Emerging Issues in Occupational Safety and Health

Wong, Kapo; Chan, Alan H. S.

doi:10.3390/ijerph15122897

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“…Mental health problems are emerging occupational safety and health issues worldwide including in South Korea. 1 2 Mental and substance use disorders cause significant disease burden and their estimated prevalence is greater than one billion. 3 One hundred-sixty-two-point-five million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were lost due to mental health conditions in 2016 which corresponds to 6.8% of all DALYs lost.…”

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Association between physical hazardous agent exposure and mental health in the Korean working population: the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Kwon

Kwak

Baek

et al. 2021

Ann Occup Environ Med

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Background Mental health problems are emerging issues in occupational safety and health, whereas the findings on the relationship between physical hazards and mental health are not consistent. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between physical hazard exposure and mental health outcomes including depression and anxiety. Methods We included 48,476 participants from the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) in this study. The χ 2 test and logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between physical hazard exposures and mental health. All statistical analyses were performed sex-specifically. Results In logistic regression analysis, the odds ratios (ORs) of depression were significantly increased in male workers who were exposed to vibration (severe OR: 1.54, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21–1.95) and noise (severe OR: 1.93, 95% CI: 1.49–2.48) whereas the ORs of depression were not significant in female workers from vibration (severe OR: 0.86, 95% CI: 0.50–1.38) or noise exposure (severe OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 0.84–2.17). The ORs of anxiety were significantly increased in male workers with vibration (severe OR: 1.76, 95% CI: 1.43–2.15) and noise exposure (severe OR: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.69–2.63) whereas the OR between vibration and anxiety (severe OR: 1.45, 95% CI: 0.91–2.21) was not significant in female workers. High or low temperature exposure had significant associations with depression and anxiety in both male and female subjects. Conclusions Results of our study suggest that physical hazard exposures may be associated with increased risk of mental health problems including depression and anxiety. These associations are more prominent in male workers in comparison with female workers.

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Association between physical hazardous agent exposure and mental health in the Korean working population: the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Kwon

Kwak

Baek

et al. 2021

Ann Occup Environ Med

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“…The creation of safe and healthy working conditions at production site continues to remain a very pressing issue. The principle of labour protection consists in ensuring safe working conditions for a worker at production site, an enterprise through compliance with hygienic norms and rules, state standards, federal laws [1,2]. The life and health of the worker and, consequently, his ability to work depends on the level of safety at work.…”

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Complex of measures to reduce noise on the environment and power plant personnel

Евдокимова

Rumyantseva

2020

E3S Web Conf.

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The article considers the sources of noise that have a negative effect on the electrician of the power plant, as well as on the environment. The analysis showed that noise is the main harmful production factor that adversely affects the working conditions of an electrician. In the course of the study, a set of measures to reduce the impact of industrial noise on the worker and the environment, including the installation of silencers, was proposed. The material used for the manufacture of the silencer, which can significantly reduce the level of industrial noise, was proposed. Recommendations for adjusting the work and rest regime were developed, and more effective personal protective equipment for an electrician was selected..

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Occupational Risks in the Extraction and Processing of Mineral Raw Materials

Gorlenko

Leonova

Murzin

2020

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The aim of this paper was to assess the man-made risks arising in the process chain from the extraction of primary raw materials in the form of quartzite and its further processing into the final product in the form of silicon. As the objects of research, we chose quartzite extracting enterprises, Cheremshansk Quartzite Mine and Kremny JSC which processes quartzite into silicon. To assess the occupational risk, we applied the method of assessing the individual occupational risk (IOR) level developed by the Klin Institute of Occupational Safety and Working Conditions. As a result, it was established that, in general, the level of occupational risks in the extraction of quartzite corresponds to the “average” level of risk. The occupation of Screener was classified to have the highest level of IOR (0.2). For the most part, a significant contribution to the level of occupational risk for the considered occupations is made by the dust factor, as well as - for the occupations connected with the steering of large-sized machines - by general vibration. In the processing of quartzite, the IOR level corresponds to the “average” level of risk in most occupations. However, for some of the workers, the risk level is set to the “high” value. This is due to significant concentrations of dust in the air of the working area, as well as unfavorable microclimate parameters.

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Emerging Issues in Occupational Safety and Health

Abstract: Working environments have various risks, which result in accidents and casualties. [...]

Cited by 7 publications

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Association between physical hazardous agent exposure and mental health in the Korean working population: the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Association between physical hazardous agent exposure and mental health in the Korean working population: the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey

Complex of measures to reduce noise on the environment and power plant personnel

Occupational Risks in the Extraction and Processing of Mineral Raw Materials

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