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2. Occupational safety and health - Wikipedia

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   The main focus in occupational health is on three different objectives: (i) the maintenance and promotion of workers' health and working capacity; (ii) the improvement of working environment and work to become conducive to safety and health and (iii) development of work organizations and working cultures in a direction which supports health and ...

3. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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   raising the work off the floor and onto a worksurface closer to the worker; using tools with extension handles to allow an employee to work standing up, eliminating the need to stoop and kneel; for tasks in which kneeling is required, using a device called a 'kneeling creeper', which provides chest support during the task.

4. Performance appraisal - Wikipedia

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   Performance appraisals are most often conducted by an employee's immediate manager or line manager. [3] While extensively practiced, annual performance reviews have also been criticized [4] as providing feedback too infrequently to be useful, and some critics argue that performance reviews in general do more harm than good. It is an element of ...

5. Environment, health and safety - Wikipedia

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   From a safety standpoint, EHS involves creating organized efforts and procedures for identifying workplace hazards and reducing accidents and exposure to harmful situations and substances. It also includes training of personnel in accident prevention, accident response, emergency preparedness, and use of protective clothing and equipment.

6. Job performance - Wikipedia

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   Job performance assesses whether a person performs a job well. Job performance, studied academically as part of industrial and organizational psychology, also forms a part of human resources management. Performance is an important criterion for organizational outcomes and success.

7. OHSAS 18001 - Wikipedia

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   Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001 (OHSAS 18001) was an international standard for occupational health and safety management systems.It was developed in March 1999 by Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series Project Group, by a national standards bodies, academic bodies, accreditation bodies, certification bodies and occupational health and safety institutions, [1 ...

8. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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   This measurement device was designed to be a tool that health and safety professionals could use in the field to assess posture techniques in the workplace. Rather than heavily reliant on the weight of the object being lifted, Dr. Hignett and Dr. McAtamney developed this tool based on the posture of the employee lifting the weight.

9. Industrial and organizational psychology - Wikipedia

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   [91] [92] OHP concerns itself with such topic areas as the impact of occupational stressors on mental and physical health, the health impact of involuntary unemployment, violence and bullying in the workplace, psychosocial factors that influence accident risk and safety, work–family balance, and interventions designed to improve/protect ...