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Safety and Health at the Heart of the Past, Present, and Future of Work: A Perspective From the International Labour Organization

American journal of public health (1971), 2020-05, Vol.110 (5), p.646-647 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright American Public Health Association May 2020 ;American Public Health Association 2020 2020 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305633 ;PMID: 32267747

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Title:
Safety and Health at the Heart of the Past, Present, and Future of Work: A Perspective From the International Labour Organization
Author: Greenfield, Deborah
Subjects: Accident prevention ; Accidents ; Accidents, Occupational - prevention & control ; AJPH Osha @50, 1970–2020 ; Conventions ; Disease ; Disease prevention ; Employers ; Employment ; Epidemiology ; Factories ; GDP ; Global Health ; Gross Domestic Product ; Health Law ; Health Policy ; History ; Human Rights ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Industrialized nations ; International ; Labor movements ; Labor Unions - organization & administration ; Labor Unions - standards ; Occupational accidents ; Occupational Diseases - prevention & control ; Occupational Exposure - prevention & control ; Occupational Health ; Occupational Health - standards ; Occupational safety ; Prevention ; Safety ; Safety engineering ; Social justice ; Supply chains ; Toxicology ; Work ; Work life balance ; Workers ; Working conditions ; Workplaces
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2020-05, Vol.110 (5), p.646-647
Description: Every year, 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases, and an additional 374 million workers suffer from nonfatal occupational accidents.1 Lost workdays represent almost 4% of the world's gross domestic product, rising to 6% in some countries.2 For centuries, the workplace has posed risks and hazards for workers. In emphasizing the essential role of social justice in achieving lasting peace, the International Labour Organization (ILO) constitution calls on member states to improve working conditions, including "the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment."3 Although workers continued to experience risks to their safety and health, heightened global knowledge had a significant impact on how organizations such as the ILO tackled these challenges globally.4 Scientific and professional understanding ofthe nature of work and its relationship to the safety, health, and well-being of workers opened a venue for progress in industrialized nations. Occupational hygiene, along with occupational medicine, toxicology, and epidemiology, continued to grow rapidly, as did disciplines associated with safety design and engineering.
Publisher: United States: American Public Health Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305633
PMID: 32267747
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Safety and Health at the Heart of the Past, Present, and Future of Work: A Perspective From the International Labour Organization

Copyright American Public Health Association May 2020 ;American Public Health Association 2020 2020 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305633 ;PMID: 32267747

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