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Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology (OJSST) is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of safety science and tec…
Chenkai Zhu, Jingjing Li, Fanhao Ji, Xiaosu Yi, Chris Rudd, Xiaoling Liu
Sandwich composites are increasingly used in high-performance application due to their high specific stiffness, strength and thermal insulation. The sandwich composites were developed using honeycomb and carbon fibre reinforced composite face sheet in this st…
Shilpa Shrestha, Steven M. Thygerson
Better Brick Nepal (BBN) works under the larger NGO, Global Fairness Initiatives, to promote the reliably sourced brick manufacturing by eliminating forced, bonded labor, and child labor, promoting workplace safety and health, providing fair wages, and preven…
Takanori Ayabe, Masaki Tomita, Manabu Okumura, Shigeko Shimizu, Eiko Uchida, Yukari Miura, Koichiro Itai, Kunihide Nakamura, 1 1
Background: It is an important study to investigate incident reports submitted by multidisciplinaries in the Special Functioning Hospitals of Japan. We clarify the characteristics of the incidents and evaluate the outcomes obtained from a polygonal analysis.…
Jill M. Voorhees, Brian Fletcher, Michael E. Barnes
Formalin treatments are frequently used to control water molds during hatchery incubation of salmonid eggs, creating potential occupational safety and health issues. This investigation evaluated the use of a novel technique to enclose the air gap from formali…
Paul Perkins, Alex Jamieson, Geordie Ferguson, Wayne Spratford, Allan Hahn, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Design methods were employed over a 5-year period to develop boxing gloves capable of substantially buffering impact forces delivered to an opponent, thereby permitting safer boxing. Multiple concepts were explored, with sophistication of prototypes gradually…
Scott J. Pedersen, P. Dean Cooley, Casey P. Mainsbridge, Vaughan J. Cruickshank
Background: Sitting to perform desk-based work is considered to be a habit. To test this hypothesis, desk-based workers volunteered to be part of a yearlong pilot study utilising an e-health intervention designed to interrupt prolonged workplace sitting with…
Sidum Adumene, Samson Nitonye
In ship and offshore operations, machinery systems have associated operational hazard because of the prevailing harsh environment. Therefore, the need for an overall evaluation of the associated risk and failures of these systems, such as the marine steam boi…
Vo Thi Anh, Tran Dai Nghiep, Trinh Van Giap
The Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) films dyed with different colors such as methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), methyl red (MR) and crystal violet (CV) were investigated. The dyed PVA films were irradiated by with Co 60 γ -source in dose range of 1 - 150 kGy. T…
Emma Maano Nghitanwa
Background : Construction industry is regarded as dangerous industry with more occupational injuries and accidents. Documents related to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) should be utilised and kept in the construction sites to show that the construction s…
Manikam Pillay
This paper reviews the literature on resilience engineering as a safety management approach. Preferred Reporting Items for Reporting Systematic Reviews guidelines were used to search, select and evaluate 46 published works. The terms organisational resilience…
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Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology (OJSST) is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of safety science and tec… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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