background: this study investigated the relationship between people's attitudes towards the safety culture and comparing its perceptions among three levels of refinery personnel: top management, supervisory staff and frontline workers by conducting safety culture survey. methods: a questionnaire comprising general information and 59-safety attitude statement were distributed among 237 workers, ...

neurological development is largely a result of the learning that takes place starting at birth and during the earliest years of life. child care and preschool education programs are key to predicting ultimate success in school and life. children who attend preschool or other early education programs have enhanced cognitive, verbal, and social development (which is maintained into the first few...

the economic exploitation of children is an insult to humanity. all over the world children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives. millions of them work under hazardous conditions which present dangers to their health, safety and welfare. they toil in mines and quarries, are exposed to agrochemicals in agric...

Safety and Health Programs, OSHA, shall furnish guidelines to field councils concerning the preparation of this report. (d) Upon determination that a council is not operating in accordance with its charter and the provisions of this subpart, and after consultation with appropriate OSHA regional officials, the Secretary shall revoke the council’s charter. Upon revocation of a charter, the counci...

To allocate available resources as efficiently as possible, decision makers need information on the relative economic merits of occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions. Economic evaluations can provide this information by comparing the costs and consequences of alternatives. Nevertheless, only a few of the studies that consider the effectiveness of OHS interventions take the extra st...

There is no comprehensive source of information describing work-related fatalities in any Australian state or territory. Information for NSW is available from WorkCover NSW but this information is based heavily on workers’ compensation data. Significant groups within the population, and particular types of injury, are excluded from the available data, either by design or practice. This lack of ...

BACKGROUND This study seeks to examine the relationship and impact of occupational health and safety on employees' organizational commitment in Ghana's mining industry. The study explores occupational health and safety and the different dimensions of organizational commitment. METHODS A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random...

In this study, an injectable bone substitute (IBS) consisting of citric acid, chitosan solution as the liquid phase and tetra calcium phosphate (TTCP), dicalcium phosphate anhydrous (DCPA) and calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH) powders as the solid phase was prepared. Four groups containing different percentages (0-30%) of calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH, CaSO(4) . 0.5H(2)O) were investigated. ...

BACKGROUND the potential impact on morbidity, mortality and health care economics makes it important to identify patients at risk of fracture, in particular fractured neck of femur (FNOF). Older patients with carotid sinus hypersensitivity (CSH) are more likely to have unexplained falls and to experience fractures, particularly FNOF. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of CSH in patie...