Essays on Occupational Injury

Response Paper #1

At the Bendix Windsor facility, the occupational health and safety issues concerned asbestos dust. The facility produced and assembled a variety of auto parts including starter drives, brakes, and cylinders. Prior to become the Bendix plant, the building was used as a horse barn. It had poor ventilation and lighting. There was asbestos dust in the air due to shaking of filter bags which was done by hand and dust settled on the equipment. The asbestos was contained in the brake parts that the plant manufactured. Operators were exposed to high dust concentrations and the creation of dusty conditions. ...

Introduction

The problem of workplace injuries is very topical for Australia. Among the many extreme events greatest socio-economic importance have accidents at work, which are accompanied by injuries of varying severity, disability and death. Accident at work is defined as the impact on the worker of hazardous production factors employed in the performance of job duties or job supervision. Occupational injuries is not just a problem in need of resolution safety, but is also a good opportunity to study the interaction between society and technology environment, weakening or strengthening their relationship as a result of unforeseen accidents. To design an optimal solution ...

Executive Summary

Executive Summary

Summary of the Article

In the article Numbers and Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness in Low-Wage Occupations, the author Leigh (2012) described the findings of a study that aimed to address the problem of what the costs of occupational injury and illness are within low-wage occupations, and which of the said occupations contribute most to those costs. The determination of the solution to this problem would provide public health administrators -- or the government in general – with information on the costs being incurred for injuries and diseases, which in turn would enable them to efficiently allocate healthcare resources. Moreover, by ...