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Risk Assessment in the Workplace
What is risk assessment? A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of your workplace, to identify what could cause harm to people, so that you can decide as to whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more … Continue reading
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OSHA’s Ergonomics Litigation Record: Three Strikes and It’s Out, Cato Policy Analysis No. 370
In November 1999 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed an ambitious “ergonomics” rule that would regulate the pace of work in American businesses, the level of staffing, rest periods, the length of shifts, and the design of equipment and … Continue reading
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Managing Ergonomic Risk Factors in Nursing Homes
The nursing home industry is one of America’s fastest growing industries. In 2000, approximately 1.9 million direct care workers provided care to 15 million Americans in approximately 21,000 long-term care settings. Long-term care workers face strenuous physical demands and one … Continue reading
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Repetitive Strain Injury Causes and Definitions
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) (also known as repetitive stress injury, repetitive motion injuries, repetitive motion disorder (RMD), cumulative trauma disorder (CT), occupational overuse syndrome, overuse syndrome, regional musculoskeletal disorder) is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may … Continue reading
Occupational and Workplace Hazards Definitions and Related Terms
Hazards have existed from which accidents have come about from the earliest of times: falls from elevated places, cuts from sharp objects, impacts from falling trees and rocks, fires, drowning, and similar primordial events. Since the initiation, growth and benefits … Continue reading
Obesity In the Workplace
Obesity is the major health issue of our time. The expanding waistline of the average Briton places a variety of new challenges for the office. Both in making it accessible for a newer, larger generation and also making the space … Continue reading
Occupational Injuries & Illnesses versus Fatalities
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s Final Report compared an unsound statistical indicator (Fatality Rates) to a sound one (Injury and Illness Rates), and inevitably reached an incorrect conclusion about the safety of … Continue reading
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Tagged API, Fatality Rates, Occupational Injuries Illnesses, United States
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Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice
Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health PracticeBernard J. Healey and Kenneth T. WalkerIntroduction to Occupational Health in Public Health PracticeIntroduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice uses concepts of prevention, epidemiology, toxicology, disparities, preparedness, disease management, and health … Continue reading
