Workplace Safety
13 Threads
This thread will make your palms sweat 1. Four construction workers pose atop the Wilshire Grand Tower in downtown Los Angeles, USA https://t.co/X0F2Bdd3s7
That's the 3rd coastal story (that I've spotted) this week: "Male worker, 26, dies after suffering 'severe head injuries' in 'heavy machinery incident' at construction site of Eve...
Two engineers, aged 19 and 21, were stuck on top of a wind turbine after a fire broke out in the engine room. Unfortunately, neither of them survived. On October 29th, 2013, four...
We talk a lot about occupational safety and health (OSH). But what is it? Why is it important? What is the ILO role? We will explain on this thread, come with us! ๐งถ๐
Familiar teams save lives! Interesting observational study finds lower ICU mortality on shifts where RNs work with familiar colleagues: RR 0.9 (CI 0.82โ0.98; Pโ=โ0.012) per 10 shi...
A barber whose fingers & arm painfully twisted while holding scissors for hair cutting 1. 45-year old Srinu started cutting hair in his teens after learning the trick from his fat...
Do night shift duties pose any risks on health? 1. Large number of people are employed in jobs that require working at nights and sleeping in daytime. Is it healthy? Are there an...
How to spot a dangerous person at work. A career-saving thread. https://t.co/OTNVEzIbrr
Learning data science is fun, so then why do we always use the same boring datasets? It's common to see projects using the iris, cars, or titanic data. Stand out! Check these 9 dat...
Yesterday I was teaching Workplace Safety at a university's master, and I spent three hours reconditioning the students from: "an incident occurred, let's guess a solution" to...
Throughout history men built civilization, men shed blood and sweat to build houses/infrastructure, to provide for their kids & wife. Most labor workers are men, I go outside and...
Do you know of a tech company thatโs asking people who could work from home to come to the office? Reply to this thread, so we can track these irresponsible organizations, and reme...
1/4 Though rarely discussed here on #medtwitter, healthcare workers face verbal and physical abuse in the workplace at alarming rates. https://t.co/AqrLL1XSXz
