Work safety and health measures during pesticide application

Safety and Health at Work

Background: Young people are at an increased risk for illness in working life. The authorities stipulate certain goals for training in occupational health and safety (OHS) in vocational schools. A previous study concluded that pupils in vocational education had limited knowledge in the prevention of health risks at work. The aim of the current study, therefore, was to study how OHS training is ...

[Health and safety in the work place].

Starter activities • Ask the students what is meant by ‘health and safety in the workplace’. Ask them to give you some examples • Using the factsheet, describe to the students what a work environment used to be like. Ask for their ideas on how they would expect a workplace to differ today • Ask the students why health and safety in the workplace is important. Read out the case study to emphasis...

Redefining Workplace Safety and Health

Redefining Workplace Safety and Health

Eliciting Measures of Value for Health and Safety

Many transport policies and innovations are liable to have implications for human health and safety. How should such implications be weighed against the other costs and benefits? In particular, when policy makers are undertaking social cost-benefit analysis, what monetary value should be attached to any health or safety components? Standard welfare economics suggests that the answer should refl...