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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"occupational injuries and illnesses"”.
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Decentralized and Intelligent Systems to Enhance Workplace Safety
Occupational injuries and illnesses continue to affect workers worldwide, resulting in severe consequences for the affected individuals, companies, and society in general. Despite initiatives to improve workplace safety and legislative efforts, the number of accidents still remains very high, …
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Three Essays on Occupational Safety and Labor Market Outcomes
<p>This dissertation comprises of three papers on occupational safety and health. Occupational injuries and illnesses are prevalent and costly. To reduce workplace injuries and the associated costs, the government uses workplace inspections and the associated penalties as the primary enforcement …
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Biomechanical Assessment and Metabolic Evaluation of Passive Lift-Assistive Exoskeletons During Repetitive Lifting Tasks
… disorders (WMSDs) due to overexertion and consequently the low back pain (LBP) are one of the most prevalent sources of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in all over the world. In the past several years, the industrial exoskeletons especially the passive ones have been …
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Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
… condition-based, time-based, preventive and so on) or unplanned (run-to-failure). In any case, maintenance personnel (mechanical, electrical and instrument) must perform their duties to fix it. In the process of fixing the equipment several factors affect the effectiveness of the …
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Ergonomics Programs In Kentucky's Nursing Homes
… homes had implemented ergonomics programs, and how closely these programs followed the NIOSH/OSHA model. It also sought to investigate relationships that might exist between ergonomics programs and MSD rates occurring among direct care workers engaged in moving and physically assisting …