Essays about: "occupational safety and health"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 46 essays containing the words occupational safety and health.

1. 6. 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. 7. The Compatibility Between International Labour Right Standards and Cambodian Laws Concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Construction Sector: holding the Construction Companies Accountable for Violating the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Lida Chea; [2022]
   Keywords : Accountable; Occupational safety and health; Construction companies; Construction sectorICESCR; C155; C187; C167.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Cambodia is now facing alarming issues concerning occupational safety and health in the construction sector. According to the ILO, in 2009, every day four people in Cambodia were killed due to occupational accidents which this amounted to more than 1500 death of the construction workers. READ MORE

4. 8. Development of an intervention framework for design, implementation and adoption of occupational exoskeletons

   University essay from KTH/Ergonomi

   Author : Gennaro Alberico; [2022]
   Keywords : Industrial exoskeletons; key facilitators adoption barriers; intervention framework;

   Abstract : During the last few years, wearable technologies or body-worn assistive devices have become very popular within the occupational field. Among them, there are the so-called exoskeletons which have shown a promising potential in several areas ranging from medical care, military to, particularly during the last five years, industrial applications. READ MORE

5. 9. A Justified Infringement on Privacy? - A Qualitative Study on the Private Labour Market Actors’ Perceptions of Workplace Drug Testing

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Anna Asp; [2021-08-25]
   Keywords : Workplace drug test; Privacy; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Stigmatization;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to get an understanding of the perceptions and experiences of drug tests as a measure to prevent substance use at workplaces. The focus was to explore the perceptions of different actors within the private labour market concerning the integrity-sensitive aspects that are connected to drug test at work places and to understand perceptions on drug prevention, positive test results and drug rehabilitation in relation to drug tests. READ MORE

6. 10. 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