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Schoeman, Johann Petrus. "Die ontwikkeling van ’n veiligheidsmodel ten opsigte van die gebruik van persoonlike beskermende toerusting in die beroepsveiligheidsomgewing." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/805.

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Proefskrif ten opsigte van die voldoening aan die vereistes vir die graad: Doctor Technologiae: Omgewingsgesondheid in die Fakulteit Toegepaste Wetenskappe aan die Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013<br>The economical impact of occupation-related diseases and injuries places an immense financial burden on the inhabitants of a country and its industry. There is little doubt that the human factor is the single most important contributing factor to critical work-related accidents. Safety measures in the field of occupational health and safety are normally implemented according to a speci
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Gungor, Alper. "Occupational Health And Safety Management Tool." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12604694/index.pdf.

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Labor protection, that is prevention of occupational disease and reducing the frequency of accident, has always been a matter of major concern of mining industry. Management and the government should promote and maintain high safety standards through some measures and tools to reduce frequency of accidents and occupational diseases. This thesis describes the development of a national occupational health and safety management tool that is composed of educational, statistical and database interfaces for mine safety and health administration. The detailed analysis of an accident requires knowle
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Güngör, Alper. "Occupational health and safety management tool." Ankara : METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12604694/index.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Middle East Technical University, 2004.<br>Keywords: Accident Report Form, Accident Database, Occupational Diseases and Mine Accidents, Accident Reporting System, Health and Safety Management Tool.
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Roberts, David Stevens. "Development and evaluation of a safety culture survey for occupational safety." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155408/.

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Hollingdale, Hazel Elaine. "(En)gendering safety : masculinity, risk, and safety social capital in male dominated occupations." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43492.

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High hazard work sectors are often male-dominated, and can have occupational cultures that impede following safety regulations. Many of these sectors, such as the skilled trades, have cultures that align with conventional masculine norms. The existing literature suggests that workers in these fields often experience safety compliance measures as conflicting with this normative culture, and this can lead to increased risk taking. It has also been found that organizational attitudes towards safety in the workplace individualize these issues, rather than considering a widespread lack of complia
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Grazier, Suzanne Jayne. "Empirical essays on occupational health and safety." Thesis, Swansea University, 2007. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42818.

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This thesis explores a number of aspects related to occupational health and safety. It discusses health and safety at work legislation and policy, and reviews trends in reported workplace accidents and illnesses. Empirically, it considers the impact that various labour market characteristics and policies have upon a workplace's injury and ill-health record, focussing especially upon arrangements common in today's workplace such as working more than 48 hours per week and flexitime policies. It also returns to Adam Smith's compensating wage differentials theory, and examines its relevance today
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Pearce, Megan Nicole. "Safety Climate, Safety Behaviours and Control: An Application of the Job Demand-Control model to Occupational Safety." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7010.

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While the literature surrounding the negative effects of stress on health and well-being is plentiful, there is a distinct lack of research applying stress frameworks to an organisational safety context. This study investigated the impact of stressors and strains on safety in the workplace, using the Job Demand-Control model as a research framework. In order to maintain a proactive approach to safety management, safety climate, safety compliance and safety participation were used as study variables as they have been established as antecedents to accidents and injuries in the workplace. From qu
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Pettinger, Charles Blakley. "Improving Occupational Safety & Health Interventions: A Comparison of Safety Self-Efficacy & Safety Stages of Change." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27395.

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For people aged 44 and under, the primary cause of loss of life in the U.S. is not due to heart disease or cancer, but to something as common as injuries (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1998). As such, injuries kill an average of 142,000 Americans and require an estimated 62.5 billion dollars in medical attention each year (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1998). This is close to three people dying and over 170 people sustaining a disabling injury every 10 minutes (National Safety Council, 1999). Every year more than 80,000 Americans are permanently disabled as a result of injury to the br
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au, buxtons@senet com, and Sandra Michelle Buxton. "Shift Work: An Occupational Health and Safety Hazard." Murdoch University, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040302.154645.

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Shift work is a major feature of modern work practices. It involves individuals working at times considered unconventional for most workers, such as at night. Although the community often benefits from such work practices, shift work can be hazardous, for both the workers and the community. The thesis reviews the main problems of shift work, especially when involving night work. These are: an increased risk for accidents and errors; increased sleepiness and fatigue due to difficulties sleeping; increased health problems; and disruption to family and social life. Strategies to limit the risk
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Buxton, Sandra Michelle. "Shift work: an occupational health and safety hazard." Buxton, Sandra Michelle (2003) Shift work: an occupational health and safety hazard. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/495/.

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Shift work is a major feature of modern work practices. It involves individuals working at times considered unconventional for most workers, such as at night. Although the community often benefits from such work practices, shift work can be hazardous, for both the workers and the community. The thesis reviews the main problems of shift work, especially when involving night work. These are: an increased risk for accidents and errors; increased sleepiness and fatigue due to difficulties sleeping; increased health problems; and disruption to family and social life. Strategies to limit the ris
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Buxton, Sandra. "Shift work : an occupational health and safety hazard /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040302.154645.

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Grubb, Mark. "intelligent clothing for monitoring occupational health and safety." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.537685.

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Schuh, Anna Kristine. "Occupational Safety Surveillance Using a Statistical Monitoring Approach." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24068.

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When unsafe conditions arise in a workplace, they may result in employee accidents and fatalities. However, if these problems are detected early, new hazard controls and safety initiatives can be introduced in order to actively reduce or prevent the occurrence of these events. Unfortunately, many safety systems currently monitor and report data that has been aggregated over long time periods, making it difficult to realize and respond to pattern shifts in a timely manner. When monitoring a process over time, a commonly used tool is statistical process control charting. Traditionally used in
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Lundy, Shaun James. "Professional ethics in occupational health & safety practice." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2013. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13712/.

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This thesis provides a critical evaluation of a real world project involving the researcher as leader of a review and subsequent development of a new Code of Conduct for the world’s largest health and safety body, the Institution of Occupational Safety Health (IOSH, 2011). The health and safety profession in the UK has seen many changes over the last 10-years, in particular a stronger focus on degree education, continual professional development (CPD) and Chartered Practitioner status. In addition to these progressive changes the profession has also seen a rise in the negative media coverage r
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Van, Bibber Ashley M. "Monitoring Safety Process Performance with Leading Indicator Safety Audits." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430422992.

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Clark, Olga L. "COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY PRACTICES AMONG NURSES: EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY CLIMATE, ROLE DEFINITIONS, AND SAFE WORK PRACTICES." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1143231038.

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Woltman, Adrianna J. "Assessing the Occupational Noise Exposure of Bartenders." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1595819.

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<p> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates that each year, approximately 30 million people are occupationally exposed to hazardous noise. While many are aware of the noise exposure associated with industrial occupations, there has been little research conducted on bartenders who often work in environments that have high levels of noise. The majority of current published research on occupational noise exposure of bartenders has only evaluated noise levels on one night of business. Bartenders often work multiple days per week, which vary in the amount of patrons and entertai
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Gozuyilmaz, Cem. "A System Approach To Occupational Health And Safety Management." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1095231/index.pdf.

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In this thesis, methods used at present in occupational health and safety management are analyzed and a model safety management system is developed. History, development and recent occupational safety regulations in the United States of America and European Union are introduced to give a sight on this subject in developed countries. The suggested model is evaluated with work accident data taken from a company and hazard and risk analysis methods are used to investigate these accidents. Preventive measures to eliminate and reduce the consequences of these accidents are recommended. Finally a
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Dhillon, Balinder Singh. "The State's role in occupational health and safety administration /." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56897.

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In the following thesis the administrative strategies in occupational health and safety regulation form the primary focus of discussion.<br>The initial approach for ensuring acceptable work conditions had been through direct state intervention and the use of coercive power. In view of the limitations of this approach, over time, state regulation was replaced by the "self-regulation" or "internal-responsibility system" under which participants at the workplace were given an enhanced say in the regulatory process. Recent trends have continued to favour this shift towards deregulation of the stat
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Thatcher, Anthony University of Ballarat. "Monitoring the impact of occupational health and safety education." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12810.

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"This research investigated whether engineers, graduating from universities more than a decade after the introduction new occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Australia, were being equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their professional, legal and moral responsibilities in relation to occupational health and safety. The study focussed on engineering students as future business leaders and designers of working environments. An instrument was designed to examine the ability of OH&S education to affect decision-making and problem solving competence in engineering studen
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Thatcher, Anthony. "Monitoring the impact of occupational health and safety education." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/15399.

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"This research investigated whether engineers, graduating from universities more than a decade after the introduction new occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Australia, were being equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their professional, legal and moral responsibilities in relation to occupational health and safety. The study focussed on engineering students as future business leaders and designers of working environments. An instrument was designed to examine the ability of OH&S education to affect decision-making and problem solving competence in engineering studen
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Machles, David Lee. "A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SITUATED LEARNING IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY." NCSU, 2004. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11192004-181304/.

