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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"work-related injuries"”.
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Self-Efficacy and Expectancy Manipulation By Telephone For Outpatients With Work Related Injuries
… via a brief telephone contact to injured workers during outpatient rehabilitation. Thirty-five individuals were randomly assigned to one of three groups: positive expectancy, neutral expectancy, and control. Measure of self-efficacy, social support, mood and pain were obtained before and …
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Safe Patient Handling & No Lift Policy: Reducing The Incidence Of Work-Related Injuries Among Nursing Staff
… Patient handling is a major risk factor for work-related injuries among nurses. Inadequate and inappropriate safe patient handling practices contribute to increased work-related injuries, lost/restricted work days, and hospital costs.</p> <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The focus of this study …
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The psychological effects of work-related hand injuries
… the psychological symptoms associated with work related injuries and evaluate the relationship between the symptoms and the time returning to work. Method. Participants were sixteen patients receiving hand therapy for work-related hand injuries. An Injured Worker Survey was given prior to …
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Improving workplace productivity and corporate culture : perceptions and experiences of the effects of workplace massage
Australian workers’ compensation figures consistently reveal that physical and psychological injuries pose a costly burden to the Australian economy. Since the 1980s, many employers have increasingly been providing workplace massage programs to their staff as one initiative to redress this trend. …
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Investigation and Improvement of the Conveyor System at a Bottle Packaging Operation.
… increase productivity, decrease the risk of work related injuries, and improve line reliability along with employee moral with the conveying system alone.</p><p>Data was gathered for this study in three ways: One, bottle packaging line lead operators were required to document the start and …
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Investigating the Impact of Specific, Global, and Social Comparison Feedback on Safety Behaviors
… to reduce the frequency and severity of work-related injuries. Improvements in safety performance have been demonstrated in numerous settings following behavior-based (BB) safety feedback. The relative impact of global, specific, and social comparison BB feedback on safety behaviors was …
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Infortuni e malattie nel sottosuolo: prevenzione e assistenza sanitaria nella miniera di Montevecchio (1863 – 1996)
… according into two main strands: documents on work-related injuries and documents on industrial disease (“scadenziari” of injuries, court records, patients’ lists, etc.) For each document another data sheet has been produce in order to describe any data useful for the research. The results have …
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Automated Guided Vehicles for Material Flow in Fulfillment Centers
… opportunities for further integration. This work proposes the integration of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in Amazon's fulfillment centers (FCs) to improve process efficiency, labor utilization, and improve employee safety. Through utilizing the Six-Sigma DMAIC method, the process path of …
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A framework for the assessment of nursing taks and environmental demands
… that ward nurses are at risk of sustaining work-‐related injuries due to the demands of their job. Responding to these challenges, the aim of this PhD research project was to develop a framework to support NHS ward nurses in the ward environment, by exploring how the architectural design …
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The relationship between age, gender, physical work capacity profile and a worksite wellness program for workers in an electricity supply company
1. The problem and objective of study Workers in physically demanding jobs have, over the last decade, shown a high incidence of work-related injuries as well as other related physical disorders (Dempsey & Hashemi, 1999:183; Mital & Ramakrishnan, 1999:74; WHO, 1999:1; Weir & Nielson, 2001:128; Cox …
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Predicting and Preventing Unsafe Events at an Enterprise
… operations, has undesirable incidents. Corporate workers trip and fall. Contractors get cuts that require first aid. Shop floor operators can be injured by automated equipment, and so on. Seeking to become a leader in environmental health and safety, more so than avoiding painful costs related to …
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An evaluation of the level of awareness about occupational health and safety practices among workers at University of Venda
… obstructive lungs disease, 11% of asthma, 10% of injuries and 9% of lung cancer. According to the report, mortality is also due to work related injuries causing nearly 310,000 deaths each year and nearly 146,000 deaths are attributable to work related carcinogens (WHO, 2005). The purpose of this …
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An evaluation of the level of awareness about occupational health and safety practices among workers at University of Venda
… obstructive lungs disease, 11% of asthma, 10% of injuries and 9% of lung cancer. According to the report, mortality is also due to work related injuries causing nearly 310,000 deaths each year and nearly 146,000 deaths are attributable to work related carcinogens (WHO, 2005). The purpose of this …
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Defining farm-safety research priorities and adjusting farm insurance premiums by a risk analysis approach
A risk analysis approach for farm work-related injuries was proposed. For this study, risk is defined as the Expected Injury Cost (EIC) index per farm worker per year. Four steps are involved in the risk assessment analysis of farm injuries: (1) determination of risk factors, (2) injury severity …
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An investigation of the physical parameters of PTO entanglements
… are a commonly recognized hazard of agricultural work environments. Manufacturers commonly shield PTOs to try to prevent operators from coming in contact with rotating PTO shafts. Despite the efforts of manufacturers and educators, PTO entanglements are still a common cause of agricultural …
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An Approach to Identify Effective Learning Outcomes for a Training Program
… (LBDs) are one of the most commonly occurring injuries in industry. To attempt to reduce these work-related injuries, billions of dollars are being budgeted for formal training in the U.S. However, the outcomes of this training are below a satisfactory level. The majority of organizations …
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Time-dependent assessment of the human lumbar spine in response to flexion exposures: in vivo measurement and modeling
Among several work-related injuries, low back disorders (LBDs) are the leading cause of lost workdays, and with annual treatment costs in excess of $10 billion in the US. Epidemiological evidence has indicated that prolonged and/or repetitive non-neutral postures, such as trunk flexion, are …
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The effect of work related mechanical stress on the peripheral temperature of the hand
… activities, some of which can lead to industrial injuries. Due to the activities of occupational medicine, much progress has been made in transforming the way that operatives perform their tasks. However there are still many occupations where manual tasks have become more repetitive, contributing …
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Loading and recovery behavior of the human lumbar spine under static flexion
… disorders account for 32 percent of work related injuries and illnesses. Extensive studies have been conducted to understand and explore the factors that affect the development of musculoskeletal disorders to provide effective control strategies. One of the most important factors that …
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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF AGE AND SEX ON UPPER LIMB KINEMATICS AMONG SASKATCHEWAN FARMERS DURING FARM TASKS.
… concern for farmers, leading to disabilities and work-related injuries. Upper limb movements are related to injuries due to the nature of the farming activities. These disorders are associated with various risk factors associated with farming tasks. The upper extremities are particularly affected, …
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