Chapter 8: Well-being of farmers and miners: a study on the occupational health and safety risks of this vulnerable population
Jinky Leilanie Del Prado-Lu
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
24 Feb 2017
Page Range:
173–188
Collection:
Business 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785363269.00016
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The chapter discusses the precarious and adverse working conditions of farmers and small-scale miners in today’s world of work. This is the vulnerable working population in many parts of the developing world that calls for broader institutional arrangement on protecting their health and safety, and to ensure the very basic decency of work. It is argued in the chapter that the agriculture and mining sectors are among the biggest revenue-generating economic activities in the world and in the Philippines, yet, it is ironic that their work rights and rights for healthful and safe work are not protected. Hence, there is an urgent need to focus on the farmers’ and miners’ occupational health and safety, and that their work in agriculture or mining adds value to their lives and well-being, and does not, on the contrary, end their life as a consequence of a serious work-related accident, or chronic occupational illness from handling dangerous chemicals.

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Cover Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being
Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being
Edited by
Ronald J. Burke
and
Kathryn M. Page
Handbook
Published:
24 Feb 2017
Print ISBN:
9781785363252
eISBN:
9781785363269
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785363269
Pages:
544
Collection:
Business 2017
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