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What is OHS

Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues
Occupational health and safety; Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or workplace health and safety.
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Prioritization of Farming Process by Considering Sustainability as Major Issue: Sustainability in Farming Sector
Suchismita Satapathy (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar, India) and Debesh Mishra (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8579-4.ch008
Abstract
Agriculture assumes an imperative role in the development of Indian economy, and it additionally contributes around 15% to the nation's GDP, offering work chances to around half of its population. Diverse devices and supplies implied for farming machines are utilized in farming processes which are either manually or mechanically operated. In spite of the fact that there have been advancements in new technologies, sustainability is the most important issue in farming. Modern farming process and advanced machineries have solved OHS (occupational health and safety) problems of farming. But modern equipment's smoke, dust, chemicals, and fertilizers both in manual-driven farming and modern farming are major environmental issues. So in this chapter, sustainability issues in farming are prioritized such that the policies, equipment, and process must be modified.
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Strategies and Tactics for OHS Management to Confront the Pandemic Crisis in the Hospitality Industry: The Case of Countries in Europe
Occupational health and safety measures in all accommodation establishments, including hotel policies, procedures, measures, plans, or guidelines for safe and healthy occupational environment.
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