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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"ohs"”.
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Development of a Knowledge-Based Energy Damage for evaluating Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Risk
… of the occupational health and safety (OHS) risk presented by different construction approaches, namely IBS and traditional methods. The evaluation involved developing a model based on the concept of ‘argumentation theory’, which helps construction designers integrate the management of …
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Development of a Model for Determining Factors Affecting Safety Performance in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry Using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
… OLIP measure. The model's key variables were OHS Planning; OHS Policy; OHS Promotion; Communication & Awareness; OHS Training; Control, Monitoring, & Review; OHS Leadership; Safety Climate; Hazard Management; and Safety Performance. The survey data revealed a strong consensus expressing …
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Occupational health and safety of young, part-time workers in the United Kingdom and Canada
… attention is occupational health and safety (OHS). While several researchers suggest poorer OHS for young employees (Knight et al. 1995; Dunn et al. 1998; Hendricks & Layne 1999) and some types of precarious or temporary workers (Alsop et al. 2000; Quinlan et al. 2001; Benach et al. 2002), few …
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A critical analysis of the Angolan Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) law and the protection it offers to employees of the oil and gas industry
… of occupational health and safety (hereafter OHS) law in Angola and the protection it offers to employees in the oil and gas industry. The current Angolan OHS legislation continues to be characterised by the pre-independence legal system inherited from the colonial era, which creates a crisis …
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Assessment of the occupational health and safety programmes in the Health Institutions: The case of the University Teaching Hospital
… put in place an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programme for its employees and little has been done for clients. The study found that many measures have been put in place such as protective clothing, housekeeping, sinks for hand washing, and procedures for disposal of health care waste, …
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Assessment of the occupational health and safety programmes in the Health Institutions: The case of the University Teaching Hospital
… put in place an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Programme for its employees and little has been done for clients. The study found that many measures have been put in place such as protective clothing, housekeeping, sinks for hand washing, and procedures for disposal of health care waste, …
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Towards the formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining in South Africa
… the occupational health and safety (OHS) of these miners remain poorly regulated and often overlooked in existing labour and mining legislative frameworks. Current literature and legislation tend to address large-scale mining operations, leaving a gap in understanding how existing OHS …
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A Descriptive Study of Hospital-Based Occupational Health Services for Businesses
… hospital-based occupational health services (OHS) for businesses. The 226 hospitals that made up the population for the study had indicated on a 1984 American Hospital Association (AHA) survey that they offered an OHS to businesses. In November, 1985, a questionnaire was sent to these 226 …
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The calm after the storm : a qualitative case study on the role of resilience and post-disaster interventions in the recovery of Head Start programs.
… (ACF) provided the Office of Head Start (OHS) with emergency funding for Head Start grant recipients impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. This funding provided Head Start programs with numerous post-disaster interventions necessary to recover from, respond to, and prepare for …
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Health and safety in the construction industry - a review of procurement, monitoring, cost effectiveness and strategy
… how to improve organisational health and safety (OHS) through the monitoring of the process of procurement in construction projects. For instance, there is a strong belief in the construction industry that any organisational culture of any bidder chosen for a particular project will have an …
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The Mining and Resource Contractors Safety Training Association (MARCSTA) and the efficacy of a generic occupational health and safety induction system when used across an industry
… a generic occupational health and safety (OHS) induction program that was first used by the metalliferous mining industry in Western Australia (WA) in 1996. Subsequently the mining industry in Tasmania has adopted the course and it has been on offer in that state since 2000. More than 150 …
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AB INITIO and DFT computational study of Myristinin A and A structurally- related molecule
… isomers are here investigated individually. The OHs ortho to the acyl group can form an intramolecular hydrogen bond (referred to as the first IHB) with the sp2 O atom of the acyl group. The phenol OHs neighbouring the substituent ring system can form O–Hπ interaction with the aromatic rings …
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Auditing healthcare facilities against the National Core Standards for occupational health and safety and infection prevention and control: compliance, reliability and impact
… with the NCS for occupational health and safety (OHS) and infection prevention and control (IPC), (b) the impact of the audits three years after baseline audits, at follow up self-assessment audits and (c) the reliability of self-assessment audits when compared to external audit results. This …
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Addressing health inequalities in South Africa : policy insights and the role of improved efficiency
… and data from the October Household Survey (OHS) series (OHS 1995 and OHS 1998) that are conducted annually by Statistics South Africa. For the analysis of hospital efficiency, data are obtained from annual statistical publications of provincial health departments. The equity analysis is done …
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Evaluation of suboptimal health status and prospective levels of oxidative stress biomarkers and angiogenic growth mediators with placental anatomy and pathology in normotensive and preeclamptic births
… health status (SHS) and optimal health status (OHS). Baseline participants were followed at 21-31 weeks, 32-42 weeks of pregnancy and 48 hours-2 weeks postpartum. Of the 593, 488 pregnant mothers aged 18-45 years completed the study and 105 were lost to follow-up. Data on sociodemographic, …
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Development of a multifaceted ergonomic educational program to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in intermediate public hospitals in Namibia
… by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) to develop an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policy aimed at preventing WRMSDs in health care workers. The individual OHS policies or single ergonomic interventions have failed to reduce WRMSDs because these disorders are multifactorial …
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An evaluation of the level of awareness about occupational health and safety practices among workers at University of Venda
… Safety Act before, while 37 (30.3%) heard about OHS Act from their previous jobs. Forty nine percent revealed that there is no OHS in the premises, while 65 (53.3%) revealed that there have no representatives in the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Furthermore, 57 (46.72%) knew nothing …
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An evaluation of the level of awareness about occupational health and safety practices among workers at University of Venda
… Safety Act before, while 37 (30.3%) heard about OHS Act from their previous jobs. Forty nine percent revealed that there is no OHS in the premises, while 65 (53.3%) revealed that there have no representatives in the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Furthermore, 57 (46.72%) knew nothing …
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In pursuit of best practice : Benchmarking tools and processes for the management of hazardous substances in the workplace
… and the Site Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Professional, direct observation and review of written documents. Also tested was the assumption that if the materials developed during the study can be applied successfully in the area of hazardous materials, then other less complex areas …
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Examining the State of South African labour market using three under-utilised surveys
… that analysed the October Household Survey (OHS), Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data to examine the state of the country’s labour market. As expected, these labour surveys have been used a lot as they asked comprehensive questions on the labour market …
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