Occupational health psychology

Before the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1970 worker safety was not necessarily on the forefront of everyone employers mind. The safety movement in general had gotten an early start, somewhere between 1907 and 1912, where nearly every state that was industrialized had some form of safety laws in place after the public had grown too enraged over the accident levels that had reached high peaks around 1907. The problem, however, was that many of these laws were…

The majority of accidents that take place on a construction site are often the result of unsafe acts and conditions which are preventable. The identification and elimination of hazards in the workplace is a direct way to reduce accidents and prevent fatalities from occurring. A construction company can achieve this with a well written and implemented a safety plan. It is important for a construction company to implement a widespread safety program because it gives the employees the skills needed…

Blog #1 - OSHA 300 Logs: A Basic Guide for Staffing Companies According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definition, an employer is any organization that hires an individual to work for that company on a part-time or full-time basis. A growing trend the the labor workforce is for these same organizations to now outsource the hiring of new employees to staffing companies. That change in the hiring process calls into question who then becomes responsible when a…

is all due to the trench collapsation of the Aqua Ohio Excavation company in the city of Mentor, Ohio, which left three little girls without a father. Before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1973, there were numerous counts of workers killed while working in trenches. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created forty-three years ago and has helped reduce the deaths of workers while at their job. Previous to OSHA being created, deaths…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, also known as OSHA, is a government agency that is part of the United States Department of Labor. The mission of the agency is to “assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance” (“About OSHA”). Its purpose is to minimize injuries, illnesses, and deaths in the American workplace by protecting workers from dangerous conditions…

found that the conflict of work and family may lower job satisfaction and it may decrease the organisational commitment (Heraty, Morley, Cleveland, 2008). It is widely known that the conflict between work and family has adverse effects’ on employees’ health and well being (Kinnunen, Feldt, Geurts, & Pulkkinen, 2006; Noor, 2003). According to a survey in US in 2012, 45.4% of the physicians there reported to experience professional burnout, which can lead to negative impacts such as broken…

In the today’s competitive world, the work-life balance and stress management for employees are becomes highly important. If there is no job satisfaction and regularity in life, it can create many problems to employees. The work stress has become a common problem which is faced by employees of every organization. Both work-life balance and stress go hand in hand. The employees should balance the personal and professional lives and the policies at work place should support to achieve this goal.…

People with mental health illness suffer from financial problems and poverty. The real cause of these problems is the discrimination applying against mental disorder in workplaces including applying to jobs, trying to enlighten holes in their CV due to incidents of mental illness, and the difference in salary compared to other employers with jobs. In addition, they face discrimination from work colleagues who treat them differently. They experience bullying, mockery, and devaluation. They…

In our daily lives we have events, distractions, or daily activities that affect our attitudes. These events can and do create stress. George and Jones write, “What happens to employees off the job can affect their attitudes, behaviors, and performance on the job as well as their own well-being.” (p. 252). This essay will discuss major and minor life events and how they are a source of personal stress. Major life events that cause stress can be caused by both positive and negative life events.…

We experience stress whether we like it or not or whether we realize it or not every single day of our life and it is common at workplace among workers today and more often than not, as this leads to job dissatisfaction of a certain level, it is associated with high turnover as well as lower work productivity. Stress can be define as "The body's response to any demand places upon it" such as intellectual, Physical, social, spiritual and emotional which can cause stress on a person. Productivity…