Estimating the financial benefits of employers' occupational health and safety expenditures - Mustard CA, Yanar B.
The objective of this study is to apply a transparent methodology to estim... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Integrating diminished quality of life with virtual reality for occupational health and safety training - Ji Z, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Gao Y, Cao Y, Yang SH.
Safety training using Virtual Reality (VR) can be widely found in many industries. They are majorly focused on educating sequential operations, standard working procedures, and short-term safety risk assessment. Occupational health and safety (OHS) issues ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Do safety cases demonstrate risks have been reduced so far as is reasonably practicable? an Australian study examining the methods of presenting safety cases - Ho P.
Australian major hazard facilities (MHF) are regulated through a 'safety case' regime requiring operators to submit a safety report to the regulator demonstrating all risks have been reduced so far as is 'reasonably practicable'. The Work Health and Safety... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Occupational health and safety risk assessment: a systematic literature review of models, methods, and applications - Liu R, Liu HC, Shi H, Gu X.
Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary activity that aims to identify, evaluate, and control hazards arising in or from the workplace that may impair the health and well-being of workers. Assessing the risk of occupational hazards is o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Relationship between the territorial distribution of labor inspectors and work accident injuries: clustering Ecuadorian provinces into four management scenarios - G ómez-García AR, Vega Chica ML, García-Arroyo JA.
The role of labor inspectors is to monitor the correct application of occupational health and safety regulations. This function can have preventive effects on the occurrence of accidents at work. To analyze this possible relationship, this study describes ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Labour vows to work with HE unions ‘ as partners, not adversaries ’
Labour’s shadow minister for higher education Matt Western has accused government ministers of “collective amnesia” regarding the work of the “dedicated, compassionate people working in Britain’s universities.” Mr Western was speaking at UNISON’s national higher education conference, in Newcastle, where he told delegates: “The pandemic reminded those that needed reminding that society and institutions cannot function without those working in important services and support roles. “People such as yourselves and those you represent keep the proverbial show on the road, keep the lights on, the doors open ...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - February 6, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2023 National Higher Education Conference UNION Labour Link Source Type: news

Care Quality Commission staff balloted over strike action
Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have begun voting for industrial action over pay, say unions today (Friday). Five unions – UNISON, PCS, Prospect, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unite – are balloting workers who ​inspect, monitor and regulate hospitals, care homes, GP ​practices and dental surgeries, as well as ambulance and mental health services. The UNISON and PCS strike ballots began last month, and the others open over the coming weeks. Voting ends either later this month or in early March.* A pay claim for an above-inflation pay rise was submitted by the unions last summer. Since the...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - February 3, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release CQC Source Type: news

Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Around 670 staff at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be brought back in-house on 1 April this year. Staff at two hospital sites, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen, who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred onto NHS terms and conditions once the outsourced contracts come to an end at the end of March. The move comes after a merger of hospital trusts in Liverpool in 2019, creating Liverpool University Hospitals NHS foundation trust, which left staff in similar jobs on vastly different terms and conditions depending on whether the services at their hospital...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - February 3, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News health insourcing Liverpool NHS Agenda for Change outsourcing Source Type: news

Navajo area railroad workers learn protective skills
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2019/5/community-impact/workers/thumb868346.jpg?itok=toO5bUHH" /><br /><p>Courses funded by NIEHS Worker Training Program help ensure rural and tribal railroad workers protect their own health and safety.</p> (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

NIEHS and French health and safety agency formalize partnership
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2017/4/science-highlights/partnership/thumb813814.jpg?itok=mkmC524z" /><br /><p>NIEHS and ANSES formalized their cooperative relationship March 22 by signing a memorandum of understanding.</p> (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Safety training for community members involved in cleanup
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2016/9/community-impact/training/thumb798886.jpg?itok=jQdqcDXt" /><br /><p>Local residents received training to protect health and safety in new jobs cleaning up lead contamination near a battery recycling plant.</p> (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Without Evusheld, Immunocompromised People Are on Their Own Against COVID-19
When it comes to avoiding COVID-19 in the U.S., it’s increasingly everyone for themselves. The Biden Administration announced it will end pandemic emergency declarations in May 2023, which will affect the availability of free tests, treatments, and vaccines. But even now, nobody has fewer tools to protect themselves than immunocompromised people. On Jan. 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked emergency-use authorization for Evusheld, a therapy first authorized in December 2021. Evusheld was meant to be used preventatively as an alternative to COVID-19 vaccines for people have a medical reason not to ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Blog: Why we must defend the right of working people to strike
Thousands of UK workers are being forced to take industrial action to protect their pay, standard of living and the services they provide. But rather than helping workers live decent lives and improving the services that millions of people rely on every day, the Westminster government is turning its back on working people. Strikes are always a symptom of a problem. But the government’s answer is to fast-track new legislation that will add further restrictions on the right to strike in the health, education, transport, and fire and rescue services, as well as border security and parts of the nuclear, radioactive waste and...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - January 24, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: General secretary's blog News anti-strike bill Christina McAnea Source Type: news

Reactive postural responses predict risk for acute musculoskeletal injury in collegiate athletes - Morris A, Fino NF, Pelo R, Cushman DM, Monson NE, Jameson T, Dibble LE, Fino PC.
Identifying risk factors for musculoskeletal injury is critical to maintain the health and safety of athletes. While current tests consider isolated assessments of function or subjective ratings, objective tests of reactive postural responses, especially w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Children in relation to agricultural health and safety in Sweden: a perspective - Lundqvist P.
Rights of children have been an important issue in Sweden for many years. The Ombudsman for Children is a government agency tasked with promoting and advancing rights and interests of children in Sweden on the basis of the UN Convention on the Rights of th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news