Poor lighting often gets overlooked in the ... Regulation 8 of the Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare (WHSW) simply requires that lighting at work is "suitable and sufficient" and that, where ...

Glass blowers face considerable workplace hazards ... capture heat and very light gases, the hood does not offer protection against most fume and particulate inhalation hazards.

Poor lighting, which can cause strain to the eyes, is another common example of an ergonomic workplace hazard.

For desktop or laptop work, well-distributed diffuse light is best. You’ll enjoy fewer hot spots, or glare surfaces, in your line of vision. Plus the contrasts created by the shape of objects ...

If you have a job, you know all about workplace pet peeves. They’re the daily, obliviously carried-out bad habits that drive co-workers to considerable distraction and often extreme dislike.

When you think of workplace health hazards for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or other lung diseases, your first thought may be the poor air quality you’d find ...

Poor work standards, no proper procedures or protocols, inadequate tools or equipment as well as inadequate worker skills and knowledge also contributed to these accidents, Rabaayah said.