Track: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Abstract

Occupational health and safety (OHS) are often neglected in industries, especially in small and medium industries. Investing on OHS is considered a cost rather than investment due to lack of knowledge, personnel and resource constraints. A healthy workforce and a safe workplace could positively affect worker performance. Improving OHS and worker performance are major concerns of industries,  especially in developing countries. Application of Ergonomics or Human Factors Engineering in industries has been found to improve occupational health and safety and worker productivity. This has both direct and indirect effects on over all performance of an industry. Although the application has gained significant momentum in the developed countries, it remains largely unaware in the developing countries. The application of ergonomics to improve OHS and worker productivity needs to be investigated in the Sultanate of Oman.