Yogindra Samant

Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

Background: This register-based study provides a profile of work-related Covid-19 cases reported by physicians to the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority (NLIA). Methods: All the reports of work-related Covid-19 cases reported by a physician to the NLIAs Registry for Work-Related Diseases (RAS) between February 2020 and February 2022 were included...

We strive to increase public (PH) and occupational health (OSH) inter-linkages by building a collaborative framework. Besides Covid-19 pandemic, recent approaches such as Human Exposome and Total Worker Health TM, have led to a shift to improving health of working population and consequently the total population. These health objectives can be best...

Purpose of review There are approximately 169 million migrant workers at considerable risk of work-related disease and injury. However, studies remain somewhat limited and are critically overlooked in research and policy. The pandemic added another layer of complexity and vulnerability to the working conditions of migrant workers. We attempted to...

The article was commissioned to mark the 20 years of collaboration between occupational medicine doctors at the Nordic Labour Inspection Authorities. The article profiles the importance of occupational medicine at the labour inspectorate, providing practical examples where such collaboration has yielded rich dividends. A range of topics essential f...

This article was commissioned for the global health edition of the Norwegian Occupational Medicine Journal Ramazzini. The article describes the relationship between global and occupational health in the Norwegian context. It delves into various occupational health initiatives that concern global health initiatives by Norwegian academia, practitione...

The article provides an insight in to thje role of labour inspection during the pandemic. The article specifically describes the various occupational health challenges vis-a-vis the covid-19 pandemic. Among others the article provides perspectives on themes such as risk assessements, PPE, collaboration with public health agencies, classification o...

This report was commissioned by the Nordic Director Generals at the labour inspectorates to better prepare the labour inspectorates for the future of work. The report is authored by the Nordic Future of Work Group. The purpose of the report is to identify and analyse the occupational safety and health challenges to labour inspectorates in the light...

This article delves into the potential occupational safety and health impact of the platform economy.

Summary report Workshop on Digitalization: Future of work and occupational safety and health: From a nordic approach towards a global coalition.

Introduction: This study provided a profile of work-related diseases in the farming sector notified by physicians to the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority’s (NLIA) Registry for Work-Related Diseases (RAS) over a 10-year period. Methods: Data for the occupational code “farmers” were extracted from RAS for the period 2007–2016. We performed a desc...

Platform economy (PE) is a digital innovation undergoing gradual, but certain global expansion. The PE is an internet-based technology that utilizes smart-phone applications or websites for administering, requesting, providing, remunerating and evaluating work that delivers a range of offline and online consumer services. Offline services in a PE t...

This study is based on data collected on fatal and non-fatal injuries by the Labour Inspection Authority. It shows that the Migrant workers have higher risk of injury compared to Norwegian workers. The data indicate that Migrant workers are employed in high risk occupations, temporary employment arrangements, are younger workers and lack langauge c...

Introduction In 2016 representatives from different state organisations working with OSH in the Nordic countries joined up to identify challenges in work and work life – today and tomorrow. The principal aim after that was to formulate ideas on how to tackle these challenges – and present recommendations to the national labour inspectorates based o...

Introduction Doctors in Norway report work-related diseases to the Labour Inspection Authority as required by the Working Environment Act. These reports make the basis for the labour inspectorates registry for work-related diseases (RAS). The purpose of this study is to highlight the lack of reliable data with regards to work-related diseases among...

Introduction Emerging risks, and constantly changing technologies which have an impact on the world of work require a continuously updated knowledgebase for policy makers and practitioners. The Nordic research institutes have a unique position in this effort where they attempt to provide strategic research inputs to the Future of Work initiative....

Objectives Data on work-related injury is critical in devising preventive strategies. In Norway, there are different systems that yield epidemiological data on work-related injuries, both fatal and non-fatal. This is a comprehensive profile of surveillance of work-related injuries in Norway. Moreover, we attempt to highlight the challenges and miss...

Introduction Norway has since 2006 experienced, an increase in migrant workers. Migrant workers are providing a valuable labour force that is contributing to the economy. But, there are several challenges that these workers face with regards to occupational health. We have limited data on migrant workers, and aim to provide a profile of occupationa...

Introduction Doctors in Norway report work-related diseases to the Labour Inspection Authority as required by the Working Environment Act. These reports make the basis for the labour inspectorates registry for work-related diseases (RAS). The purpose of this study is to highlight the lack of reliable data with regards to work-related diseases among...

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The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (NLIA) receives about 3000 cases of work-related diseases annually which are registered in the registry of for work-related diseases (RAS). RAS is a sentinel event surveillance system that provides NLIA important information about hazardous exposures at the workplace. Information from RAS is used for labour...

The European Union (EU) strategy for health and safety at work underlines the need to reduce the incidence of occupational diseases (OD), but European statistics to evaluate this common goal are scarce. We aim to estimate and compare changes in incidence over time for occupational asthma, contact dermatitis, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), carpa...

MAIN MESSAGE Doctors can contribute to prevention by reporting patients exposed to hazardous noise at work causing possible work-related hearing loss. Current reporting practice fails to suffi-ciently capture work-related hearing loss in women and younger employees, as well as employees in workplaces that have no access to occupational health servi...

Background: Noise-induced hearing loss is the diagnosis that is most frequently reported to the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority. The objective of this study was to describe the doctors' reports on noise-induced hearing loss and assess the quality of the information. Material and method: The study is based on reports to the Labour Inspectio...

