background: heat stress is one of the harmful factors present in many workplaces. it can lead to performance loss and low functionality of the labor force. therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate exposure to heat stress and its consequent performance loss among workers functioning in indoor high-temperature workplaces. materials and methods: this descriptive, analytical study was condu...

In order to investigate the peculiarities of the radon situation in workplaces located inside buildings, compared with the radon situation in dwellings, long-time recordings of radon, attached radon progeny and unattached radon progeny concentrations (Po, Pb, Bi) have been carried out at several categories of workplaces (e. g. offices, public buildings like schools and hospitals, different room...

This paper tests a set of hypotheses relating to agency and Schumpeterian views on how competition affects performance. A survey data set of Australian workplaces is used, with the change in labour productivity growth as the dependent variable. The results show strong support for the idea that intense competition raises productivity growth in managerial workplaces, but not in non-managerial wor...

One of the airborne pollutants in wood products industry is formaldehyde, which may pose some health effects. Therefore this study is conducted to determine formaldehyde levels in 100 furniture-manufacturing workshops in Ankara and also to determine the symptoms, which may be related with formaldehyde exposure among the workers. Indoor formaldehyde levels ranged from 0.02 ppm to 2.22 ppm with a...

Background: The objective of the study was the evaluation of the infection of ticks with pathogenic microorganisms at various workplaces (timber acquisition, forest growing, forest cultivation, forest protection). Material and Methods: Eight hundred sixty one Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from 4 workplaces were examined for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ba...

Small workplaces have particular injury risks and are enduringly difficult for the occupational health and safety (OHS) system to reach. This paper puts forward an "upstream" perspective on OHS in small workplaces that moves beyond the attributes of the workplace and those who work there. The paper draws on and synthesizes ideas and findings from emerging upstream OHS research, our own empirica...

The aims of this study were to investigate the concentrations and characteristics of nanoparticle exposure at various workplaces. We compared the concentration and characteristics of nanoparticles at nine workplaces of three types; i.e., small laboratories (LAB), large-scale engineered nanoparticle manufacturing workplaces (ENP), and unintended nanoparticle-emitting workplaces (UNP), using real...

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It was a pleasure to serve as guest editor of this special issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation that focuses on “Safer and Healthier Workplaces”. This issue is dedicated to workers all over the world who have suffered an accident at work or have acquired an occupational or work-related disease. Workers should be protected from occupational risks they could be ex...

abstract background and purpose: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) are a group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves. carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, and tension neck syndrome are examples. almost all work requires the use of the arms and hands, therefore, most wmsd affect the hands, wrists, elbows, neck, and shoulders. the aim of the cu...