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Drinking water facilities First-aid fac ilities 3 0 0 -3 7 5
Sanitary facilities (toilets, Cleaning or improving toilets nil-4 8 0
washing facilities) Changing room 3 2 0
Resting facilities Clean drinking water 1 4 0 -1 4 5
Changing rooms and lockers Resting or tea-break c orners nil-1 ,2 0 0
First aid kits and facilities Canteen using existing fac ilities nil-4 0 0
Eating areas and canteens Sports fac ilities nil-6 7
Transport facilities Reading c orners nil
Recreational facilities Child-c are fac ilities 5 0 0
Child-care facilities
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Kazutaka Ko gi and Tsuyo shi Kawakami Curre nt re se arc h – We lfare
Enviro nme ntal Manage me nt and He alth
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d evelop m en t s in occu p a t ion a l h ea lt h p r a ct ice a n d r es ea r ch d u r in g t h e la st d eca d e.
In t h e WISE p r ogr a m m es, a p a r t icu la r em p h a s is is p la ced on low -cost im p r ovem en t s of wor k -r ela t ed w elfa r e fa cilit ies. E ffor t s a r e m a d e t o d em on s t r a t e t h a t t h er e a r e va r iou s op t ion s for m a k in g im p r ovem en t s. T h u s a ll t h e t y p es of im p r ovem en t s lis t ed in Ta ble I a r e p r esen t ed t o a ct ion t r a in in g p a r t icip a n t s. T h en t h e p a r t icip a n t s a r e en cou r a ged t o con s id er fea s ible op t ion s a n d p la n r ela t ively in exp en s ive on es fi r st . Am on g over 2,000 im p r ovem en t s d on e by a WISE p r oject in t h e P h ilip p in es, u n d er t a k en by t h e Bu r ea u of Wor k in g Con d it ion s d u r in g 1994-1996, a b ou t 240 con cer n ed w elfa r e fa cilit ies a n d 82 p er cen t w er e im p lem en t ed w it h in t h e cou r s e p er iod of a b ou t t wo w eek s. T h e cou r s e r e p or t s con fi r m ed t h a t t h ese im p r ovem en t s h a d b een gr ea t ly a p p r ecia t ed by t h e m a n a ger s a n d wor k er s con cer n ed .
T h er e a r e lik ew is e n u m er ou s exa m p les of im p r ov in g w elfa r e fa cilit ies a n d s er v ices a s p a r t of occu p a t ion a l h ea lt h p r ogr a m m es in Asia n -P a cifi c cou n t r ies. T h is a s p ect is n ow con s id er ed a n in t e gr a l p a r t of a ct ion p r o-gr a m m es for im p r ov in g wor k in g con d it ion s in s m a ll en t er p r ises, con st r u ct ion sit es a n d r u r a l wor k p la ces.
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