Background: The effectiveness and adequacy of occupational health and safety management system should be monitored and evaluated at organization level on a regular basis. Safety audit has a clear role in the development of organizations safety management systems. Internal safety audit is a method to appraise to the management the current status of occupational health and safety at workplace. Se...

introduction: safety culture is a set of beliefs, norms, incentives, social and technical roles and functions that make the core of the safety management system. the aim of this study was to examine factors affecting safety culture and its relationship to accident in the oil depots. methods: case-control study was conducted in 2016. 300 employees of 3 oil depot in tehran were selected that 150 ...

Chemistry labs can become a dangerous environment for students as the lab exercises involve hazardous chemicals, glassware, and equipment. Approximately one hundred thousand students take chemistry laboratory classes annually in Nepal. We conducted a survey on chemical lab safety issues across Nepal. In this paper, we assess the safety policy and equipment, protocols and procedures followed, an...

OBJECTIVE To determine if there is a relationship between parental perception of neighborhood safety and overweight at the age of 7 years. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. SETTING Ten urban and rural US sites. PARTICIPANTS A total of 768 children selected via conditional random ...

Background: Patient safety is one of the essential principles of health care and evaluation of patient safety culture is a motive to provide safe conditions for patient care. Regarding the invasive procedures and the necessity of special attention to patient safety in the operating room, this study aimed to determine the patient safety culture from the perspective of operating room personnel. ...