Dear Colleagues,

The workforce represents half the world’s population and is the major contributor to economic and social development. The average person spends more time working than any other daily activity and, therefore, the workplace is an important setting not only to prevent occupational injury and disease but also to improve the overall health and well-being of all workers.

According to the World Health Organisation, “A healthy workplace is one in which workers and managers collaborate to use a continual improvement process to protect and promote the health, safety, and well-being of all workers.”

Despite new effective occupational health and safety programs and structural changes introduced to workplaces, hazardous agents, and factors such as physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychosocial stress, in addition to occupational accidents, still threaten the health of workers and continue to cause work-related diseases and injuries throughout the world.

Creating a healthy workplace that does no harm to the health, safety or well-being of workers is a moral imperative and it is not a new concept. However, it has evolved from primarily focusing on managing occupational hazards to include considerations related to work organisation, workplace culture, and lifestyle.

Health and safety problems at work are, in principle, preventable and can be avoided by applying various tools including legislative, technical, research, training, and education.

This Special Issue showcase the variety and relevance of recent advances and developments in the field of occupational safety and health.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: environmental and occupational risks in workplaces; environmental and occupational monitoring; health and safety practices; education and training; safety culture; work organisation and workers’ well-being.

Prof. Krassi Rumchev
Prof. Jeffery Spickett
Guest Editors

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• workplace
• health and safety
• occupational hazards
• health and safety practices