What is the potential impact of industry 4.0 on health and safety at work?

R Zorzenon, FL Lizarelli, BAA Daniel - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) is a new production paradigm based on the high use of
technologies that has a powerful impact on the work and workers. However, the impacts of …

Scaling up resource recovery of plastics in the emergent circular economy to prevent plastic pollution: Assessment of risks to health and safety in the Global South

E Cook, CA Velis, JW Cottom - Waste Management & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the coming decades, a large additional mass of plastic waste will become available for
recycling, as efforts increase to reduce plastic pollution and facilitate a circular economy …

Knowledge transfer for occupational health and safety: Cultivating health and safety learning culture in construction firms

M Duryan, H Smyth, A Roberts, S Rowlinson… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Within the last decades the incidence of workspace injuries and fatalities in the UK
construction industry has declined markedly following the developments in occupational …

Occupational health and safety management in the context of an ageing workforce

C Varianou-Mikellidou, G Boustras, C Dimopoulos… - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
During the last decades, humanity experiences an increasing demographic change. The
relative percentage of older people is growing, while fewer young employees are entering …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic waste reprocessing for circular economy: A systematic scoping review of risks to occupational and public health from legacy substances and extrusion

E Cook, M Derks, CA Velis - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The global plastics reprocessing sector is likely expand as the circular economy becomes
more established and efforts to curb plastic pollution increase. Via a critical systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Constructs of leading indicators: A synthesis of safety literature

A Bayramova, DJ Edwards, C Roberts, I Rillie - Journal of safety research, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction: Leading indicators represent an invaluable tool that offer organizations the
capability to: track health and safety performance, not just failures and accidents; measure …

Construction companies' compliance to personal protective equipment on junior staff in Nigeria: issues and solutions

A Ebekozien - International journal of building pathology and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The frequent occurrence of hazards, especially on junior staff in developing
countries, is a major setback on project delivery. This is because the safety of the …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced safety in complex socio-technical systems via safety-in-cohesion

A Bayramova, DJ Edwards, C Roberts, I Rillie - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its tightly coupled structure, intractable and unpredictable workflow and complex
interaction of its elements, the construction industry's work environment (ie, vertical …

Managing employees' health, safety and anxiety in a pandemic

T Obuobisa-Darko - International Journal of Workplace Health …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper identifies and discusses the strategies adopted by a manufacturing
company to manage its national and international employees' anxiety, health and safety with …

The study of adhesion between steel substrate, primer, and char of intumescent fire retardant coating

WC Puspitasari, F Ahmad, S Ullah, P Hussain… - Progress in Organic …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to characterize the adhesion bonding of intumescent coating and
the primer on steel substrate with respect to its mechanical, physical and chemical …