Outsourcing and occupational health and safety: a comparative study of factory-based and outworkers in the Australian TCF industry
This new monograph examines OHS in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry. The study involved an assessment of the incidence and patterns of work-related injury and illness amongst 100 factory-based TCF workers, which was compared with the injury patterns identified amongst 100 outworkers...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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University of New South Wales
1998
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19202884124910200669-outsourcing-and-occupational-h.htm |
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| author | Mayhew, Claire Quinlan, Michael |
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| description | This new monograph examines OHS in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry. The study involved an assessment of the incidence and patterns of work-related injury and illness amongst 100 factory-based TCF workers, which was compared with the injury patterns identified amongst 100 outworkers.
It was found that overuse injury was the most common condition in both groups, although the factory-based workers had a far lower incidence than did outworkers. However bonus and piecework payment systems significantly increased the probability of an overuse injury amongst factory-based TCF workers. Factory-based TCF workers were heavily reliant on their supervisors and union officials for any OHS preventive information. Outworkers had no readily available access to OHS supports, and were vulnerable to the "middlemen" who provided them with work. |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Australia |
| id | 19202884124910200669_8ed9530b5c8a4a8d95c8ad208320df66 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19202884124910200669_8ed9530b5c8a4a8d95c8ad208320df66 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Outsourcing and occupational health and safety: a comparative study of factory-based and outworkers in the Australian TCF industry |
| language | English |
| physical | 164 p. Paper |
| publishDate | 1998 |
| publisher | University of New South Wales |
| spellingShingle | Mayhew, Claire Quinlan, Michael clothing industry comparison leather industry occupational accidents occupational disease occupational safety and health OSH management system plant safety and health organization risk assessment outsourcing textile industry working conditions Outsourcing and occupational health and safety: a comparative study of factory-based and outworkers in the Australian TCF industry |
| title | Outsourcing and occupational health and safety: a comparative study of factory-based and outworkers in the Australian TCF industry |
| topic | clothing industry comparison leather industry occupational accidents occupational disease occupational safety and health OSH management system plant safety and health organization risk assessment outsourcing textile industry working conditions |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19202884124910200669-outsourcing-and-occupational-h.htm |