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Literature Review and Analysis
Construction Workers' Exposure to Crystalline Silica
 This report identifies the tasks and tools that may expose workers to silica at levels above the regulatory level.
Guardrails on Flat Roofs
Better Fall Protection
 Fact sheet for the safe use of guardrail anchoring systems on flat roofs for eliminating falling risks.
Rehabilitation
Presence, Intensity, and Temporal Changes
 The aim of this study was to enhance understanding of the nature of the anxiety symptoms exhibited by workers with a MSD that had resulted in a work absence of more than 12 weeks. These factors are intolerance of uncertainty, worries, negative problem orientation, and beliefs about the usefulness of worrying, cognitive avoidance, and depression.
Psychological health
Identifying the Psychological Health and Work-Related Determinants of Occupational Disability in a Target Sector
 This research project objective was to develop a systematic approach for identifying the determinants of the inability of workers with psychological problems to maintain an active working life.
Interaction with noise
Effect of chemical substances on hearing
 While noise is the main cause of occupational deafness, certain chemical substances can produce ototoxic effects that may make the ear more prone to acoustic assault, as opposed to noise alone.
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Gender and Sex in OHS
View the conferences online
View the conferences of the IRSST’s colloquium entitled The importance to consider the gender and sex in OHS. The differences between the gender and the sex in terms of OHS problems, as well as their importance in prevention and a return to the work process were among the subjects of this colloquium.
Gender, Work and Heatlh
IRSST partner in chair initiative
 A first OHS research chair on gender, work, and health was recently awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST).
IRSST and HRSDC
Service agreement
IRSST president and CEO, Marie Larue, is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement for professional services with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). By this agreement, the IRSST will provide, for the next three years, industrial hygiene equipment calibration services and analytical laboratory services for the HRSDC's Labour Program.
911 emergency call centres
Musculoskeletal disorders and psychological health problems
 This research sought to understand how the high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, psychological health problems, and physical and psychosocial risk factors among agents working in municipal public security emergency call centres in Québec.
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