Background: Nowadays, with the rapid development of industries and technology, the risk of work- related accidents, occupational diseases and environmental pollution is increasing. Considering the importance of preventing these hazards, some universities in Iran have recently trained students in new interdisciplinary specialties such as health, safety and the environment (HSE). Some organizatio...

The aims of this article are to review the situation of occupational health and safety and to describe research priority in this field in Thailand. Thailand is one of newly industrialized countries in Southeast Asia. Approximately half of the working population is still in agriculture. The data from Thai Workmen's Compensation Fund showed that incidence rate of occupational injuries and disease...

PROBLEM Safety in the construction industry is a major issue in Hong Kong, representing about 46% of all occupational injuries in 1998. This study explored linear and curvilinear relations between age and safety performance (accident rates and occupational injuries), as well as safety attitudes, in construction workers in Hong Kong. METHOD A Chinese version of the Safety Attitude Questionnair...

Certified occupational health and safety management systems (COHSMSs) continue to grow in popularity diffuse new industries. This study investigated differences efforts between adopters non-adopters of COHSMSs. We used cross-sectional survey data from 4,202 Danish workplaces all sectors compare self-reported with a COHSMS without COHSMS. The ‘systematic process-related OHS efforts’ ‘content-rel...

BACKGROUND Occupational risk management is known as a catalyst in generating superior returns for all stakeholders on a sustainable basis. A number of companies in Ghana implemented health and safety measures adopted from international companies to ensure the safety of their employees. However, there exist great threats to employees' safety in these companies. The purpose of this paper is to in...

3. KEY FEATURES OF THE NEW MODEL FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 3.1. Form of legislation 3.2. Changes in substance 3.3. Consolidation and integration 3.4. Harmonisation 3.5. National policy and national institutions 3.6. Proactive management of OHS risks 3.7. Risk assessment 3.8. OHS management systems 3.9. Reconciliation of competing goals 3.10. Participatory processes 3.11. The right to k...