Browsing Research Publications/Outputs by Subject "Occupational health"

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Early identification of noise induced hearing loss: a pilot study on the use of distortion product otoacoustic emissions as an adjunct to screening audiometry in the mining industry

Author: Edwards, A ; Van Coller, P ; Badenhorst, C Date: Jun 2010 This study investigated the feasibility of using Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (DPOAE) testing as an adjunct to pure-tone screening audiometry in the annual medical surveillance environment commonly found in the South African platinum ... Read more
Ergonomics as a practice for safe and healthy mining in South African mines

Author: Schutte, S Date: Apr 2011 Reducing occupational injuries and ill health is a strategic objective of all the stakeholders in the South African mining industry. In order to achieve this objective, it is necessary to provide the safest and healthiest work environment ... Read more
The noise-induced hearing loss milestones: past and future

Author: Edwards, AL ; Kritzinger, D Date: Oct 2012 At the 2003 Mine Health and Safety Summit, the milestones for elimination of Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the mining industry were agreed on. The first milestone, December 2008, has passed and the next one in 2013 is looming. The study ... Read more
Nutrition and occupational health and safety in the South African mining industry, part 1

Author: Dias, B ; Wolmarans, P ; Laubscher, JA ; Schutte, PC Date: Dec 2003 Housing and nutrition have been used as indicators of poverty, and as common targets for intervention to improve public health and reduce health inequalities (Gauldie 1974). The relationship between health, nutrition and housing is well ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 Despite the attention that Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) prevention has received in the mining industry since 2003 when the milestone to eliminate NIHL was set, the statistics show that NIHL persists as one of the most common occupational ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 This position paper asserts that exposure to chemicals in certain occupations and work activities in the mining industry can lead to ototoxicity which accentuates the problem of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Increased awareness of all ... Read more
Preliminary investigation of the effects of exposure to multiple health stressors using the physiological strain index

Author: Edwards, A ; Franz, RM ; Schutte, PC ; Steenkamp, T Date: Jan 2010 Proactive evaluation and management of risks associated with exposure to combinations of occupational health stressors requires information on the impacts of individual stressors, as well as their cumulative and combined impacts. The harsh ... Read more
A preliminary investigation of workplace stress in platinum miners using subjective and objective measures

Author: Edwards, A Date: Apr 2011 Workplace stress in the mining environment will affect health and safety outcomes in the workforce that could result in accidents and injuries, as well as poorer worker health. Increased knowledge of the specific characteristics and incidence ... Read more
Socio-demographic contributors to health and safety of mine workers in South Africa

Author: Pelders, Jodi L ; Nelson, G Date: Sep 2019 Mine workers in South Africa face various health and safety risks, and socioeconomic challenges. This study aimed to assess the associations between socio-demographic factors and health, safety and wellness in the South African mining industry. Read more
Transition in health status from childhood to adulthood and associated risk factors: A 13 year interval follow-up study in South Africa

Author: Oosthuizen, MA ; Jinabhai, C ; Terblanche, APS ; Becker, P Date: Sep 2005 This study reviews the health status and lifestyle aspects of young adults who participated as 10-year-old children in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Health Study (VAPS) during 1990, and of whom the health status, as children of ten years ... Read more

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