2 publications

• Published Subscription 1 Oct 2021

  Occupational Exposure to Vibration – Hazards, Evaluation and Control

  By Nishith Ghosh, Garima Singh, G.L.N. Padmavathi, Aparna Sawatkar, M.D. Patel, Alok Srivastava

  Abstract: Mechanical vibration is known to cause occupational health hazards. Exposure to vibration has potential to cause musculoskeletal disorders. Chronic exposure to hand-transmitted vibration causes occupational disease like vibration induced white finger (VWF). This article describes the harmful health effects caused due to exposure to hand-transmitted vibration (HTV) and whole-body vibration (WBV) and the control measures to minimize the exposure. Specifically, focus is kept on the evaluation of vibration exposure to …

  Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 29–35 Read article →

• Published Subscription 23 Dec 2019

  Use of Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods in Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health

  By Nishith Ghosh, Nitin Choughule, Garima Singh, G. L. N. Padmavathi, J. D. Sharma, A. S. Vajarekar

  Abstract: Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) of process plants is an important aspect in safety management. Quantitative assessment is necessary to compare the OSH status of different plants. For this purpose, usually, an evaluation team is constituted which evaluates the OSH performance based on the available OSH related information. The evaluation team arrives at a decision through discussions and mutual agreement. However, while working in a group, there always …

  Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 25–34 Read article →