3.6 CiteScore. Journal of Education and Practice www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol.7, No.29, 2016 1 Maintaining Health and Safety at Workplace: Employee and Employer’s Role in Ensuring a Safe Working Environment Grace Katunge Jonathan English and Literature Teacher, Mbooni Girls High School *Rosemary Wahu Mbogo 646/26.07.2006, updated with the Government Decision 1242/2011. We conducted a cross-sectional study utilizing quantitative data collection methods among 200 respondents who worked in 8 major health facilities in Kampala. The journal is aimed at providing grounds for the exchange of ideas and data developed through research experience in the broad field of occupational health and safety. Welcome to the home page of the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health.We are an internationally renowned periodical. These health workers are more vulnerable to occupational injury, work instigated disability, and are at higher risk of experiencing prolonged work absence due to workplace health and safety (WHS) issues.1 In many cases, this is due to ‘risk factors such as heavy workloads, long hours, heavy on-call demands, high stress levels, limited support and workplace violence.’1 Sign in to set up alerts. Occupational accidents have a significant human, social and economic cost, which we should strive to eliminate by ensuring that all workplaces are safe. Journal of Safety Research Beyond legislation this topic also includes the need for organisations to consider an employee's overall wellbeing and how an organisation can develop health and wellbeing programs to improve their employment brand. OSHA cannot make workplaces safe: that is the responsibility of employers. This should be done for each specific work setting and each job. Health and Safety Executive, Health and Safety Law. Work-related diseases and ill-health are more difficult to measure due to their long latency period but result in excess of one million days lost at work each year. Journal Scope: This journal primarily considers empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of phenomena related to worker safety, health, and well-being. Occupational safety and health at work are vital components of decent work. View editorial board. work are reported to the Health and Safety Authority each year. To assess the occupational health hazards faced by healthcare workers and the mitigation measures. The National Safety Council is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate. Author Information . Definitions . Managers with the support of an occupational health and safety advisor should carry out rapid risk assessments to determine the possibility of exposure risk in order to put in place preventive measures. Government Decision 1425/2006 for approving the Methodological Norms of applying the Law No. ; High Visibility: Indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science), from Vol. This journal presents current HSE research and the latest emerging HSE topics as examined by industry specialists and academics. Overall, 50.0% of respondents reported experiencing an occupational health hazard. Objective. An International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations Submit an article Journal homepage. The workplace should prepare an occupational safety and health policy programme as part of the preparation of the Safety Statement required by Section 20 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. Effective safety and health policies should set a clear direction for the organisation to follow. External links. Editors in Chief: Seong-Kyu Kang, Jae Chul Ko . Save lives, from the workplace to anyplace. Publication by Wiley will realize faster article release and acquire global readers and submissions. New content alerts RSS. Safety, health and security in the workplace is important to workers and to the general morale of the employees of a company. The journal is aimed at providing grounds for the exchange of ideas and data developed through research experience in the broad field of occupational health and safety. Safety and Health at Work. Organizations can ensure the efficiency of all workers and circumvent a considerable amount of costs by ensuring workplace safety and health. Authors do not have to pay any Article Processing Charge or Open Access Publication Fee. Workplace Health and Safety An important employee relations area, Workplace Health and Safety covers legislation relating to an employee's safety in the workplace. 319/2006 of work safety and health, the Official Journal of Romania Official Monitor of Romania, Part I, no. Marica … The Workplace Health & Safety, formerly AAOHN Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed nursing journal and the official of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.It covers the field of occupational and environmental health nursing.It is edited by Joy E. Wachs. Official website 1.945 Impact Factor. Laura Wallis . We aim to increase understanding on the OSH management system. It is no longer sufficient to simply identifying the hazards and assessing the risks. The physical conditions and mental demands of the workplace determine to a great extent workers’ conditions. OSHA Gets Serious About Workplace Safety for Nurses. New guidance on inspections in health care settings. This journal is a peer reviewed, subsidized open access journal where the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute pays for the publishing costs incurred by the journal. Much of this is common sense, but there are government agencies and regulations that govern this aspect of running a business in order to ensure the health and safety of the workforce. Current issue About this journal. Methods. Articles written by experts in the fields of engineering, occupational safety, social psychology, public policy, education, industrial hygiene, and public health appear in this quarterly publication. Safety and Health at Work. Advancing Safety. Low exposure risk . Open access. Jobs or work without frequent, close contact with the general public or others. Workplace Health & Safety: Promoting Environments Conducive to Well-Being and Productivity, a scientific peer-reviewed journal, is the official publication of the American Association of Occupational Health Nursing, Inc. (AAOHN). JOH will be published online only aiming for the efficient information delivery. We aim to strengthen commitment to Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of industrial and human health safety published quarterly online by MDPI.. Open Access —free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions. Here, NSC consultants JoAnn Dankert, Namir George and Rachel Harrington identify for Safety+Health the workplace hazards they see over and over again. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health.The subsection of Occupational Safety and Health will focus on safety and health in workplaces from a global perspective. Results. Safety and Health at Work; Open access journal; Open access journal. View aims and scope. Circulation audited by BPA Worldwide: About the National Safety Council. This 82-page report discusses several major global workplace trends. View aims and scope Submit your article Guide for authors. New Journal Website Journal of Occupational Health (JOH) will be published by Wiley beginning in 2019. The report, Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work, provides an in-depth look at occupational health and safety going forward. Workplace safety involves the creation of a safe and healthy environment for all workers to evade hazards, injuries, and illnesses. Available at: www.hse.gov.uk. Volume 11, Issue 4. pp. 1 Working at height. Subscribe. ASSP and its Academics Practice Specialty published the Journal of Safety, Health & Environmental Research from 2005 to 2019. The Journal of Occupational Safety and Health (JOSH), the first to be published in Malaysia, aims to boost awareness on safety and health in the workplace. Safety and Health at Work (SH@W) is an international, peerreviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly in English beginning in 2010. Official journal of the american association of occupational health nurses continued by: Safety and health at work (sh@w) is an international, peerreviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly in english beginning in 2010. It is part of the CCH OHS Solution Finder online database. RSS. What you need to know, 2009. Key safety journals published by Elsevier (ScienceDirect full text journals): Safety Science. AJN The American Journal of Nursing: September 2015 - Volume 115 - Issue 9 - p 13. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000471230.85208.d2. Free; Metrics Abstract. Submit your best research work for publication in new JOH! The standard abbreviation (iso4) of workplace health & safety is workplace health saf. Safety+Health magazine, published by the National Safety Council, offers comprehensive national coverage of occupational safety news and analysis of industry trends to 86,000 subscribers. Explore journal content Latest issue Articles in press All issues. International Journal of Public Health and Safety is an Open Access Peer reviewed journal and aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information on discoveries and current developments in the mode of original articles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc. 3, and in SafetyLit. The Journal of Safety Research is a multidisciplinary publication that provides for the exchange of scientific evidence in all areas of safety and health, including traffic, workplace, home, and community. Citation search. Safety and Health at Work (SH@W) is an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly in English beginning in 2010. Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. Our 2019 impact factor is 4.127, ranking us 28th of 193 Public, Environmental and Occupational Health journals globally.As of 1 January 2021, we will be a gold open access journal.. Click here to learn more about supporting the Journal. Citation search. This interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal is designed to foster the identification and discussion of agricultural safety and health issues. Wallis, Laura. However, in the face of the greatest worker health crisis in recent history, OSHA, the lead government agency responsible for worker health and safety, has not fulfilled its responsibilities. Latest issues. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Dankert, Harrington and George frequently spot hazards associated with working at height. 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