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Absence from work due to occupational and non-occupational accidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate absence from work in Denmark due to occupational and non-occupational accidents. Background: Since the beginning of the last decade, political focus has been placed on the population’s working ...
Laursen, Bjarne, Jørgensen, Kirsten
core   +1 more source

Business Cycle and Occupational Accidents in Korea

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2020
Background Occupational accidents occur for a variety of reasons, such as unsafe behaviors of workers and insufficient safety equipment at the workplace, but there are also various economic and social factors that can impact working conditions and ...
D. K. Kim, Sunyoung Park
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exposure to Lead Compounds in an Industrial Setting and the Effects on the Thyroid Gland: A Pilot Cohort Study

open access: yesHygiene
Background: Lead compounds are chemicals of high toxicological concern and are suspected to interact with the thyroid axis. Method: A cohort study was carried out involving 70 workers from a petrochemical company exposed to inorganic lead compounds.
Lidia Caporossi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Accidents:A Comparative Study of Construction and Manufacturing Industries

open access: yesCurrent Science, 2020
At present, several developing countries show interest in safety-related issues as a way to reduce occupational accidents in the workplace. The literature depicts that safety culture is a multidimensional idea. Occupational accidents significantly affect
S. Khahro   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing low-back loading during lifting using personalized electromyography-driven trunk models and NIOSH-based risk levels

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Workplace injury risk due to physically demanding tasks (e.g., repeated lifting) is currently assessed using ergonomic guidelines. The Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (RNLE) is a commonly used approach that assesses risk of low-back loading during ...
Mohamed Irfan Refai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

İNŞAAT SEKTÖRÜNDE İŞ KAZALARI VE İŞ GÜVENLİĞİ MALİYETLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

open access: yesEskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021
In this study, the definition of work accident was made and then the concept of work accident in construction works was explained. The last five years of work accident statistics published by the Social Security Institution were examined.
Cemil Akcay
doaj   +1 more source

OCCUPATIONAL EYE DISEASES AND ACCIDENTS

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1912
A complete catalogue of the various trades and industries in which accidents, even preventable accidents, causing partial or complete blindness of one or both eyes, although suggestive, would be of little service and would necessarily include nearly all the causes of accidents in general.
openaire   +2 more sources

An Analysis of Individual and Social Factors Affecting Occupational Accidents

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2019
Background Workforce health is one of the primary and most challenging issues, particularly in industrialized countries. This article aims at modeling the major factors affecting accidents in the workplace, including general health, work–family conflict,
A. Barkhordari   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiologic study of occupational accidents recorded in Yazd province in the years 2007-2008 [PDF]

open access: yesطب کار, 2011
Background: Occupational accidents are a non-separable part of workplaces especially industrial settings. These accidents lead to long-term off-work periods, impairment and disability among experienced workers and eventually affect industrial ...
AH Mehrparvar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the occupational accident rates among nurses

open access: yesRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2019
Objective: In this hospital-based study, we aimed to determine occupational accident perceptions and occupational accident reasons in sample of Turkish nurses.
Ülfiye Çelikkalp, Filiz Dilek
doaj   +1 more source

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