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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene"”.
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Development of a Medium Scale Apparatus for Testing & Teaching Dispersed Dust Flame Effects
<p>Combustible dust explosions and flash fires are a leading cause of property damage, injuries, and death in industries around the world. An example of a disastrous dust explosion occurred at CTA Acoustics in Corbin, KY in 2003. This explosion cost the lives of seven workers and injured 37 more. A …
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An ergonomic job analysis of a work process within a glovebox
… used in various industries to protect the user and environment from hazardous materials and/or isolate the materials from environmental contamination. As the use of gloveboxes continues to grow in an effort to reduce contamination and the dependency of personal protective equipment as well as …
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Confined space fatalities
… bodily location, agency of occurrence and mechanism of injury. It is however extremely difficult to identify information pertaining to confined space fatalities such as contributory factors, mechanisms of injury and other data of an epidemiological nature.
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The effectiveness of back belts as a control measure for occupational low back pain in a retail hardware chain
… of this study was to examine the effect of the mandatory introduction of back belts on the incidence, days lost and cost of occupational low back injuries resulting from manual handling in 11 retail hardware chain. The study was of a non-experimental before-and-after design with all retail …
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An Examination of the Day of Week and Sampling on Injury Occurrence
… region of XYZ Distribution, could a small, random sample be pulled from the region, and proved to be statistically similar to the region as a whole, allowing it to be studied with accuracy; and two, was there a significant difference in the number of injuries when comparing days of the week …
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A Look at the Deaths of Career and Volunteer Firefighters in America: Who has the Higher Rate of Death?
… Also, it will look at the causes of death and determine the leading cause of death for both career and volunteer firefighters. This will be done through looking at the numbers of firefighter deaths reported and applying statistical analysis. Only municipal fire departments will be included …
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Long driving hours and health of truck drivers
In recent time, the health of truck drivers has become a concern for regulatory agencies and safety professionals all over the world. Fatal and non-fatal injury rates for truck drivers are among the highest of all occupations. Truck driving is an important and tedious job. Driving for long hours, …
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Effectiveness of safety training
… hypothesis is to determine whether multimodal and extended training improves the effectiveness of the learning aspects and safety consciousness among the trainees. The study conducted a literature survey on the factors that affects safety outcomes in construction industry, especially for the …
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Measuring Employee Engagement: Are Engaged Employees Less Likely to Sustain a Workplace Injury?
… employee engagement in a manufacturing facility and strives to determine whether less-engaged employees are more likely to sustain an injury while on the job. Specifically, this study analyzes employee engagement with other employees, employee engagement with management, employee engagement with …
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The State Of Health And Safety Program Management As It Pertains To OSHA In The Funeral Industry: A Formative Analysis
… This thesis will analyze the state of health and safety program management as it pertains to OSHA in the funeral industry. </p>
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Examining the value of fire prevention inspections in commercial occupancies
… inspections within the commercial occupancy and the associated reduction in the occurrence of fires. While the fire problem within the United States has experienced a decline in the number of fires and fire related injuries, the reality is that the nation continues to experience significant …
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Social impacts of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
… with climate change adversely affects workers’ health, safety, productivity, and psychosocial well-being in occupational settings. In the hot and tropical regions of developing countries, long hours of physically demanding work, coupled with inadequate adaptation policies to climate change, …
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Do industrial back support belts reduce stress in asymmetric lifting?
… static lift capacity, body discomfort rating and subjective rating concerning the effectiveness of a back support belt. The type of belt used in this study was of knit nylon and elastic construction designed for industrial use. Eight female participants lifted a crate from the table to knuckle …
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Effects of onsite stretching exercise on employee musculoskeletal discomfort and wellbeing
To fight high incidence of musculoskeletal pain and discomfort complaints among the maintenance workers in a large transportation company, this pilot intervention study of an on-site stretch and flex exercise program was implemented. The participants (n=62) were maintenance workers; whose age …
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Air Consumption and Air Management in the Fire Service
… various factors affecting air consumption rates and air management in the fire service. The purpose was to develop a better understanding of what had the most significant effect on air consumption rates in order to develop a point of focus so that fire departments could concentrate their efforts …
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A Comparative Study between Army Civilian Workforce and Private Industry Workforce Workers' Compensation Claims Management
… research is implemented throughout the study and will compare the cost of workers compensation (WC) claims between the Army and Private Industry. Ultimately, the study will analyze the following items; (a) the Army's current WC program and case management procedures, (b) the description of a …
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Management Commitment In Occupational Safety And Health As It Relates To Federal Agency Programs
… their OSH programs. Since the inception of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and their revelation that management commitment is critical to OSH program success, senior leadership has struggled exercising this concept. Many safety professionals, such as those cited in the …
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Ergonomic evaluation of shoulder muscle activation during light weight hand tool exertion task
… the effect of shoulder muscle activation during hand exertion tasks using a light weight hand tool by working individuals. Electromyography (EMG) of trapezius, supraspinatus, triceps, and pectoralis major was conducted for 45 , 0 and -45 arm angles, for three different reaches i.e. normal, maximum …
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