An evaluation of EU legislation concerning risk assessment and preventive measures in occupational safety and health

Niskanen, Toivo; Naumanen, Paula; Hirvonen, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2011.12.003

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“…The analytical tools developed by the Demetra project for small and micro farms demonstrated that it is possible, with the correct analysis of accident risk levels, to ensure safety in agricultural contexts and confirmed that safety targets should be regarded not only as a cost but also as an investment which improves productivity, through the reduction/elimination of work-related injuries or deaths [2,6,9,10,12]. The project succeeded in raising the awareness and increasing the understanding of the farmers involved in this experiment, especially in cases of family-run farms whose owners decided to raise safety levels above the minimum required by Italian law.…”

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Definition of a Methodology for Gradual and Sustainable Safety Improvements on Farms and Its Preliminary Applications

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Abstract:In many productive sectors, ensuring a safe working environment is still an underestimated problem, and especially so in farming. A lack of attention to safety and poor risk awareness by operators represents a crucial problem, which results in numerous serious injuries and fatal accidents. The Demetra project, involving the collaboration of the Regional Directorate of INAIL (National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work), aims to devise operational solutions to evaluate the risk of accidents in agricultural work and analyze the dynamics of occupational accidents by using an observational method to help farmers ensure optimal safety levels. The challenge of the project is to support farmers with tools designed to encourage good safety management in the agricultural workplaces.

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“…It is important to remember that sectors such as farming are difficult to standardize and hence various risk types are often underestimated [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

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“…The findings are similar with those from a study conducted by [7] on the Namibian construction industry, where by the majority of participants indicated that they were not given formal induction but were instructed to learn from the older workers tasked with showing them the industry's ropes. Contrary to this, however, is the study by [22] which, in its evaluation of the European Union (EU) legislation on risk assessment and OHS preventive measures, found out that the 89%of the participants confirmed that they had been trained and oriented on safety at work. Lastly, the current study findings revealed that the significant majority of study sites did not have policies seeking to promote the psychosocial wellbeing of workers.…”

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“…This concurs with the findings from a study by [21] conducted in Ghana where they identified that there was a challenge regarding the adoption of an OHS national policy. However, study by [22] on European Union OHS legislations show that 95% of participants indicated that they had access to OHS Act. The findings also surprisingly showed that all study sites had no medical surveillance reports.…”

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Investigation of the Availability of Occupational Health and Safety Related Documents on the Construction Sites in Windhoek, Namibia

Nghitanwa¹

2018

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Background: Construction industry is regarded as dangerous industry with more occupational injuries and accidents. Documents related to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) should be utilised and kept in the construction sites to show that the construction sites are applying to national and international OHS legislation requirements. Objective: To review the documents to determine the presence of OHS related documents utilized on the construction sites in OHS provision. Methods: A quantitative, descriptive study was conducted among ten construction sites in Windhoek, Namibia to investigate the availability of OHS related documents in the study sites. Data were collected with the document review checklist. Data were analysed using SPSS software program. Results: The study found that many construction sites did not have OHS related documents which show poor compliance towards OHS national and international legislation requirement in OHS provision. Conclusion: The study concluded that absence of OHS related documents on the construction sites is negatively affecting the implementation of OHS on the construction sites It was recommended that employers should ensure that OHS program is developed at workplaces and OHS related documents should be available for utilization in all workplaces according to the legislative requirements.

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“…Email: strielkowski@fsv.cuni.cz When it comes to job satisfaction and occupational safety, studies such as [20] and [21] show positive impacts of exploiting of risk assessments in planning and management and on the exploiting of risk assessment in cooperation and technology in the workplace. In [22] the authors established the importance of gender and age in work time control and mental health of workers working long hours, while [23] found the relationship between perceived work ability and productivity loss.…”

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Factors influencing job satisfaction in post-transition economies: the case of the Czech Republic

Čábelková

Abrhám

Strielkowski

2015

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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This paper presents an analysis of factors influencing job satisfaction in post-transition economies on the example of the Czech Republic. Our research shows that women reported higher levels of job satisfaction compared to men. Education proved to be statistically significant in one of three indicators of job satisfaction. Personal income and workplace relationships proved to be positively and significantly related to all the three indicators of job satisfaction. Most of the occupational dummies were significantly related to two out of three indicators of job satisfaction. In addition, we found that Czech entrepreneurs enjoy and value their job, which indicates strong self-selection for doing business in post-transition economies. However, human capital expressed by the level of education was significant factor for job satisfaction, meaning that well-educated people might not be satisfied with their jobs or feel that their education and experience are wasted in the market economy.

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An evaluation of EU legislation concerning risk assessment and preventive measures in occupational safety and health

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Definition of a Methodology for Gradual and Sustainable Safety Improvements on Farms and Its Preliminary Applications

Definition of a Methodology for Gradual and Sustainable Safety Improvements on Farms and Its Preliminary Applications

Investigation of the Availability of Occupational Health and Safety Related Documents on the Construction Sites in Windhoek, Namibia

Factors influencing job satisfaction in post-transition economies: the case of the Czech Republic

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