Assessment of occupational health and safety hazard exposures among working college students

Balanay, Jo Anne G.; Adesina, Adepeju; Kearney, Gregory D.; Richards, Stephanie L.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22256

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“…In Europe, young workers' risk of accidents at work is 25–40% higher than those of other age groups [2] . These findings are supported by other studies examining occupational health and safety among youths [3–5] .…”

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confidence: 87%

Knowledge and Experiences of Risks among Pupils in Vocational Education

Andersson

Gunnarsson

Rosén

et al. 2014

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundYoung male and female workers are over-represented in statistics concerning negative outcomes of poor work environment and risky work. Young workers often have low awareness of risk, a lack of safety training, and inadequate introduction to the work. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge and experiences of pupils of vocational schools concerning potential work environment risks in their future work.MethodsThe study design was a dual one, and included a questionnaire and focus group interviews. The study group consisted of 239 pupils from 10 upper secondary schools, who were graduating pupils in four vocational programs: the Industrial Technology Programme, the Restaurant Management and Food Programme, the Transport Programme, and the Handicraft Programme (in which students specialize in wood products). The upper secondary schools were located in the central region of Sweden.ResultsThe pupils had limited knowledge that employers must, by law, conduct risk analyses and prevent risks. Many felt that they themselves are mainly responsible for performing their tasks safely. Pupils in all programs mentioned acute risk as the greatest risk at work. The theoretical education about safety at work was provided in the 1st year of the 3-year vocational programs.ConclusionA systematic approach to pupils' training in work environment, which is a basis for a safe and healthy workplace, is lacking. The study findings indicate that pupils are offered knowledge far from that intended by laws and by state-of-the-art occupational health risk research.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Knowledge and Experiences of Risks among Pupils in Vocational Education

Andersson

Gunnarsson

Rosén

et al. 2014

Safety and Health at Work

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“…As Schulte et al [3] noted, schools may be the only setting in which some employees receive adequate OSH information. In addition, as students may be working while studying, it is important to provide them with sufficient OSH knowledge at that time [6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Findings and views on occupational safety and health teaching at universities

Lindholm

Väyrynen

Reiman

2019

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BACKGROUND: Young employees have often poorer occupational safety and health (OSH) skills and knowledge than older employees. Efforts should be made at different educational levels to strengthen young employees' OSH skills and knowledge. OBJECTIVE: To analyze OSH perceptions and attitudes among university students and to examine OSH professionals' views on OSH teaching. METHODS: This explorative study employs an iterative multimethod approach, including a paired comparison questionnaire for university students (N = 104) and OSH professionals (N = 40), an OSH questionnaire for university students (N = 130) and a Delphi survey for OSH professionals (N = 26). 2 RESULTS: OSH perceptions and attitudes were found to vary widely among the students and some expressed somewhat stereotypical views about OSH. The results confirm the need to improve OSH education. To that end, the study reports concrete practical ideas from OSH professionals. CONCLUSIONS: The findings confirm the need to augment both the quality and quantity of OSH teaching at university level. Ideas are presented for future OSH teaching, along with recommendations for future studies.

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“…Restaurant workers are at risk for musculoskeletal problems as well as work accidents such as slips and falls in Canada (Stock et al, 2011;Cloutier et al, 2011a) and elsewhere (Sedler et al, 2015;Balanay et al, 2014). However, work activity of food servers has been little studied, in part because of difficulties reaching this employment sector (Compagnat, 1985) and in gaining access to restaurant work sites (Laperri ere, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Food service is a very common job of university students in the United States (Balanay et al, 2014) and Canada (Laberge et al, 2012), and young people in this sector have a high rate of workrelated health problems (Balanay et al, 2014;Laberge et al, 2012). In addition, in the United States, immigrants hold a high proportion of jobs in this sector, where job discrimination may lead to increased vulnerability (Kim et al, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%