TY  - CHAP
AU  - Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah
ED  - Manikam Pillay
ED  - Michael Tuck
Y1  - 2018-07-18
PY  - 2018
T1  - Socio-Cultural Practices and Health and Safety Behaviors Among Ghanaian Employees
N2  - Occupational health and safety (OHS) is an important focus of governments and organizations throughout the world because there are over 2.78 million fatal and 374 million nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses experienced by employees every year. Addressing these requires paying attention to the physical organizational, cultural, and social contexts amidst which work is undertaken. A multidisciplinary approach is also necessary in finding effective solutions. Interestingly, countries and regions address different aspects of OHS depending on what OHS hazards and risks are important to them. This book, based on research from Australia, Belgium, Ghana, Malaysia, Turkey, and Slovakia, examines how a range of OHS hazards are addressed in these contexts. We believe that this is an important first step in addressing an age-old OHS problem through a multiregional collaboration.
BT  - Occupational Health and Safety
SP  - Ch. 5
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75821
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.75821
SN  - 978-1-78923-411-4
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -