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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Preventing infectious diseases in the workplace
Preventing infectious diseases in the workplace
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Preventing overwork related disorders ("Karoshi")
In 2014, the Japanese government established the Karoshi Prevention Measures Promotion Law to take preventive measures against the Karoshi problems. According to the law, Karoshi etc. is defined as:
- death due to cerebrovascular disease / heart…
- death due to cerebrovascular disease / heart…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Preventing Tuberculosis (TB) in health workers and silica-exposed occupations
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the importance of workplace exposures and transmission in the control of airborne infectious diseases. The importance of workplace transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) has been well documented for decades, yet…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Protecting the Unprotected e Occupational health and safety among informal workers in Southern Africa
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that approximately 2 billion people, about 61% of all globally employed people, are in the informal economy. This statistic is substantially higher for continental Africa (approximately 86%), and…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Quality assurance approach for basic occupational health services provided by Primary Care Units (PCUs) in Thailand, an example for others?
Introduction: Total of 9,815 PCUs in Thailand are as a key mechanism for providing health services for all because their locations are close to the community. Integration of basic occupational health services (BOHS) in this setting is very crucial…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
RCS exposure and control measures for artificial stone work
Introduction: Recent outbreaks of silicosis among artificial stone workers have drawn attention to potentially high exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) during machining of these materials. Wet methods, though strongly recommended, may be…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reaching industry milestones on noise induced hearing loss in the South African Mining Industry
Introduction: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be a significant occupational disease in South African mines, accounting for 23.7% and 29% of all diseases in 2008 and 2019 respectively. Interventions: Through the tripartite Mine Health…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Recent Approaches to Increase Access to BOHS for the Indonesian Worker Population by Government and Medical Schools
Introduction: Indonesia has a worker population of more than 138 million,with 60,47% among themworkingin theinformal sector.With only less than 200 Occupational Medicine Specialists and about 600 doctors with a master’s degree in Occupational…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reconciling epidemiological and toxicological data: Some general principles and the example of firefighters
The fundamental relationship between toxicology and epidemiology is that increasing exposure results in an increasing response varying with the degree of individual susceptibility that at some point becomes either detectable and counted as an outcome…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) e Collegium Ramazzini Statement
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations. The World Bank estimates that 100 million children, women and men work in ASM worldwide, mostly in remote rural areas of Low-income and Lower-middle-income…