TY - BOOK ID - 46216619 TI - Occupational health and safety : a multi-regional perspective AU - Manikam Pillay AU - Tuck, Michael AU - Pillay, Manikam PY - 2018 SN - 1789234115 9781789234114 1789234107 1838814892 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - 614.87 KW - 614.87 Exposure to ambient influences. Environmental hazards. Personal protection and safety KW - Exposure to ambient influences. Environmental hazards. Personal protection and safety KW - Industrial hygiene. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Employees KW - Health of workers KW - Hygiene, Industrial KW - Industrial health engineering KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Occupational safety and health KW - Occupations KW - Work environment KW - Environmental health KW - Industrial management KW - Medicine, Industrial KW - Industrial accidents KW - Industries KW - Job safety KW - Occupational hazards, Prevention of KW - Prevention of industrial accidents KW - Prevention of occupational hazards KW - Safety, Industrial KW - Safety engineering KW - Safety measures KW - Safety of workers KW - Accidents KW - System safety KW - Health and hygiene KW - Health aspects KW - Prevention KW - Medicine KW - Public Health KW - Occupational Safety and Health KW - Health Sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46216619 AB - Occupational health and safety (OHS) is an important focus of governments and organizations throughout the world because there are over 2.78 million fatal and 374 million nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses experienced by employees every year. Addressing these requires paying attention to the physical organizational, cultural, and social contexts amidst which work is undertaken. A multidisciplinary approach is also necessary in finding effective solutions. Interestingly, countries and regions address different aspects of OHS depending on what OHS hazards and risks are important to them. This book, based on research from Australia, Belgium, Ghana, Malaysia, Turkey, and Slovakia, examines how a range of OHS hazards are addressed in these contexts. We believe that this is an important first step in addressing an age-old OHS problem through a multiregional collaboration. ER -