Ergonomics and occupational safety and health: An ILO perspective

Niu, Shengli

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2010.03.004

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“…4 Higher prevalence of injuries and death were ABSTRACT Background: Street sweepers play important roles for keeping the cities clean. Their works entail removing of debris from streets, collecting solid waste, disposing and recycling waste material.…”

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Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Kabir

Farhana

Akter

et al. 2015

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONWork related safety and health hazards are a major public health concern worldwide and are under-researched especially in low and middle income countries. 1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 58 percent of the global population spends one-third of their time at work during adulthood.2 Therefore, the issue of work related safety has gathered increasing attention in the public health domain. The prevalence and incidence of injuries and deaths have gradually risen over the years -approximately 0.9-2.3 million work related deaths were estimated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) worldwide in 2003.3 Furthermore, the ILO reported in the same year that there were an estimated 358,000 fatal occupational accidents, 337 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases worldwide. 4 Higher prevalence of injuries and death were ABSTRACT Background: Street sweepers play important roles for keeping the cities clean. Their works entail removing of debris from streets, collecting solid waste, disposing and recycling waste material. Consequently, they have higher chances to be exposed to numerous risk factors; therefore, their occupational safety and health hazard became crucial. There is little evidence about the sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge on their occupational safety and health hazards. The objective of the study is to explore current sweeping practices, perceived risk and the level of knowledge of a group of street sweepers of Dhaka city. Methods: An explorative qualitative research design was used. We conducted 15 IDIs, 8 KIIs and 5 FGDs with Telegu street sweepers, community and religious leaders and NGO workers in two different sweeper colonies in Dhaka City. Results: Due to the manual handling process, the street sweepers are often exposed to a variety of risks factorsexhaust fumes, extreme noise, toxic substances and dust particles. Frequent infections and injuries were reported commonly as they lack basic safety equipment's during works. Low perceived health hazards were prevalent. Strong faith-based explanations were found to rationalize possible health hazards. Conclusions: A number of socio-economic factors influence the level of knowledge and risk perception. Interventions on awareness building program coupled with behaviour change counselling (BCC) activities would be appropriate to address the lack of knowledge on health hazards and low risks perception.

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Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Kabir

Farhana

Akter

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…However, risk management in clinical nursing practice should not be limited to preventing accidents of medical personnel. Instead, a culture of cooperation should be promoted at all levels [42].…”

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Development of PAOT Tool Kit for Work Improvements in Clinical Nursing

Jung

2014

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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“…However in addition to these psychosocial aspects, a comprehensive measure of job quality must also consider physical factors which can impact on health such as manual handling, exposure to hazardous substances, working hours, and environmental conditions. Ergonomics as a discipline is familiar with such a broad approach (Niu, 2010); and also with the importance of demonstrating that improved job quality can be a good business decision (Hendrick, 2008), so that its assessment is important for employers and governments as well as for employees.…”

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Measuring job quality: A study with bus drivers

Jones

Haslam

2014

Applied Ergonomics

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There is growing interest in the contribution which job design can make to worker health; also a desire to better understand the multidimensional notion of 'job quality' and to develop approaches to measuring this. This paper reviews concepts of 'job quality' and 'good jobs' and examines these issues in the work of bus drivers, an occupational group commonly reported as having poor health and poor working conditions. The DGB-Index, a tool used recently in Germany for measuring job quality, was translated and administered to a sample of UK bus drivers (n=381) and found that job quality was significantly lower than that for a group of non-drivers in the same organisation; and better than that for a sample of German bus drivers. We conclude that the DGB-Index is an effective tool for measuring job quality and providing feedback to employers, and could be used to compare job quality between organisations or internationally.

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Ergonomics and occupational safety and health: An ILO perspective

Cited by 172 publications

References 40 publications

Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Development of PAOT Tool Kit for Work Improvements in Clinical Nursing

Measuring job quality: A study with bus drivers

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