• DocumentCode
    2549765
  • Title

    Occupational safety and health management for the recycling industry

  • Author

    Leung, Michael K H ; Ng, Annie W Y ; Chan, Alan H S

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    21-23 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1027
  • Lastpage
    1030
  • Abstract
    The workers in the recycling industry have to deal with various kinds of toxic and harmful substances in wastes on a regular basis. Due to the unique high-risk operations and processes in the recycling industry, the occupational safety and health (OSH) management system for general working environments requires serious modifications to better safeguard the health of workers. In this project, the existing OSH working environment and operational practices have been reviewed. Accordingly, effective OSH management program has been established for the recycling industry. The subsequent implementation will enable systematic OSH management to collect injury statistical data, identify mitigation measures and thus improve the OSH performance.
  • Keywords
    occupational health; occupational safety; recycling; high risk operation; injury statistical data; occupational health management; occupational safety; recycling industry; worker health; working environment; Chemical industry; Hazards; Industrial accidents; Industrial control; Industrial training; Manufacturing industries; Occupational safety; Raw materials; Recycling; Waste management; Environment; Human Factors; Recycling Industry; Safety And Health;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IE&EM '09. 16th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3671-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3672-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIEEM.2009.5344444
  • Filename
    5344444