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The purpose of this study was to understand how learning occupational safety practices occurred for employees outside of and in addition to, what was taught through planned, intentional safety training. The participants reflected upon their personal experiences regarding the work safety practices that they chose to incorporate into their lives during a semi-structured audio taped interview. Data were analyzed using qualitative phenomenological methods to distill the multi-page interview transcriptions into manageable and comparable elements. Theoretical constructs underlying the analysis drew
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Cano, Yakelin, Grimaldo Quispe, Heyul Chavez, Nestor Mamani-Macedo, Carlos Raymundo-Ibañez, and Francisco Dominguez. "Occupational Health and Safety Management Model for Mining Contracts." Springer, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656173.

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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.<br>The importance of an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) in a mining contract allows the establishment of guidelines to prevent and mitigate accidents that may occur in mines and in exploration areas. Such guidelines are integrated to ensure compliance with regulations with respect to the mining activity (DS 024-2016-EM). For developing a model, the literature was initially reviewed (scientific articles and research studies
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Rudolphi, Josie M. "Occupational safety & health of young adult agricultural workers." Diss., University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5617.

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Background: Agriculture is the most hazardous occupational industry for young adults. Young adults are engaging in agricultural work and interacting with common hazards, however, it is unknown how young adults are engaging with such hazards and whether administrative controls including workplace organizational factors and social influences in the workplace are associated with safe working practice. Methods: Workplace practices were examined among young adult agricultural workers (18-24). Workers responded to statements regarding their participation in six agricultural work areas, specific beha
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WURZELBACHER, STEVEN JOSEPH. "CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1139333722.

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Reynolds, Tiffany L. "Analysis of Occupational Safety Practices across Regional Campuses at Ohio University." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1398849131.

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Casirnano, Tara. "Effectiveness of a worksite health promotion program to improve health-related quality of life indicators." Thesis, TUI University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3663402.

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<p> Health and wellness is essential to each individual's quality of life. The importance of health and wellness is not only of an individual concern but also a population-based societal concern. Currently there is growing epidemic or obesity as 65% of American adults are either overweight or obese. The work setting is an ideal location to foster healthy behaviors as most adults spend the majority of their day there. The need for health-related activities is supported in many different types of workplaces, especially in higher education settings. This study aimed to explore the relationship of
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Walters, Kevin M. "Is the "grass| greener? Occupational wellness in the Colorado cannabis industry." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10138986.

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<p> This study is the first occupational safety and health evaluation of the cannabis industry of Colorado from an Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) perspective. Qualitative pilot data and common OHP theories provide a framework for project development, design, and rationale. This study investigated the following among cannabis industry workers: potential stressors, perceptions and awareness of physical safety hazards, strain outcomes, and organizational supports that might buffer relations between stressors and strain outcomes. Study results provide a first glimpse at the demographics of t
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Didla, Shama. "Influence of leadership and safety climate on employee safety compliance and citizenship behaviours." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=25498.

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Garzon-Villalba, Ximena Patricia. "Assessment of Prolonged Occupational Exposure to Heat Stress." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142405.

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<p> Heat stress is a recognized occupational hazard present in many work environments. Its effects increase with increasing environmental heat loads. There is good evidence that exertional heat illness is associated with ambient thermal conditions in outdoor environments. Further, there is reason to believe that risk of acute injury may also increase with the ambient environment. For these reasons, the assessment of heat stress, which can be done through the characterization of the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), is designed to limit exposures to those that could be sustained for an 8-h day
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Labrèche, France P. "Occupational solvent exposure and mental disorders." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74252.

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A case-referent study was designed to investigate the relationship between occupational solvent exposure and mental disorders. New cases of mental disorder (males, 40 to 69 years old), were individually matched for age and date of admission to hospital patients and neighbors. An occupational history was obtained from 91.7% of the sample (1143 subjects, or 381 'trios'), during a telephone interview or by mail.<br>No increased risk of mental disorders was found among subjects exposed to moderate levels of solvents, but the risk was elevated--though not to a statistically significant degree--at e
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Baumet, Krishna. "Injuries among the Double Disaster Cohort of Persons in the WTC Health Registry Exposed to Superstorm Sandy." Thesis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10599254.

