conclusions accidents resulting in death, total disability, and partial disability impose a huge cost burden on society, whereas the employer will bear a relatively low cost. this is because of society’s health, treatment, and welfare systems available for treatment and rehabilitation of injured employees and their families. background occupational accidents represent one of the major problems ...

background: studies show that about 90% of accidents occur because of unsafe behavior and human errors. even if workers do not have the right knowledge, attitude and behavior toward safety measures in a safe workplace, all efforts for an accident-free workplace will be in vain. this study aims to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior of workers toward occupational health and s...

The concept of occupational health and safety (OHS) describes the strategies, guidelines, actions typically adopted implemented to prevent, minimize or manage risks associated with people property. Over years, rapid growth, development operation various industries in developing countries have resulted numerous accidents, injuries illnesses. Given short- long-term effects such issues, it is impe...

Despite growing academic and practical concerns about IT-transformed workplaces, little research empirically investigates these concerns. This paper adopts a unique approach to address these concerns by evaluating the appropriateness of traditional drivers of career salience in high IT working environments. Building on established measures of role stress, participation in decision making, job i...

Advancements in communication technologies change the way we interact with each other significantly, making distance less of an issue for keeping in touch and collaborating with others. However, they can also take away social elements such as the feeling of closeness in an interaction, making it important to examine the effects that these technologies (the virtual workplace, smart phones and ub...

In 2008, academic researchers and public service officials created a university extension studies platform based on online and on-site meetings denominated "Work-Related Accidents Forum: Analysis, Prevention, and Other Relevant Aspects. Its aim was to help public agents and social partners to propagate a systemic approach that would be helpful in the surveillance and prevention of work-related ...

Recent rail accidents in the UK have focussed public attention on the role that companies play in the causes of incidents and accidents. Partly in response, the Westminster parliament has published proposals to change the legislation on corporate manslaughter. Previous incidents have had a similar impact in other countries. For example, the 2006 mining accident in Sago, West Virginia has prompt...

background: high-risk unsafe behaviors (hrubs) have been known as the main cause of occupational accidents. considering the financial and societal costs of accidents and the limitations of available resources, there is an urgent need for managing unsafe behaviors at workplaces. the aim of the present study was to find strategies for decreasing the rate of hrubs using an integrated approach of s...

Recent rail accidents in the UK have focussed public attention on the role that companies play in the causes of incidents and accidents. Partly in response, the Westminster parliament has published proposals to change the legislation on corporate manslaughter. Other accidents have had a similar impact in other countries. For example, the 2006 mining accident in Sago, West Virginia has prompted ...