background: this study provides a national profile of major work safety accidents in china, which cause more than 10 fatalities per accident, intended to provide scientific basis for prevention measures and strategies to reduce major work safety accidents and deaths. methods: data from 2003-2012 census of major work safety accidents were collected from state administration of work safety system...

Background: Healthcare workers’ work performance is an important issue affected by the clinical work environment and equipment. The present study aims to predict healthcare workers’ work performance based on safety-ergonomic features of hands and medical gloves. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on healthcare workers at the hospitals of Shiraz University of Medica...

In Switzerland, occupational risks for pregnant workers are covered by specific maternity protection legislation (MPL); however, studies show significant shortcomings in the implementation of these policies among companies. Analyse gaps between provisions Switzerland’s MPL, protective measures companies plan to take and actual practices. We also aim understand how employees develop their own st...