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Health and safety of the older worker [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2011 In the UK, increasing numbers of paid employees are over 60 years with further increases expected as the state pension age rises. Some concern surrounds possible increased work-related illness and accidents for people working beyond the age of 60.To identify the available evidence for health and safety risks of workers over age 60 years with respect to
Farrow, A, Reynolds, F
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2008 Summary: In the United States (U.S.), federal legislation requiring the use of safety-engineered sharp devices, along with an array of other protective measures, has played a critical role in reducing healthcare workers’ (HCWs) risk of occupational ...
Janine Jagger +3 more
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Safety and volunteer construction workers [PDF]
Construction Management and Economics, 2015 The construction industry is dangerous – 39 fatalities were recorded in the UK in 2012/13, with comparable and even larger figures reported worldwide. Yet every year, at least several hundred UK-based people take part in construction activities on a voluntary basis, examples being international development projects using ‘gap-year’ students and the ...
Foster-Smith, Lydia +3 more
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Risk of bloodborne pathogen exposure among Zambian healthcare workers
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2012 Purpose: Understanding the risks of bloodborne pathogen transmission is fundamental to prioritizing interventions when resources are limited. This study investigated the risks to healthcare workers in Zambia. Design: A survey was completed anonymously by
Elayne Kornblatt Phillips +5 more
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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2011 Most movie enthusiasts were intrigued by the film Slumdog Millionaire. This story reflects, amongst other issues, the survival strategies of kids living on the streets in towns in India and the happy ending for one of them.
Juliet MacDonald, Susan Terblanche
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Psychosocial Factors and Workers’ Health and Safety [PDF]
BioMed Research International, 2015 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, 00040 Rome, Italy 2Research Center for Public Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy 3Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety, A World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health, University of South ...
Sergio Iavicoli +4 more
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The performance approach and management attitudes
Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2002 Resistance to change is a characteristic feature of human behavior. Several reasons exist for this resistance. Generally people are hesitant to accept change if they played no participative role in initiating and developing it.
Theo C. Haupt
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Indonesian Journal for Health Sciences, 2017 Indonesia is a country with a record of accidents is quite high, where 38% of them are fallen from a height that is a work accident in the field of construction.
Sisca Mayang Phuspa, Edwina Rudyarti
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Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2023 The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007 due to controversial opinions on the risk assessment.
Kramer, Axel +3 more
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Coronavirus Disease among Workers in Food Processing, Food Manufacturing, and Agriculture Workplaces
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We describe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among US food manufacturing and agriculture workers and provide updated information on meat and poultry processing workers.
Michelle A. Waltenburg +53 more
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