Essays about: "OHS occupational health safety"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words OHS occupational health safety.

1. 1. Occupational health and safety risks in the wood recycling industry of Lithuania

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)

   Author : Eva Salomonsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Recycling; Wood; Circularity; Lithuania; Occupational Health and safety; Återvinning; Trä; Cirkularitet; Litauen; Arbetsmiljö hälsa och säkerhet;

   Abstract : A good Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is needed to reach sustainability. OHS consists of three parts: 1) physical, 2) mental and 3) social.  The purpose of this study was to explore and foresee the main physical OHS risks when upscaling the recycling of wood in Lithuania, with the goal to prevent those risks. READ MORE

3. 2. Middle manager's work for occupational health and safety in the shipping industry

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ)

   Author : Ted Bågfeldt; [2021]
   Keywords : Middle Manager; Leadership; Commercial Shipping; Shipping; Onboard; OHS; Occupational Health and Safety; Working environment; Shared Leadership; Rotating Leadership; Health management; Safety Management; Administrative workload; Client pressure;

   Abstract : The middle manager situation is sometimes squeezed between requirements from different parties at the same time as they are crucial for the development of the organization. Masters, chief engineers and managers in the catering department onboard are middle managers squeezed between the office requirements and the working conditions of their crew. READ MORE

4. 3. The Impact of Implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) During Construction

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Jonathan Matthei; [2021]
   Keywords : Building Information Modeling BIM ; Occupational Health and Safety OHS ; Construction Hazard Prevention through Design CHPtD ; AEC industry in Germany; Byggnadsinformationsmodell; Arbetsmiljö och säkerhet; Förebyggandet av hälsorisker; Byggindustri i Tyskland;

   Abstract : Health and safety during construction remains a worldwide challenge that the construction industry is facing. The German construction industry recorded an average of 110,000 accidents per year in the period of 2010 to 2019. A discernible trend toward a decrease in occupational accidents is not visible. READ MORE

5. 4. Safety Management Systems in micro and small air operators: mission possible?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Stéphane de Wolf; [2021]
   Keywords : air operator; aviation; business aviation; civil aviation authorities; commercial air operator; corporate flight department; decoupling; institutional theory; isomorphism; management system; micro enterprise; non-commercial air operator; occupational health and safety; OHS; PDCA; personal safety; performance-based regulation; process safety; quality management; safety; Safety Management Systems; self-regulation; small enterprise; SMS; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the rationality, completeness and functioning of Safety Management Systems (SMS) amongst micro- and small-sized air operators in business aviation. In the absence of thorough literature in this sector of aviation, a survey of prior research on OHS(MS) and on non-aviation micro/small enterprises (MSE) provided a collection of factors contributing to their safety performance. READ MORE

6. 5. Occupational health and safety engineers' support of clients' OHS management systems

   University essay from KTH/Ergonomi

   Author : Henrik Strohmayer; Ellen Ljusterdal; [2018]
   Keywords : Occupational health and safety management; OHS engineer; management systems; consultant role; small enterprises; medium-sized enterprises; Systematisk arbetsmiljöarbete; arbetsmiljöingenjör; ledningssystem; konsultroll; småföretag; medelstora företag;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE