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• Air safety
  ...ailures through regulation, education and training. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air t ...tion]]. Of particular significance was the [[United States government role in civil aviation|Air Commerce Act 1926]], which required pilots and aircraft
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• Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981
  It was established in 1981, with the preamble stating: ...vention.<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?P155 Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981]</ref>
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• Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001
  |name= Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 '''Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001''' is an [[International Labour Organization]
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...f anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling [[health]] hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and ...s and refers to "[[Employment|Work]]", "[[Workplace]]" and "Place of Work" in general. ''Environmental Hygiene'' addresses similar issues to ''Occupatio
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• COSHH
  Title=The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002| Citation=2002 No. 2677|
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• Ergonomics
  ...the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.}} ...ployed to fulfill the two goals of health and productivity. It is relevant in the design of such things as safe furniture and easy-to-use interfaces to m
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• Emergency management
  ...anizational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[busi ...Reduction|disaster risk reduction]], particularly for emergency management in a development management context. This focuses on the mitigation and prepar
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• Occupational safety and health
  ...e [[safety]], [[health]] and [[quality of life|welfare]] of people engaged in [[Employment|work or employment]]. The goal of all occupational health and ...from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adapted to his physiological and psychological
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• Right to know
  ...law in the [[United States]] as well as in [[Local government|local]] laws in several states. "'''Right to Know'''" laws take two forms: Community Right Workplace safety and health in the U.S. operates under the framework established by the federal [[Occupati
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• Health and safety regulations in the United Kingdom
  In the '''[[United Kingdom]]''' there are many '''regulations''' relevant to [ ...h a [[fine (penalty)|fine]] of up to £400. If convicted on [[indictment]] in the [[Crown Court]], an offender can be sentenced to an unlimited fine.<ref
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• Arthur B. Guise Medal
  ...of the science and technology of fire protection engineering and is named in memory of the achievements of Arthur Guise <ref>Society of Fire Protection * [[Margret Law]] (1994)
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• Chromium
  ...is Nicolas Vauquelin]] in the mineral [[crocoite]] (''[[lead chromate]]'') in 1797. Crocoite was used as a pigment, and after the discovery that the mine ...lete removal from the diet has caused [[chromium deficiency]]. It is toxic in larger amounts. [[Hexavalent chromium]] (Cr(VI)) is toxic and [[carcinogeni
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• Construction site safety
  ...rous land-based work sector in [[Europe]], after the [[fishing industry]]. In the [[European Union]], the fatal accident rate is nearly 13 workers per 10 ...f Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Safety and Health Statistics Program. 2002. Nonfatal (OSHA recordable) injuries and illnesses. Industry incidence rate
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• Cadmium
  ...Hermann, both in Germany, as an impurity in [[zinc carbonate]]<ref>Cadmium in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1 ...declines have been due to competing technologies, cadmium’s [[toxicity]] in certain forms and concentration and resulting regulations <ref name="Refere
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  ...sion with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and ...two years. Further, the '''Act''' provides a critical interface with the [[law of the European Union]] on workplace health and safety.
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• Michael H. Belzer
  ...versity]]. He is the author of ''Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2000). Along with Gr ...t amounts to barely more than the minimum wage. [This book] is eye-opening in its appraisal of what the trucking industry has become."{{Citation needed|d
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• Lead poisoning
  ...Symptoms include abdominal pain, headache, [[anemia]], irritability, and in severe cases [[seizure]]s, [[coma]], and [[death]]. ...e policies (e.g. laws that ban lead in products or reduce allowable levels in water or soil).
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• Mining
  ...ut| the extraction of geological materials from the Earth|the municipality in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the ...cumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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• Electromagnetic field
  ...electrically charged objects]]. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely t ...etic field is described by [[Maxwell's equations]] and the [[Lorentz force law]].
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• Personal health record
  ...personal health record” is not new. The earliest mention of the term was in an article indexed by [[PubMed]] dated June 1978;<ref name=FIRST>{{cite jou ...ed systems; however, current usage usually implies an electronic resource. In recent years, several formal definitions of the term have been proposed by
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