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Investigation of the Availability of Occupational Health and Safety Related Documents on the Construction Sites in Windhoek, Namibia 对纳米比亚温得和克建筑工地职业健康和安全相关文件可得性的调查

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-03-08 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2018.81001

Emma Maano Nghitanwa

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To Determine Dose Response Curves of Dyed Polyvinyl Alcohol Films Irradiated with Gamma-Rays 用γ射线辐照染色聚乙烯醇膜的剂量响应曲线测定

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-03-08 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2018.81002

V. Anh, T. D. Nghiep, T. Giáp

引用次数: 4

Resilience Engineering: An Integrative Review of Fundamental Concepts and Directions for Future Research in Safety Management 弹性工程:安全管理基本概念与未来研究方向的综合综述

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-12-31 DOI: 10.4236/ojsst.2017.74012

M. Pillay

引用次数: 22

Effect of Gravity on Flame Structure of Small-Scale Pool Fires 重力对小型池火火焰结构的影响

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.73009

R. Takahashi, H. Torikai, A. Ito

引用次数: 1

Integration of Design Safety into Curricula in the Undergraduate Programs: The Academician Perspective 设计安全与本科课程的整合:院士的观点

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.73010

M. Misnan, W. Azmi, S. Mohamed, Z. M. Ramly, Z. Yusof, Norazam Othman

{"title":"Integration of Design Safety into Curricula in the Undergraduate Programs: The Academician Perspective","authors":"M. Misnan, W. Azmi, S. Mohamed, Z. M. Ramly, Z. Yusof, Norazam Othman","doi":"10.4236/OJSST.2017.73010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/OJSST.2017.73010","url":null,"abstract":"The current and growing construction industry in the country has led to increasing of accidents related to construction workers. In an attempt to decrease accidents on site, the design safety concept is the most suitable measures to date. Though the impact is evident and potential benefits of its implementation are apparent, widespread application of this intervention in the Malaysia’s construction industry is currently lacking especially in the academic sector. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the integration of safety and health to the current curricula focusing on the engineering programmes and their perceptions towards design safety concept and its implementation. The types of design disciplines included in the research study were limited to academicians. A total of 72 respondents received via questionnaire and the responses were scored on a 5-point Likert Scale to express their level of agreement. The results show that the graduates are not equipped with adequate knowledge of safety and health legislation and regulations through the current curricula and disagree that the content of the programmes is adequate. Although majority agree on the positive effect of design safety towards accidents on site, there is still minority who believe that the concept has no significant effect towards site safety. However, this paper concludes that there is no major impediment from the academic sector on the implementation and integration of design safety concept to the undergraduate curricula. The implementation of design safety should be in a well organized structure for effective results towards zeroaccident as well as increases the designers’ value in the construction industry.","PeriodicalId":183634,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology","volume":"744 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116117937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Occupational Health and Safety Status in the Windhoek Construction Industry: A Namibian Perspective 温得和克建筑业的职业健康和安全状况:纳米比亚的观点

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.73011

Emma Maano Nghitanwa, L. Zungu

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引用次数: 3

Improvement of Fire Extinguishing Performance by Decentralized Supply of Fire-Fighting Agents 分散式灭火剂供应对灭火性能的改善

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-08-09 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.73008

Y. Iwatani, H. Torikai

引用次数: 1

Research on HFACS Based on Accident Causality Diagram 基于事故因果图的HFACS研究

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-06-06 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.72007

Bing Wu, Luyao Kou, Q. Ma

引用次数: 2

Analysis of the Riding Posture of Bicyclists and Influence Parameters on the Helmet Use 自行车运动员骑行姿势及影响头盔使用的因素分析

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-02-16 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.71005

D. Otte, T. Facius

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引用次数: 0

Flame Spread over Liquid Fuel on a Water Layer-Basic Research on Tsunami Fire 水层上液体燃料的火焰蔓延——海啸火灾的基础研究

Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology Pub Date : 2017-02-16 DOI: 10.4236/OJSST.2017.71002

Shingo Kuwana, Hidekazu Tamizu, A. Ito, H. Torikai

引用次数: 7