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Accidents in the Chemical Industry: A Scoping Review Focused on Causal Factors

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although occupational safety in the chemical industry is an area of ongoing research worldwide, chemical incidents continue to occur, indicating the need to review the causes, assist in safety management, and identify problems in the quality of reporting. Methods A systematic search of studies published in English between January 1,
Željka Babić, Emin Veledar, Zrinka Franić, Franka Šakić, Mojca Dobaja Borak, Lucija Šarc, Jelena Macan, Miran Brvar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]

"The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the U.S. federal agency that conducts research and makes recommendations to prevent worker injury and illness. NIOSH research is key to national efforts for preventing worker injuries,

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Occupational Vulnerability to AI‐Driven Change: The Role of Skill Composition, Task Structure, and Psychosocial Buffers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Automation risk is often framed as a question of which jobs can be automated. This perspective neglects how the structure of work itself shapes workers' vulnerability to AI‐driven change. In occupational health research, job characteristics such as autonomy, task variety, and social interaction are known to influence worker well ...
Thinuri Welithotage, Behdin Nowrouzi‐Kia   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measures of the psychophysiological response to recurrent anticipatory stress - the influence of neuroticism on heart rhythm and skin resistance

Scientific Reports
In the risk assessment of work-related mental stress, the use of objective psychophysiological methods could improve the identification of mental stressors.
Florestan Wagenblast, Robert Seibt, Monika A. Rieger, Benjamin Steinhilber   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presumptive Coverage Policies and Workers’ Compensation of Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Conditions: A Retrospective Time‐Series Study in Canada 2001–2019

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The impact of presumptive coverage policies for work‐related mental health disorders has not been extensively studied to date. Using data from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC), our objectives were to describe the evolution of compensated mental health conditions, and to explore the association ...
Quentin Durand‐Moreau, Alexis Descatha, Anil Adisesh, Peter Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis control and occupational health services

Curationis, 1984
The W.H.O. (1982) estimates that the annual risk of infection with tuberculosis in most developing countries is in the order of 3 to 5%. Every year 4-million to 5-million highly infectious cases of tuberculosis occur in those countries, according to the ...
J.T. Mets
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Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan, Alan Tam, Heng Xu, Yu‐tian He, Yuen‐Ki Tang, Gum‐Ryeong Park, Wing‐Him Tang   +6 more
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Effects of face masks on physical performance, physiological response and subjective respiratory effort during a submaximal bicycle ergometer test

Safety and Health at Work, 2022
Benjamin Steinhilber, Robert Seibt, Julia Gabriel, Joulia Brountsou, Markus Muljono, Tomasz Downar, Mona Bär, Rosina Bonsch, Adrian Brandt, Peter Martus, Monika A. Rieger   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

It's a Match, Isn't It? Developing a Checklist on Matching Secondary Data at the Example of Job Control

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Few datasets simultaneously capture occupational exposures and health outcomes in a general working population. To understand associations between occupational exposures and health, researchers often combine existing datasets. As occupation codes are available in many datasets, combining these datasets seems a straight‐forward option. However,
Franziska J. Kößler, Candice Y. Johnson, Amel Omari, Kaori Fujishiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational therapy services and perception of integration of these at primary healthcare level in South Africa

South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
Background: Literature indicates that access to rehabilitation services in South Africa is limited. Recent policy documents by  the National Department of Health related to disability and rehabilitation propose the integration of occupational therapy ...
Anthony Jejelaye, Lebogang Maseko, Denise Franzsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source