Occupational health and safety management in the context of an ageing workforce

Mikellidou, Cleo Varianou; Boustras, Georgios; Dimopoulos, Christos; Wybo, Jean‐Luc; Guldenmund, Frank W.; Nicolaidou, Olga; Anyfantis, Ioannis

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.03.009

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“…There is a remarkable gain of about 30 years in life expectancy especially in western Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan (Christensen et al, 2009). Since people are to work for a longer period of time, they will need to be in good physical and mental health, with access to more flexible working arrangements, healthy workplaces, lifelong learning and retirement schemes (Christensen et al, 2009;Taylor & Walker, 1994;Varianou-Mikellidou et al, 2019). These issues should also be included in the risk assessment in order to perform the appropriate interventions.…”

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“…For example, in the U.S., the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was established back at 1967, that prohibits age-based discrimination against older workers through hiring, firing, layoffs, compensation and other conditions of employment (Lahey, 2010). Recent studies have brought in the foreground the topic of the aged working force, A holistic approach on workplace risk assessment through methodological consideration of human characteristics Anyfantis challenges and ways to exploit new opportunities (Falk, 2014;Varianou-Mikellidou et al, 2019). The issue was also of particular interest to the EU, since this was the topic of a recent EU-OSHA campaign (EU-OSHA, 2017).…”

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A holistic approach on workplace risk assessment through methodological consideration of human characteristics

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Workplace risk assessment is a valuable tool to identify hazards, reduce risk and improve working conditions. During the last few years, scientific research has identified the so-called emerging risks that include issues like psychosocial risks, gender, ageing etc. However, previous studies have identified that risk assessment, when conducted, rarely takes into consideration those emerging risks, even though they can significantly affect occupational safety and health. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of including all those factors in the actual workplace risk assessment that is conducted and reviewed by enterprises of any size. The need of including “human characteristics” when conducting a risk assessment is highlighted. Workers’ participation and job crafting could adjust physical, psychological and cognitive requirements to perform the job duties, as well as boundaries. Physical differences (as body build, gender, health, capability) as well as mental differences (attitude, motivation, perception) will need to be consider carefully when establish controls for work activities. Moreover age, organizational factors and culture can strongly influence human behavior. The need for a dynamic risk assessment, continually improved while considering human characteristics is highlighted. Finally, a framework for conducting a holistic Risk Assessment is proposed identifying key issues that should be considered.

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A holistic approach on workplace risk assessment through methodological consideration of human characteristics

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“…Specifically, all safety and health measures must be based on human involvement [ 20 ]; thus, workers’ perceptions and behaviors of occupational health risks are crucial factors to ensure the formulation, adoption, and maintenance of strategies. Moreover, the behavior taken by individuals largely depends on individual’s cognition and judgment of the event itself [ 21 ]. Occupational health risk perception is a long-term process for workers to recognize and understand occupational health risks and use relevant knowledge and experience to deal with these risks.…”

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Risk Perception and Coping Behavior of Construction Workers on Occupational Health Risks—A Case Study of Nanjing, China

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To reduce harm caused by occupational health risks of construction workers exposed to working environments, especially those for interior decoration, it is crucial for them to actively recognize and prevent these risks. Therefore, how to improve their occupational health risks perception and regulate their coping behaviors should be of great concern. However, most prior studies target construction worker safety, and little research focuses on risk analysis from the psychological level of workers. Hence, construction workers’ occupational health risk perception level and coping behavior level in Nanjing and the influencing factors were analyzed through statistical analysis with 341 valid questionnaires. Bootstrapping was applied to test the mediating effects of risk perception on the proposed factors and coping behaviors. This study revealed that construction workers have a high-level of occupational health risk perception, yet low-level coping behavior. Gender, age, education level, and unit qualification cause differences in individual risk perception level. Personal knowledge and group effects significantly affect the level of risk perception, which subsequently affect coping behavior. Education level, monthly income, and personal knowledge influence the coping behavior through risk perception. Recommendations were put forward for risk perception and coping behavior improvement from the perspectives of construction workers themselves, enterprises, and governments. This study sheds new light for research areas of occupational health and risk management and provides beneficial practice for improving construction workers’ responses to occupational health risks.

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“…For instance, the total percentage of contribution varies sector-wise, such as 80% to employment, 30% the country's export, and 40% from consumption on the gross domestic product (Santos et al, 2013). These percentages demonstrated that SMEs play a significant role in improving the economy, prosperity, and relational and human capital, helping in declining the country's unemployment rate (Varianou-Mikellidou et al, 2019). Unfortunately, due to various social factors and poor policy implementation, we observed 90 to 95% failure rate in Pakistani SMEs (Kersten et al, 2017).…”

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Put Safety First: Exploring the Role of Health and Safety Practices in Improving the Performance of SMEs

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The study was conducted to ascertain the role of health and safety practices (HSPs) in improving the performance of the firm and safety performance. The study was conducted in Pakistan, a developing country from South Asia. This study collected data from various small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in Karachi and Sindh, Pakistan. Data were analyzed through statistical packages for scientific solutions. The feasibility of survey data was primarily tested with the help of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, .80, which shows the construct items to have interitem consistency. Subsequently, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistic techniques (Pearson correlation coefficient of significant [two-tailed] and simple regression) were used. The study findings reveal that HSPs have a significant effect on the performance of SMEs and safety performance. Firms in developing countries need to pay more attention to HSPs so that the positive benefits of increased SME performance and safety performance can be attained. The implications are discussed in detail.

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Occupational health and safety management in the context of an ageing workforce

Cited by 60 publications

References 108 publications

A holistic approach on workplace risk assessment through methodological consideration of human characteristics

A holistic approach on workplace risk assessment through methodological consideration of human characteristics

Risk Perception and Coping Behavior of Construction Workers on Occupational Health Risks—A Case Study of Nanjing, China

Put Safety First: Exploring the Role of Health and Safety Practices in Improving the Performance of SMEs

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