new generation of policy. A consensus has emerged among nations about the basic components of an effective food safety system based on modern science and management practices. In shor...

occupational hazards, exposure to blood and body fluids (bbf) accidents and safety precautions constitute an important public health issue. we assessed the prevalence and determinants of exposure to occupational hazards among nurses, and their knowledge of occupational safety precautions. in a cross-sectional study, we surveyed 332 nurses working in 4 hospitals, nablus, west bank, palestine, by...

21st century businesses operate faster and with more complexity and uncertainty than ever before, and therefore industrial accidents and diseases become more prolific, bringing a serious and costly burden to all countries. For the majority of the world’s workforce, a working environment does not meet the minimum standards and guiding principle predetermined by the international bureaus. This ha...

Despite federally mandated safety standards, occupational lung disease remains one of the most common work-related injuries. Inhaled dust can result in a range of tissue injury in the lung and can lead to significant respiratory insufficiency causing death. Although silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis are becoming less common, hypersensitivity pneumonitis is increasingly recognized as an...

After more than twenty years of research the construct of safety culture has acquired a prominent place in discussions on the way large companies deal with occupational safety. Academics, practitioners, managers and policy makers all follow this debate with both interest and Argus eyes. Recently, safety culture has been linked up with the maturity of the safety management system, with the ‘bett...