Objectives: Because of the high rates of accidents, the construction industry has become a hazardous industry in Iran and therefore paying more attention is required. This paper investigates safety management in construction companies for improving workers’ safety as one of the ergonomics aims. Methods: In order to survey the safety management in construction companies a questionnaire was pr...

The despicable attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have galvanized this nation into action against terrorism. We have begun unprecedented efforts to respond more effectively if we suffer other attacks, but we must do more to remember the workers in our planning. The Natural Resources Defense Council reported that ‘‘Environmental health protection forworkers atGroundZerowas given ...

INTRODUCTION Modern medicine employs a wide variety of instruments with different physiological effects and measurements. Periodic verifications are routinely used in legal metrology for industrial measuring instruments. The correct operation of electrosurgical generators is essential to ensure patient's safety and management of the risks associated with the use of high and low frequency electr...

Injuries resulting from medical device use errors far exceed injuries arising from device failures. Until recently, human factors issues have received relatively little attention in medicine. Although the situation is gradually changing, many devices that are currently on the market are suboptimal from the human factors perspective. This situation places significant responsibility for the devic...

The prevalence of noise, and its effects on the health and safety of miners has been extensively studied in the mining and related industries. Mechanical vibration has received far less attention. Recent events in South Africa, such as the de-politicization of the unions, an increased awareness of the role of health and safety in the workplace and new health and safety legislation warrant a fre...

The nuclear power plants risk reduction by application of the probabilistic safety assessment is one of the main focuses of the nuclear safety today. The goal is the reduction of the unavailability of the nuclear power plants safety systems. On the other hand, the world NPP fleet is ageing fast. Equipment ageing has gradually become a major concern in the nuclear industry since the number of sa...

BACKGROUND In 2000, reuse of disposable syringes and inadequately sterilized syringes resulted in 39% of all injections being unsafe, causing 22 million infections. We describe the contribution of measles supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) funding in replacing disposable and sterilizable syringes with auto-disable (AD) syringes t...

background: safety programs are a core part of safety management in workplaces that can reduce incidents and injuries. the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of safety training observation program (stop) technique as a behavior modification program on safety climate in a construction company . methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on workers of the petrochemical co...

Yuichi Baba Atsushi Hiratsuka Eiji Sasaki Osamu Yamamoto Masakazu Miyamoto OVERVIEW: Railways must operate safely and in accordance with their timetables, and the signalling systems responsible for ensuring safety have been progressively improved in response to demand for greater safety, reliability, and efficiency. Drawing on technology built up through its experience with signals and safety s...