Study on occupational safety and health strategy for Taiwan.
The aim of this study was to establish a set of occupational safety and health (OSH) issues and development policies suitable for adoption in Taiwan. A survey was conducted on a sample of 102 experts and 235 industrial work safety personnel in Taiwan for statistical analysis of the general consensus, with the results showing such consensus in 104 individual policy indicators. Our results reveal that the most appropriate targets were considered to be annual 10% reductions in the 'occupational accident disability rate', 'occupational accident injury rate' and 'occupational diseases before 2010'. Responding to the specific question of the appropriate method of achieving a reduction in the number of accidents in Taiwan, the primary consideration for 13.4% of the experts and 10.6% of the industry personnel was 'promoting OSH awareness and enhancing the overall safety culture'. As regards the current OSH policy focus, 11.2% of the experts considered 'improving OSH legislation, standards and systems' to be the most important, whilst 8.9% of the industry personnel felt that 'recognizing work stress, overwork and emerging OSH issues' were the most important.
Chuang
Kuen-Yuan
KY
Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung 40601, Taiwan.
Su
Teh-Sheng
TS
Kuo
Chao-Yin
CY
Lin
Chien-Liang
CL
Lin
Han-Yu
HY
Yu
Yi-Chun
YC
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology