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Many organisations and companies take extensive proactive measures to identify, evaluate and reduce occupational risks. However, despite these efforts things still go wrong and unintended events occur. After a major…
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The models used in accident investigation can typically be grouped into three types: sequential, epidemiological, and systemic models. Although the sequential and epidemiological models have contributed to the…
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Workplace transport is important to most businesses, whether it be a retail outlet, a farm or a large manufacturing plant, they all rely on workplace transport to move products, materials or people from one place to…
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Preventing accidents and incidents is an important objective of occupational safety and health (OSH) management. However, the concept of an accident is defined differently depending on the context in which it is used.…
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Safe maintenance work requires proper planning, a safe working area, appropriate equipment, careful work execution and thorough final checks.Importance
A large number of all working persons are…
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The use of collaborative robots, (cobots), is steadily increasing across the manufacturing sector, enabling people and robots to work alongside each other. Cobots do not operate in isolation, but as part of a broader…
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Commuting refers to the trip from home to the workplace or from the workplace back home. Accidents that occur during these trips are called commuting accidents. In the first part of this article, the risk…
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For some workers, driving is part of the job, whether they drive a truck, a bus, a delivery van, a car, a motorcycle or a bike. Road accidents involving drivers at work are a serious problem and it is estimated that up…
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related health problem in Europe[1], affecting millions of workers. MSDs represent one of the most frequent causes of work-related incapacity to work in Europe…
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A great diversity of personal fall protection systems are used by workers who have to work at height to position the worker or to restrain his/her movements in order to prevent falls or to protect him/her in case of fall…
