background: solid waste management has emerged as an important human and environmental health issue. municipal solid waste workers (mswws) are potentially exposed to a variety of occupational biohazards and safety risks. the aim of this study was to describe health practices and safety measures adopted by workers in the main municipal company in alexandria (egypt) as well as the pattern of the ...

Background: Safety culture and attitude form an integral part of organizations' cultures and their improved levels are influential in the prevention of occupational accidents and injuries. The present study was conducted to assess the safety culture and attitude of workers in the mining industry in Iran. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 workers em...

Obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS) are the main safeguard against objects that can pose a hazard to aircraft operations at and around airports. The standard dimensions of the most of those surfaces were estimated using the pilot’s experience at the time when they were included in the standard documents. As a result, some of these standards may have been overestimated, while others may not provi...

We link the Risk Management Program (RMP) database of accident histories collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the period 1996-2000 under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments and OSHA reported Occupational Illnesses and Injuries (OII) for the same period. We explore various statistical associations between OIIs and RMP-reported accidents. If we think of OIIs as ref...

This paper theoretically and empirically examines the conventional wisdom in procurement management that often portrays supply inspections and supplier plant inspections as substitutes. We develop a theoretical model that focuses on potential internal spillover costs of the buyer receiving low-quality inputs and external spillover costs should low-quality inputs go undetected. Key to our analys...

This paper outlines the adaptation of communication theory and the development of safety communications management in construction contracting. Effective and efficient safety communication is essential in raising safety awareness and reducing incident frequency in the construction industry, and has the resultant effect of decreasing costs and increasing contractor profitability. Management shou...

This article aims to measure the application of occupational safety and health using Cooper's Reciprocal Safety Culture Model Confirmatory Factor Analysis method. The objective function this is find out aspects culture that have been implemented by companies. A questionnaire was circulated staff on company's production floor as part study. results recapitulation were then analyzed confirmatory ...