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Occupational hazard awareness and safety practices among Nigerian sawmill workers

Funmilola Adenike Faremi, Adesola A. Ogunfowokan, Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Matthew Idowu Olatubi

International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health · 2014 · 26 citations · 9 references

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Concepts

Public HealthHealth SciencesErgonomicsOccupational HealthOccupational Injury PreventionOccupational EpidemiologyOccupational Health HazardsOccupational Health Risk AssessmentOccupational SafetyWorkplace SafetyNoise Pollution ImpactsOccupational Injury RiskOccupational Safety RiskPerceived Occupational HazardsWorkplace Noise Exposure

Abstract

Background: There is high prevalence of occupational injuries among blue-collar workers in the construction and other industry sectors whose jobs require high level risk in physical tasks.

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