Worker productivity, and occupational health and safety issues in selected industries

Shikdar, Ashraf A.; Sawaqed, Naseem M.

doi:10.1016/s0360-8352(03)00074-3

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“…The result supports previous literature which pointed out that lack of ergonomics would decrease worker productivity consequently, safer and healthier workplace environment help firms achieve higher level of quality and productivity, and workplace environment increase firm performance, such as an increase in productivity and work quality, while a decrease in lost time at work [59][60][61]. Innovation for safety of workers and/or workplace environment increases innovation performance highly, as in previous studies, which leads to higher innovation efficiency.…”

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confidence: 90%

The Effect of Sustainability as Innovation Objectives on Innovation Efficiency

2018

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Though sustainability exists as major objective of pursuing innovation, the effect of it on innovation performance is still unanswered. While the outcome of innovation should consider both input and output, moreover, studies on sustainable innovation are yet to consider the overall efficiency, but rather the performance itself. To fill the gap between the effect of sustainability as the objective of innovation and its innovation performance, and to bridge the hole between the outcome of sustainable innovation and its efficiency, we analyze the relationship between sustainability as innovation objective and innovation efficiency. We use 441 manufacturing companies in Korea from 2016 KIS data, and perform the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to calculate efficiency score of each firm and tobit regression analysis to investigate the effect of sustainability as an objective of innovation on innovation efficiency. The results show that the objective of 'environmental improvement' negatively affects innovation efficiency, while 'safety improvement' positively affects the efficiency. On the contrary, the effect of 'material and energy reduction' as an objective of innovation on innovation efficiency is not verified. The implications, limitations, and guidelines for future research are presented.

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2018

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“…Some common characteristics of such industries include inappropriate workplace design, ill-structured jobs, mismatch between job demands and worker's abilities, adverse environments, poor human-machine system design, and inappropriate management programs. These factors lead to workplace hazards, poor employee health, mechanical hardware injuries, and disabilities, which reduce the worker productivity and work/product quality and increase the cost (Shikdar & Sawaqed, 2003). Identifying the reasons of the high rate of accidents and poor industrial safety track records is crucial in developing countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

Kaynak¹,

Toklu²,

Elçi³

et al. 2016

IJBM

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Recent occupational accidents urged enterprises to put more importance on occupational health and safety practices. The pressure by both the public authority and the business and social milieu has played an important role in it. The present study investigated occupational health and safety (OHS) practices in five dimensions, i.e. safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, first aid support and training, occupational accident prevention, and organizational safety support. A survey form was developed in order to investigate the effect of OHS practices on work alienation, organizational commitment, and job performance as a throughput of such practices. The data set obtained from private sector enterprises was analyzed by structural equation modeling using least squares method. The findings of the analysis suggested that such OHS practices as safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, first aid support and training, and organizational safety support had a positive effect on organizational commitment. Moreover, it was seen that safety and health rules and organizational safety support decreased alienation, where first aid support and training played a role in increasing work alienation. Finally, safety procedures and risk management, safety and health rules, and organizational safety support had indirect effects on job performance of the employees.

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“…[1,2] Exposure to toxins, radiation, vibration, particulate substances and poor indoor air quality in some work environments have all been associated to many different morbid states. Conditions like asthma, silicosis, allergy, deafness, fatigue, lung disease, ocular injuries and certain infectious diseases have been suffered by workers who work in poor and dangerous working environment.…”

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Ocular conditions among singed–hide butchers at The Kumasi abattoir

Kumah

Bisiw

Abdul–Kabir

et al. 2015

JER

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This study attempted to determine the prevalent eye conditions among singed-hide butchers at the Kumasi abattoir (slaughterhouse) in Ghana. A cross-sectional study comprising 80 conveniently chosen singed-hide butchers at the abattoir was conducted. History taken from participants included participants' demographics and ocular and occupational history. Ocular examination included ophthalmoscopy and visual acuity. Diagnoses were made on the presence of a condition(s) in either or both eyes. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 was used to analyze data collected. Descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact test were employed.The overall prevalence of ocular morbidities was 63.8% among the respondents.Ocular itchiness (77.5%) was the most widely reported symptom followed by teary eyes (70.0%). All respondents suffered from one or more oculo-visual symptoms. The commonest ocular diseases were pinguecula (38.8%), followed by pterygium (20.0%), conjunctivitis (2.5%) and cataract (2.5%). It was observed that singed-hide butchers at the Kumasi abattoir were at high risk of developing eye diseases attributable to the working environment.

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Worker productivity, and occupational health and safety issues in selected industries

Cited by 135 publications

References 10 publications

The Effect of Sustainability as Innovation Objectives on Innovation Efficiency

The Effect of Sustainability as Innovation Objectives on Innovation Efficiency

Effects of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Organizational Commitment, Work Alienation, and Job Performance: Using the PLS-SEM Approach

Ocular conditions among singed–hide butchers at The Kumasi abattoir

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