Background Technological developments have improved safety standards in workplaces, but workers around the world still continue to lose their lives and limbs. Amputations at work are rare, yet preventable traumatic injuries that have psychological, physical, and economic implications for the injured worker. Hazardous machines are a known etiologic...

According to the EU definition for small businesses (SBs), 95 % of the 250 000 Norwegian establishments could be classified as SBs (< 50 workers), and 70% of all businesses would be termed micro-businesses (< 10 workers). But, 45% of the entire workforce is in fact employed in 5 % of the Norwegian businesses (> 50 workers). These 5% are large busin...

Objectives Data on work-related injury is critical in devising preventive strategies. In Norway, there are different systems that yield epidemiological data on work-related injuries, both fatal and non-fatal. In this study we attempt to profile the multitude of challenges for surveillance of work-related injuries. Method We collated information fro...

Background This study provides an epidemiological profile of hearing loss cases reported to the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate (NLI) and also a distribution of cases by the notifying physician type. Materials and Methods The study is based on obligatory physician notifications of work-related illnesses to the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate. These phy...

According to the living conditions survey (LKU) conducted by Statistics Norway (SSB) 14% of all working men, and 7% of women were exposed to hazardous noise at their workplace for 75% or more of their work time. The proportion of workers exposed was highest for the age groups under 45 years. Moreover, 19% of those exposed to hazardous noise were un...

Work-related amputations are serious yet preventable injuries. Workers in the manufacturing sector in particular are vulnerable to amputation injuries compared to workers in other sectors. In this study, we used a two-source capture recapture method to estimate the true number of annual work-related amputations in the Norwegian manufacturing sector...

An occupational accident is an unpleasant “event” which occurs unexpectedly and causes injury or damage. Accident also denotes a range of different phenomena such as fate, coincidence, luck, misfortune and thus is a vague term. The word injury means a harm, wound or trauma done to a person's body. Our aim is to highlight the somewhat erroneous use...

An accident is an unpleasant “event” that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage. Accident also denotes fate, coincidence, luck, misfortune etc. The word injury means, a harm done to persons or animals body. Synonyms for injury are among others harm, wound, hurt and trauma. Our aim is to highlight the often erroneous use of the word accid...

The Norwegian Labour Inspectorates (NLI's) Registry for Work-Related Diseases was established in 1920. Based on the principle of sentinel health events (SHE), its central purpose is to provide information to the NLI to enable workplace interventions and the prevention of hazardous exposures. Although physicians are required to report work-related d...

Problems of improving safety in small business establishments may include a lack of resources, limited unionization, and an informal management structure. We evaluated worker and manager perceptions of worksite health and safety using Social Cognitive Theory. We used a business safety scorecard to audit the safety conditions, policies and programs,...

Background: Safety climate refers is often cited as crucial for improving worksite health and safety. Hence it is important to gain a better understanding of the relationship between worker and management perceptions of worksite safety and how these are correlated with objective measures of worksite safety. Methods: Perceptions of worksite health...

This presentation describes the selection of intervention activities designed to lower machine-related hazards and amputations in small metal fabrication businesses. Methods included an advisory board, employee discussions, and pilot tests. We used a stepwise intervention mapping process to identify performance objectives, behavioral determinants,...

Tools for systematic evaluation of machine-related hazards are lacking for the metal fabrication industry, which has one of the highest rates of non-fatal injury in the U.S. Here we describe the development and pilot evaluation of machine safety scorecards for an intervention study in small metal fabrication businesses. We developed 23 machine safe...

Small U.S. businesses are underserved in terms of occupational health and safety (OHS) services. Little is known about organizational factors influencing OHS in these establishments. Machine guarding was quantitatively evaluated in 40 small businesses. Checklists were used to develop safety scores. Organizational information such as number of emplo...

This paper describes the selection of intervention activities designed to lower machine-related hazards and amputations in small metal fabrication businesses. Methods included an advisory board, employee discussions, and pilot tests. We used a stepwise intervention mapping process to identify performance objectives, behavioral determinants, and cha...

The potency of oral polio vaccine (OPV), a heat-labile vaccine, is preserved by the cold chain. The Vaccine Vial Monitor, a heat-sensitive label, is critical to the monitoring and maintenance of the cold chain. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the adequacy of cold chain infrastructure and the proper use of Vaccine Vial...

Metal fabrication employs an estimated 3.1 million workers in the United States. The absence of machine guarding and related programs such as lockout/tagout may result in serious injury or death. The purpose of this study was to improve machine-related safety in small metal-fabrication businesses. We used a randomized trial with two groups: managem...

Metal working has been identified as an industry with one of the highest rates of non-fatal injury in the United States. However, the systematic evaluation of machine-related hazards is lacking. The Minnesota Machine Guarding Study evaluates the effectiveness of a peer-based technical and educational intervention designed to reduce exposure to ampu...

Background: The total number of people with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection in India is estimated to be 10% of all global cases. People living with HIV in India often experience discrimination while receiving health care due to inadequate knowledge and fear among health care professionals. Data presented in this paper represents the fi...

Each year there are an estimated 4.2-6.7 amputations per 10,000 workers in the metal fabrication trades in the United States. The Minnesota Machine Guarding Study evaluates the effectiveness of a peer-based technical and educational intervention designed to reduce exposure to amputation hazards among workers in small machining/metal working shops....