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It seems that 2020 is the year that keeps on giving. On 1 January, the world woke up to fresh updates on Australia's Black Summer and its tragic consequences for wildlife and local communities. This crisis was the first in a series to also include political protests in Hong Kong, and Belarus, an explosion in Beirut's port, an oil spill in Mauritius, an outbreak of Ebola and measles in the DRC and, of course, the killing of George Floyd, giving fresh impetus to Black Lives Matters protests within, and beyond, America's borders. All this and more in a year in which an estimated 168 million people would have needed humanitarian assistance - and that is without the elephant in the room. But, of course, the pandemic has not affected everyone in the same way or to the same extent - that is to say, it is not universally 'extreme'. If anything, the pandemic has stripped away a facade that hitherto largely obscured structural cracks in society - or particular vulnerabilities to extreme contexts by BAME or people with disabilities or those (particularly women) having to home school their children. Then there are those running businesses and facing unprecedented organizational challenges: problems with supply chains, shortages of personal protection equipment, staff or paying customers. Finally, there are others who have found themselves at the sharpest end of the pandemic, having lost someone they cared about. It is these varied groups then that find themselves at the coal face. The pandemic may not be an extreme context for all - but it is for them. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Due to the rapid expansion of the leisure industry, there were about 32,000 golf caddies in South Korea in 2020, an increase of 18.5% compared to 2016. Consequently, they face an increasing industrial accident rate, which is presumed to be the result of exposure to various harmful factors. Through a survey and oral interview of 221 caddies across more than 20 golf courses, health protective measures, protective measures for caddies, preparation for golf cart operation, physical burden, compliance with golf cart safety during games, and golf course responses to emotional labor were investigated in this study to identify safety and health problems of caddies and suggest prevention measures. Preliminary interviews were conducted to confirm golf courses’ safety and health status and participants’ characteristics. Golf caddies’ health and safety were confirmed using frequency analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that caddies’ workplaces were relatively vulnerable to safety and health issues and caddies were exposed to various harmful risk factors. In addition, it was confirmed that golf caddy protective measures, golf cart safety compliance, physical burden, and health protection affect golf courses’ response level to caddies’ emotional labor.
ABSTRACT
Industrial accidents have been on the rise. However, the rate of accidents cannot even be compared to the monumental level of deaths which are still very much evident in the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. During the lock-down, industries did not devise critical operation scenarios to handle above said barriers. Hence the country has faced large number of industrial accidents and fatal injuries. After returning to production 75 workers have been killed in 30 industrial accidents between May and July, and the number of accidents and deaths must be higher than that reported by Global Union Federation. Prevention and mitigation strategies are not sufficient to handle such a situation. This study unfolds the operational, mechanical and human factors behind the accidents.