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Interventions to Improve Occupational Safety and Health in the Garment Industry – Development of New Integrated Strategies

Authors : Peter Hasle, Jan Vang

Published in: Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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International efforts to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) in garment suppliers in developing countries have so far had little impact. External pressure from international buyers and multi-stakeholder initiatives tends to result in window-dressing changes decoupled from OSH practice on the shop floor. Experience from interventions in the garment industry in Bangladesh shows that using lean as a tool to integrate OSH with productivity can create considerable improvements, and thereby offers prospects for new strategies to secure safety and health in the garment industry in emerging economies.

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Title: Interventions to Improve Occupational Safety and Health in the Garment Industry – Development of New Integrated Strategies
Authors: Peter Hasle
Jan Vang
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-74607-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-74608-7

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_58

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