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Influence of face masks on the subjective impairment at different physical workloads

Scientific Reports, 2023
To quantify the subjective and cognitive impairment caused by wearing face masks at work, 20 men and 20 women (median age 47 years, range 19–65) were tested under different ergometer workloads while wearing surgical mask, community mask, FFP2 respirator ...
Vera van Kampen, Eike-Maximillian Marek, Kirsten Sucker, Birger Jettkant, Benjamin Kendzia, Bianca Strauß, Melanie Ulbrich, Anja Deckert, Hans Berresheim, Christian Eisenhawer, Frank Hoffmeyer, Simon Weidhaas, Thomas Behrens, Thomas Brüning, Jürgen Bünger   +14 more
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Probing Different Approaches in Ultraviolet Radiation Personal Dosimetry – Ball Sports and Visiting Parks

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) continues to be a decisive influencing factor for skin health. Besides acute damage (e.g. erythema), chronic light damage is of particular relevance. Skin cancer can develop on the basis of this light damage.
Timo Heepenstrick, Claudine Strehl, Marc Wittlich   +2 more
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Systematic Literature Review on Variables Impacting Organization’s Zero Accident Vision in Occupational Safety and Health Perspectives

Sustainability, 2022
The zero-accident vision has sparked debate in the fields of occupational safety and health. While many organizations and policymakers have successfully implemented the zero-accident vision, numerous notable occupational safety and health scholars from ...
Mohamad Azrin Ahamad, K. Arifin, A. Abas, M. Mahfudz, M. B. Cyio, Muhammad Khairil, M. Ali, Ilyas Lampe, M. Samad   +8 more
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Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in firefighters at fire training facilities and in employees at respiratory protection and hose workshops

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic to humans and are formed by incomplete combustion. PAHs are always present during firefighting operations, and fire department members can be exposed to them in the workplace.MethodsIn ...
Stephan Koslitz, Birgit Heinrich, Heiko U. Käfferlein, Holger M. Koch, Tim Pelzl, Katrin Pitzke, Daniel Köster, Tobias Weiß, Volker Harth, Thomas Brüning, Thomas Behrens, Dirk Taeger   +11 more
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Effects of occupational health and safety management systems implementation in accident prevention at a Harare beverage company

Cogent Engineering, 2022
Occupational health and safety management (OHSMS) systems are recognised internationally as highly flexible and can be tailored to all sizes and types of businesses to manage accidents, injuries, fatalities and health risks at workplaces.
T. Musungwa, P. Kowe
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A Study on Data Pre-Processing and Accident Prediction Modelling for Occupational Accident Analysis in the Construction Industry

Applied Sciences, 2020
In the construction industry, it is difficult to predict occupational accidents because various accident characteristics arise simultaneously and organically in different types of work.
Jae Yun Lee, Y. Yoon, Taekeun Oh, S. Park, Sang-il Ryu   +4 more
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Estimation of Tibiofemoral and Patellofemoral Joint Forces during Squatting and Kneeling

Applied Sciences, 2021
This study examined the differences of knee joint forces between lowering to, or rising from squat, and typical final postures of squatting and kneeling.
Ulrich Glitsch, Kai Heinrich, Rolf Peter Ellegast   +2 more
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Occupational accidents aboard merchant ships [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2002
Objectives: To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may be initiated.Methods: The study is a historical follow up on ...
Hansen, H.L., Nielsen, D., Frydenberg, Morten   +2 more
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Injury analysis of teachers’ occupational accidents

Work, 2022
BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents among teachers are a cause of concern because of their consequences regarding several parts of the body, such as the neck, back, or extremities; however, the number of studies on this issue is limited. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the possible effects of different variables (gender, age, nationality, experience, sector, day ...
Rey-Merchán, María del Carmen, López-Arquillos, Antonio   +1 more
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Heart rate variability and cardiac repolarization after exposure to zinc oxide nanoparticles in healthy adults

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2020
Background Exposure to airborne zinc oxide (ZnO) particles occurs in many industrial processes, especially in galvanizing and welding. Systemic inflammation after experimental inhalation of ZnO particles has been demonstrated previously, but little is ...
Assem Aweimer, Birger Jettkant, Christian Monsé, Olaf Hagemeyer, Vera van Kampen, Benjamin Kendzia, Vitali Gering, Eike-Maximilian Marek, Jürgen Bünger, Andreas Mügge, Thomas Brüning, Rolf Merget   +11 more
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