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2018 [16th] Contribution to the Japanese version of ILO mobile apps on Ergonomic Checkpoints and Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture (Posted on Nov. 7, 2018)

Upon a request from the ILO (International Labour Organization), a team led by Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Izumi, Department of Ergonomics has contributed to publish the Japanese version of the ILO Checkpoints apps series, “Ergonomic Checkpoints” and “Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture”. The Checkpoints apps series are provided free of charge by ILO as a digital tool to improve occupational safety and health in the workplace. Details can be found from the link below.

https://www.ilo.org/safework/info/publications/WCMS_438062/lang--en/index.htm

2018 [17th] Contribution to the Japanese version of IHMOD 2.0

(Posted on Nov. 7, 2018)

The training course from Prof. Daniel Drolet at the University of Montréal (DSEST) in May as a start, Prof. Kunio Hara, Department of Occupational Safety and Health Management with Drs. Shinpei Yamada and Shinobu Yamamoto contributed to translate IHMOD 2.0 into Japanese. IHMOD 2.0 is an advanced Excel file containing models to estimate the concentration of hazardous chemical substances in the air at work places.

IHMOD 2.0 consists of eleven different models, and it assists occupational hygienists or occupational health professionals to estimate, using a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) approach, the concentration of hazardous chemical substances in the air at work places. This is provided free of charge by AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association). You can find more information from the links below.

・Download: EASC-Web page

・Short announcement: “Updated Modeling Tool Available from AIHA.org”. Thomas W. Armstrong and Daniel Drolet. Sept. 2018

・Example of application; “Introduction to IH Mod 2.0 Predicting Airborne Exposures Using Two- Zone Model and Monte Carlo Simulation” Pamela R.D. Williams, Thomas Armstrong and Daniel Drolet. Sept. 2018.

2018 [18th] Lectures at workshop organized by WHO office in Mongolia (Posted on Nov. 7, 2018)

＜Lectures at workshop organized by WHO office in Mongolia＞

Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Izumi, Department of Ergonomics gave two lectures entitled “Preventive Ergonomics and Work Task Design” and “Hazard Identification and Exposure Measurements-1: Low Back Pain Prevention” at the WHO National Workshop on Basic Occupational Health Services organized by WHO office in Mongolia, implemented by the Labour Safety and Health Center, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Mongolia from September 18 to 20. Attendees were mostly occupational health staff in Mongolia, and an action plan was concluded at the end of the workshop.

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