Raising psychosocial risks in real-world work environments: a proposal for a detailed and quick questionnaire with direct application by workers - Bolis I, Sigahi TFAC, Morioka SN.
Companies are focusing their efforts on minimizing the presence of psychosocial risks, with benefits for workers and organizations. A critical phase is identifying these risks, which can be accomplished using existing tools (questionnaires or scales) const... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Deep learning for detection of proper utilization and adequacy of personal protective equipment in manufacturing teaching laboratories - Ludwika AS, Rifai AP.
Occupational sectors are perennially challenged by the potential for workplace accidents, particularly in roles involving tools and machinery. A notable cause of such accidents is the inadequate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), essential in prev... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
A tool for self-evaluation of a successful occupational health and safety risk assessment - Rantala M, Lindholm M, Kivist ö-Rahnasto J, Nenonen N, Tappura S.
Previous studies present that insufficient risk assessment skills or limitations of processes and tools may weaken risk identification and control. Therefore, workplaces need practical tools to systematically analyse and develop their occupational safety a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
NIH: Occupational radiation dose to RTs needs careful monitoring
fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures was 0.65 mSv, with higher doses associated with close proximity to patients (that is, less than three feet, for a median annual dose of 1.20 mSv) and performing more than 20 of the procedures per month (median 0.75 that "expanded use of interventional radiology in cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, and other specialties," the group explained. And although these procedures benefit patients by reducing recovery time compared with conventional surgery, they expose medical staff to significant radiation.Milder and colleagues assessed radiation dose to technologists assisting wi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Radiologic Technologist Interventional Radiology Source Type: news
Occupational accidents in Slovak military forests and estates: incidence, timing, and trends over 10 years - Allman M, Dudáková Z, Jankovský M.
INTRODUCTION: Forestry provides a wide range of employment opportunities worldwide and is seen as one of the high-risk industries in terms of occupational accidents. OBJECTIVES: The submitted study analyzed the injury rate in the Military Forests a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Tuned Wins Award for its STAR Program for OSHA-Compliant Hearing Conservation
The recognition from Occupational Health & Safety is the first award for STAR NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tuned, a digital hearing health company providing preventive and comprehensive hearing health for employers, was named a winner of the 2024 Industrial Hygiene... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD Source Type: news
A new deal for health staff
Tuesday afternoon at health conference saw a group of motions on professional and occupational issues.
Top on the agenda was a motion calling for ‘A new deal for healthcare assistants’. It called on the health SGE to continue to build on the work of the highly successful Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign.
The campaign focusses on winning significant sums of pack pay for members by fighting for rebanding for healthcare assistants (HCAs) at a local level.
The motion, moved by Annette Heslop, calls for continued campaigning for proper career progression opportunities, better recognition and lobbying for a strategy to pro...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference one team paramedics Source Type: news
Barriers for disabled staff in the health service need to be lowered
Annette Heslop (pictured above) for the nursing and midwifery occupational group moved a motion on ensuring reasonable adjustments for healthcare students on clinical placements.
Equality law gives disabled workers the right to reasonable adjustments where they experience substantial disadvantage. However, as students are not classed as employees, some struggle on clinical placements to access reasonable adjustments.
Ms Heslop said that, in such a situation, it was no surprise that students dropped out. “We must ensure that all students are supported on their placements,” she concluded.
In a related motion, the nationa...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article 2024 National Health Conference disabled members reasonable adjustments Source Type: news
UNISON health conference opens in Brighton
UNISON’s annual national health service group conference opened in Brighton this morning, with union president Libby Nolan (pictured above) saying that it had been a “really tough year for us…We say that every year, don’t we?”
Sending “solidarity” to ambulance workers, she noted that, as ambulances queue outside A&E departments, unable to hand over patients to hospitals because of waiting times, they are bearing the brunt of the crisis in the NHS.
Elsewhere, applauding a recent back-pay win, she told delegates that, while people join UNISON for different reasons, she had joined the union to increase her w...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - April 8, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference Dudley Libby Nolan Mitie one team for patient care Wilma Brown Source Type: news
Assessment of occupational musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among heavy vehicle drivers - Raza M, Bhushan RK, Khan AA.
BACKGROUND: Professional driving requires long hours of work, uncomfortable seats, negotiating rough terrain and highways, and possibly minor repairs and other auxiliary transportation duties. Heavy vehicle drivers driving vehicles such as trucks, bulldoze... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Analysis of occupational accidents for safety design - Vasconcelos BM, Santos CJO, Soeiro A, Barkok ébas Junior B.
BACKGROUND: Safety design covers proactive actions as it analyzes accident risks early in the enterprise life cycle, and considers the designer acting on accident prevention as a member of the construction team. OBJECTIVE: This paper proposes an ac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
How our longitudinal employment patterns might shape our health as we approach middle adulthood--US NLSY79 cohort - Han WJ.
Recent labor market transformations brought on by digital and technological advances, together with the rise of the service economy since the 1980s, have subjected more workers to precarious conditions, such as irregular work hours and low or unpredictable... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational health and safety reporting in the top 100 Australian companies: does organisational risk profile matter? - Oakman J, Young S, Weale VP, Pattinson A.
Increasingly, good quality and safe working conditions that promote employee health are expected by stakeholders. The aim of this study is to examine the extent and quality of occupational health and safety (OHS) reporting in the Top 100 companies listed o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Establishment-level safety analytics: a scoping review - Foreman AM, Friedel JE, Ezerins ME, Matthews R, Nicholson RE, Wellersdick L, Bergman S, A çıkgöz Y, Ludwig TD, Wirth O.
The use of data analytics has seen widespread application in fields such as medicine and supply chain management, but their application in occupational safety has only recently become more common. The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize studies... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Decaf coffee is not safe for human consumption, health advocacy group warns
Some health advocacy groups are arguing that decaffeinated coffee is not safe for human consumption. Those groups are petitioning the FDA to ban methylene chloride, a key chemical used to remove caffeine. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, that chemical is used for…#fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