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<p> Introduction: In double disaster cohorts responders are exposed to two potentially hazardous situations. Experience with one disaster may affect how responders behave in the second. We evaluate associations of injuries and exposures, with rescue work performed by WTC responders enrolled in the WTCHR who responded 11 years later to Superstorm Sandy. </p><p> Methods: An 84 question Sandy survey was given to 8870 WTCHR enrollees. Outcome measures included total number of injuries, extremity sprains and lacerations and the exposures encountered. A "home danger" variable includes all the r
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Schweder, Peter Edward Organisation &amp Management Australian School of Business UNSW. "Occupational health and safety of seasonal workers in agricultural processing." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Organisation & Management, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41337.

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Employer demands for flexible work practices have seen an increase in the diversity of employment relationships illustrated by a global growth of people working in contingent or precarious positions. Increasing evidence suggests that precarious employment is associated with poorer occupational health and safety (OHS) outcomes in terms of injury rates, disease risk and psychological wellbeing. This study used a cross sectional survey of 255 employees to compare the OHS experiences of temporary (N = 156, 61.2%) and permanent (N = 99, 38.8%) workers employed in three companies involved in the se
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McKay, Lawrence J. "The effect of offsite construction on occupational health and safety." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6381.

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The continuous desire to improve health and safety in UK construction has in recent years been challenged to adopt offsite strategies in order to address the poor health and safety record of construction. Despite the benefits of using offsite there has been little research on the actual benefits and disadvantages of the effect of offsite on occupational health and safety. This is important given that the UK government has promoted the use of offsite to improve health and safety performance. This thesis provides a strategy for the management of offsite risk and a risk management tool has been d
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Moizer, Jonathan D. "System dynamics modelling of occupational safety : a case study approach." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2272.

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Occupational safety is gaining a higher profile across all sectors of the United Kingdom's economy. This is largely a result of developments in legislation, increased indemnity insurance and the successful promotion of safety practice through the work of the Health and Safety Executive and the writings of health and safety professionals. This thesis has been undertaken to develop a dynamic simulation model of occupational safety strategy using system dynamics and empirically test it in an industrial setting. The work also seeks to capture a measure of the suitability of the occupational safety
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Snyder, Daniel Jay. "Philosophia Soteria| How Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Influence Decision Makers." Thesis, University of Arkansas, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13421816.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to identify ideas about how occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals influence decision-makers on matters impacting occupational health and safety management systems. A modified nominal group technique was used that involved 67 participants in ten nominal groups and identified the most important ideas about how OSH professionals can influence workplace safety and health decision making. The research produced themes of communication, scientific, professionalism, leadership, adaptability, and business acumen that resulted in six domains of occupational
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Monahan, Genevieve Louise. "Cultural knowledge of women in the construction industry related to occupational health and safety." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276752.

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The following study identifies and describes the cultural knowledge of women working in the construction industry regarding occupational health and safety. Data was gathered on 6 female construction workers, using the techniques of participant observation and the ethnographic interview. Results of the field observation and the interviews revealed that the women had a high level of knowledge of many work place hazards. They were also aware of kinds of accidents and injuries and a number of ways of cutting down on the hazards. Less was known about chronic, progressive, as opposed to acute injury
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Farmer, Ruan Alexander. "Improving occupational health and safety in a petrochemical environment through culture change / R.A. Farmer." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4444.

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In spite of the vast technological progress and improvement in the standard of management systems within hazardous industries around the world, occupational health and safety incidents and fatalities continue to devastate thousands of lives each year. Throughout the last decade, significant improvement has been achieved in the reduction of health and safety incident rates across the South African petrochemical environment. However, a persistent roller-coaster fatality rate still prevails. Recent studies have shown that in order to conquer the relentless battle in realizing sustainable world-cl
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Esbester, Mike. "'Dead on the point of safety' : occupational safety education on the Great Western Railway, c.1913-1939." Thesis, University of York, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434166.

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In February 1914, the Great Western Railway Company (GWR) observed of its occupational safety education campaign that it was ‘dead on the point of “Safety”’. This statement reveals one of the key themes explored in this thesis: the quote marks surrounding ‘safety’ unwittingly acknowledged the socially constructed nature of occupational safety. The study that follows deconstructs the techniques used by the GWR to convey its understanding of occupational safety to its employees and to the state. The techniques introduced by the GWR in 1913 were recognisably modern in nature, being reliant upon p
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Sai, Maudgalya Tushyati. "Occupational Health and Safety in Emerging Economies: An India based study." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384870134.

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Walls, David B. "World-class safety program." Thesis, Dallas Baptist University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3590509.

