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Fall-Protection Harness Training: Donning Skill Improves with Up to Four Repetitions

Safety, 2021
Injuries and fatalities from falling remain a major occupational safety concern. Among the multiple tactics for preventing fatal falls is the use of personal fall protection involving wearing a harness connected to a secure anchor point.
Zachary Bunney, Roger C. Jensen, Daniel Autenrieth   +2 more
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The Survey of Incidence and Trend of Occupational Accidents and Related Factors in Economically Active Population of Marvdasht and Suburb between 2005- 2010 [PDF]

طب کار, 2011
Background: This study was designed as an epidemiologic survey on occupational accidents in Marvdasht, Arsanjan and Passargad in a 6 year period. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was conducted on occupational accidents occurred between ...
E Dortaj Raberi, P Bagheri
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OVERVIEW OF WORKER CHARACTERISTICS, USE OF PPE, HYGIENE OF INDIVIDUALS, AND CONTACT DERMATITIS ON METAL COATING HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRY WORKERS

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2020
The use of personal protective equipment and personal hygiene is a factor that affects the occurrence of contact dermatitis. The aim of this study is to describe characteristics of workers, use of PPE, personal hygiene, and contact dermatitis in workers.
Renticabella Praharanie Edytya, Lilis Sulistyorini   +1 more
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Reduction of Workforce due to Impact of Covid-19 and Occupational Health and Safety Management at Workplace

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic has led to health crisis as well as slowdown of industrial activities throughout the world resulted in global economic loss. Safety measure of social distancing by workers at workplaces to prevent spread of corona virus leads to huge ...
Praveen Dubey, Garima Singh, G. Nagaraju, Kailash Gharat, S. D. Bharambe, Anant Vajarekar   +5 more
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Airborne concentrations of benzene for dock workers at the ExxonMobil refinery and chemical plant, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (1977–2005)

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2011
OBJECTIVES: Benzene is a natural constituent of crude oil and natural gas (0.1–3.0% by volume). Materials that are refined from crude oil and natural gas contain some residual benzene.
Thomas E Widner, Shannon H Gaffney, Julie M Panko, Kenneth M Unice, Amanda M Burns, Marisa Kreider, J Ralph Marshall, Lindsay E Booher, Richard H Gelat, Dennis J Paustenbach   +9 more
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Chemical Risk Assessment Screening Tool of a Global Chemical Company

Safety and Health at Work, 2018
Background: This paper describes a simple-to-use and reliable screening tool called Critical Task Exposure Screening (CTES), developed by a chemical company.
Evelyn Tjoe-Nij, Christophe Rochin, Nathalie Berne, Alessandro Sassi, Antoine Leplay   +4 more
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Negotiating Risk: Social and Organizational Factors Shaping Industrial Hygiene Practices

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
This paper discusses the ways in which societal and organizational forces have influenced the practice of industrial hygiene in the modern working contexts.
Kimberly Long Holt
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Occupational hygiene risk assessment at light speed—a study for protecting worker health and safety in the biopharmaceutical industry

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHazardous substances are ubiquitous in the workplace and improperly controlled exposure may result in severe illness and death. Occupational exposure models can be used to predict the level of exposure workers may experience while performing ...
Paul Kayser, Paul Kayser, Leonid Turczynowicz, Sharyn Gaskin   +3 more
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Introducing Greek Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adverse Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Metals

Annals of Global Health, 2018
Background Aim: Implementing guidelines in the practice of occupational health is a high-priority need, since their use can reduce the variability in practice and increase professional efficiency, resulting in higher quality of health care services.
Evangelia Nena, Sotirios Koupidis, Eleni Douna, Anastasia Kikemenis, Georgios Dounias   +4 more
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A Cross-sectional Study of Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Risk Factors in Cambodian Fruit Farm Workers in Eastern Region, Thailand

Safety and Health at Work, 2018
Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are accumulative disorders that are most frequently found in agricultural farmers. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect symptoms resulting from work-related musculoskeletal ...
Anamai Thetkathuek, Parvena Meepradit, Teerayut Sa-ngiamsak   +2 more
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