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The Future of Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]

open access: bronzeInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2001
Pressures from 3 sources are combining to advance workplace safety and health throughout the globe. Firstly, an increasingly widespread growth in a State's interest in the individual, both in and outside the workplace. This leads to regulations, which are rapidly changing from prescriptive to enabling (performance) regulations. An increasing acceptance
Tom B. Leamon
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Occupational Health and Safety for Nurses: Literature Review

open access: yesNSC Nursing, 2021
Introduction: The prevention of occupational accidents in the sphere of occupational health and safety is an important issue in the Italian work setting; health workers, and especially nurses, are continually exposed to the risk of work-related accidents,
Antonio Brusini
doaj   +1 more source

A study on occupational health and safety

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate and describe the indicators of occupational health, with a focus on the medical expertise and periodic medical examination. Methods This is exploratory-descriptive, cross-sectional, documentary, quantitative, and retrospective
Lídia Maria Costa Araújo Magalhães   +4 more
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Application of impedance measurement to investigate in vitro inhalation toxicity of bacteria

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2021
Background Workers of agriculture and intensive life stock farming are exposed to highly contaminated workplaces. Bioaerosol exposures are suspected to trigger respiratory health effects of the workers.
Stefanie Klar   +5 more
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Work-related olfactory disorder: a case series and review

open access: yesAnnals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Background The olfactory bulb is anatomically exposed and thus can be directly damaged by external stimulation. This can occur as an occupational injury owing to contact with organic solvents or other causes.
Soon Woo Park   +5 more
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Violation of German rest break regulation criteria and health complaints while working in the office and from home

open access: yessozialpolitik.ch, 2022
The aim of this survey study (n = 534) was to clarify if work from home (WFH) affects employees’ compliance with six German mandatory rest break regulations and how this relates to health complaints.
Johannes Wendsche   +3 more
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HCFC-123-induced toxic hepatitis and death at a Korean fire extinguisher manufacturing facility: a case series

open access: yesAnnals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Background Exposure to sustained high concentrations of HCFC-123 is known to be hepatotoxic. We report two simultaneous cases of toxic hepatitis related to exposure to 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123), a common refrigerant, at a Korean fire ...
Mu Young Shin   +3 more
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Nanomaterials in Food – Prioritisation & Assessment

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2019
Nanomaterials (NMs) are of significant economic interest and have a huge impact on many industries including the food industry. The main application in food industry includes food additives and food packaging.
ANSES‐ French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, France   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achievements, Problems, and Future Direction of the Quality Control Program for Special Periodic Health Examination Agencies in Republic of Korea

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2019
The ultimate goal of the quality control program for special periodic health examination agencies is to diagnose the health condition of a worker correctly, based on accurate examination and analysis skills, leading to protect the worker’s health.
Yong Lim Won   +6 more
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