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<p> This safety research project explores the key factors that contribute to world-class safety programs for firms in the construction industry. A world-class safety program for this study is defined as a safety culture supported by all employees, and a work environment where accidents are not tolerated; zero accident mentality. This study used the Delphi methodology to identify the leadership qualities and safety processes that a company's leadership employs to influence an overall successful safety program in their organizations. The Delphi methodology obtained subjective judgments from
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Banks, Matthew David. "Organizational citizenship behaviours in high risk industries: an investigation into effects on occupational safety." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6708.

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This study examined the relationship between helping (organizational citizenship behaviours) and workplace safety. It is the second study in a sequence, building on an initial study by Burt and Williams (2012). The aims of the current study are three-fold. Firstly, further evidence was sought to support the argument put forth by Burt and Williams (2012) suggesting that there are situations in which helping behaviours can lead to an increase in safety risk. Additionally, based on findings from Burt and Williams (2012), the following two situations were investigated: I) why do helpers often not
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Williams, Warwick Hamilton Safety Science Faculty of Science UNSW. "Barriers to occupational noise management." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Safety Science, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/27368.

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This work undertook the examination of the perceived barriers that exist to the management of occupational noise exposure in the workplace. Exposure to excessive levels of noise results in cumulative damage to the hearing mechanism of the ear and a subsequent hearing loss. This hearing loss is permanent and does not recover over time. Initially the conventional method of addressing or controlling noise exposure was through Hearing Conservation Programs and more recently through Occupational Noise Management Programs that take more of a risk management approach. However, the numbers of new hea
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Siganporia, Pearl. "British Columbia's outsourced hospital workers : an occupational health and safety perspective." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38153.

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Cleaners and Food Service Workers (CFSW) form a large yet understudied occupation group within the healthcare sector in terms of their occupational health and safety concerns. Four health regions in British Columbia (BC), Canada have outsourced these services. Evidence suggests an association between outsourced labor and higher risks of injury due to different standards of occupational health and safety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of outsourcing on the health and safety outcomes and experiences among outsourced healthcare CFSWs compared to non-outsourced healthcar
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Isha, Ahmad Shahrul Nizam. "Occupational health and safety practices in the petrochemical industries of Malaysia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://etheses.nottingham.ac.uk/4155/.

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The petrochemical industry in Malaysia has been growing rapidly in recent years. The development of this highly hazardous industry largely depends on high health and safety standards. Since the early 1990s, health and safety legislation introduced in the country, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA) and the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards (CIMAH) Regulations 1996 have aimed in improving standards across a number of occupational sectors. A mixed-method research design was used to explore occupational health and safety practices in the petrochemical industry in
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Walker, David. "Occupational health and safety in the British chemical industry, 1914-1974." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2007. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=9348.

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This thesis probes a neglected area lying at the interface between medical and labour history and is concerned with issues of occupational health and safety in the British chemical industry between the First World War and the passage of the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974. The research is presented thematically and draws on a wide variety of primary and secondary source material to reveal the causes of ill health, the politics of reform and the role of the key players, such as the government, medical profession, employers and trade unions.
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Azzi, Manal Maroun. "Occupational Safety and Health Implementation: Between Policy and Practice in Lebanon." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.510374.

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Rösch, Karl-Dietrich. "Worker well-being occupational health and safety in times of globalization." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2006. http://d-nb.info/991498917/04.

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Strohmayer, Henrik, and Ellen Ljusterdal. "Occupational health and safety engineers' support of clients' OHS management systems." Thesis, KTH, Ergonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235395.

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Background: Swedish law demands a systematic work environment management system (SWEM) and establishes the employer as responsible for this. In 2016, 44 % of Swedish Work Environment Authorities’ submissions regarded lack of SWEM. The law defines occupational health and safety services (OHSS) as an objective part with expert knowledge within the fields of work environment and rehabilitation. Aim of the study: The purpose of this study is to investigate how OHS engineers employed in OHSSs assist customer enterprises in the work of developing and maintaining OHS management systems. The study fur
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Wearaduwa, Vidana Kankanamge Thilani Kaushalya. "Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investments at Agricultural Cooperatives." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28861.

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Industries related to agricultural cooperatives record some of the highest injury rates in the U.S. Therefore, agricultural cooperatives are highly motivated to invest in occupational health and safety (OHS). This thesis examines the economic efficiency of OHS investments at agricultural cooperatives and identifies cooperative characteristics leading to greater economic efficiency of OHS investments. A multiple input-output data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to estimate technical efficiency. The effects of cooperative characteristics on the efficiency of OHS investments are estimated usin
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