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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in the Dairy Industry
Journal of Agromedicine, Volume 18, No. 3, Year 2013
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Description
The application of occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in the dairy industry varies throughout the world. Generally there is no specific OHS legislation that applies to the dairy industry and mostly in countries the current OHS legislation applies to all workplaces with specific guidelines that apply to agricultural industries. The main difference between countries is in the application of OHS legislation specifically in relation to the size of the farms. In the USA, the OHS legislation, and therefore enforcement, does not, in most cases, apply to farms with less than 11 employees, whereas in other countries there is no minimum number of employees and in some cases such as the United Kingdom and Australia it covers all people who work on the farm. The other area of difference is in the use and publication of guidelines for the industry; some countries have a wide range of guidelines whereas other counties have few. Generally, this relates to the jurisdiction of the OHS legislation, which in several countries is not at a national level such as USA, Canada, and Australia. The main principal of OHS legislation is that all workplaces, including dairy farms, should be a safe and healthy place to work, and does not vary significantly between the countries reviewed even those with prescriptive legislation. © 2013 Copyright 2013 Crown Copyright.
Authors & Co-Authors
Reed, Sue
Australia, Perth
Edith Cowan University
Douphrate, David I.
United States, San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Lundqvist, Peter
Sweden, Uppsala
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Jarvie, Paul
New Zealand, Auckland
Employers' and Manufacturers' Association Northern Inc
McLean, Gillian
United Kingdom, Bootle
Health and Safety Executive
Koehncke, Niels K.
Canada, Saskatoon
Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture
Colosio, Claudio
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano, Facoltà Di Medicina e Chirurgia
Italy, Milan
San Paolo Teaching Hospital
Singh, Tanusha S.
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Health Laboratory Service
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/1059924X.2013.796902
ISSN:
1059924X
e-ISSN:
15450813