Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

Pedro Arezes, João Santos Baptista, Monica P. Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Patrício Cordeiro, Nelson Costa, Rui B. Melo, Sergio A. Miguel, Gonçalo Perestrelo, João. S. Baptista

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781138001442
• eBook ISBN: 9781317681670
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Health & Safety
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Occupational Safety and Hygiene II contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimar Portugal, 13-14 February 2014), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions focus on selected topics, which include (but is not limited t

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of contents
• Foreword
• Safety of peak less tower cranes, an accident analysis conducted by the Dutch Safety Board
• A methodology to identify negative occupational well-being hazards
• Causes of musculoskeletal accidents identified in official investigations
• Assessing the inter-analyst reliability of the RIAAT process
• Polymeric nanocomposites production risk assessment using different qualitative analyses
• Comparative study between productivity predictive models for work in hot environments
• Determinants of psychosocial risks
• Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) at construction projects. A perspective from formworks & falseworks companies
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) courses at engineering under/degree studies
• Prevention through Design (PtD) concept at university. Engineering & Architecture students’ perspective
• Prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD) symptoms among milkers in the State of Paraná, Brazil
• Real determination of metabolic rate to improve the PMV model
• Analysis of the role of worker characteristics in three of the most frequent manufacturing accidents
• A holistic framework for safety performance evaluation
• Association of job-related psychosocial factors with environmental conditions in a mixed plan office: The basis for a screening proxy?
• Incidence of musculoskeletal symptoms in industry workers
• Influence of hot thermal environment in practice of Aerostep
• The thermal feeling of a human being can contribute to the definition of a comfortable thermal environment to the animals
• Methodology of chemical hazard management—a tool for occupational health promotion
• The attitude of washing hands among the health staff
• Scenarios and implications of ambivalence experienced by hotel managers
• Bioaerosols in hospital environment: A short review
• Analysis of the hearing risk and implantation of environmental improvements in workers of the industry of paper and cellulose and introduction of acoustic improvements
• Ergonomic evaluation of the cluster during teat cup attachment
• Risk factors of the most frequent accident types in manufacturing
• Determination of characteristics predicting the ignition of organic dusts
• Bibliometric Mapping to analyze the evolution of research on Ergonomics using the SciMAT tool
• Psychosocial risks factors at work: A study of health professionals
• Safety at construction site: Case study at the university hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora
• Integrated management system in civil construction based on PMBOK guide extension
• Application of the HSC_PEI2012 model in construction work
• Scholar ergonomics—primary schools in Tartu (Estonia) study case
• Damages derived from mobbing and professional contingencies— state of the art on the Portuguese legal framework and case law
• Evolution of skin temperature at different temperature and humidity conditions
• Ergonomic assessment of a workstation in a paints production line
• Formworks—maximizing the prefabrication of each set on the ground
• Formworks—provisionally stability of the sets
• Exposure assessment of health ionizing radiation in nuclear medicine at Coimbra
• Risk assessment: Information for qualitative estimation of probability and severity in high risk work context
• Occupational risks behind teaching activity
• Noise exposure and military police: A review
• Occupational exposure to particulate matter and fungi in a composting plant—case study in Portugal
• Safety culture and labor accidents in the town councils in the District of Leiria
• A study regarding the ergonomic conditions in an area of winding transformers
• Respiratory function study in a group of car repair workers
• Simultaneity of risk in the civil site construction: An analysis of accumulated risk
• High-Density surface Electromyography applications & reliability vs. muscle fatigue—a short review
• Dispersion of quarry’s dust—pilot study
• Study of Radon in dwellings—case study in Moimenta da Beira
• Occupational exposure to car workshops air pollutants
• Food safety of transported meals in primary schools and kindergartens
• Eco-construction—contribution to occupational risk occurrence
• Risk exposure prevention tool to health care workers
• The construction of the Brazil colony: The role played by the carpenters
• Safety analysis in the building construction carpentry work
• Elementáis ergonomic constituents for administratives environments
• Research on occupational exposure to radon in Portuguese thermal spas
• Vibration and tipping of agricultural machinery: A reality to be adjusted
• Noise emission levels during spinning classes and the effects on workers’ health
• A model for assessing maturity of Integrated Management Systems
• Effects of indoor air quality on respiratory function of children in the 1st cycle of basic education of Coimbra, Portugal
• Risk analysis and reliability assessment of energy facilities
• Microbiological parameters of surfaces in school canteens
• Good practices of hygienic processes on NEMI’s professionals
• Conceptual model of competency profile for work equipment inspections
• Assessment levels of dustiness—case study applied to technicians of gel nails
• Assessment of electromagnetic fields in arc and resistance welding
• Influence of pedal use in developing of chronic low back pain and work disability
• 3D anthropometric data collection for occupational ergonomics purposes: A review
• Occupational hygiene and work safety in a shoe company in Campina Grande
• Safety management at small establishments with major hazards: The case of galvanic industry
• Qualitative evaluation of occupational exposure to chemical agents in a workplace of a research laboratory
• Some constraints in the evacuation—a short review
• Can the external environment affect the occupational safety conditions and unsafety behaviours?
• Screening for psychoactive substances at the workplace—a review
• Ergonomic and anthropometric evaluation of a footwear modification: A case study
• Cultural and linguistic adaptation and validation of the long version of Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II (COPSOQ II) in Portuguese
• Anthropometric study of the student population of a Portuguese faculty
• Variability management: A still to be noticed role of workers
• Whole Body Vibration in open pit mining—a short review
• Factors affecting the safety in Portuguese architectural heritage works
• Patterns of Whole-Body Vibrations in open pit mining
• Tracking Surgical Instruments: From a management perspective to safety issues
• Occupational noise and hearing loss in a metalworking company
• Analysis of FEUP school furniture’s suitability
• Modern machines: How to set up the health of the pilot?
• Chemical agents exposure prevention: A training effectiveness approach
• Safety management on a refinery maintenance turnaround
• Safety footwear and its protective components, a way to promote health and safety at work
• Crawler excavator track repair: Track fastening—noise characterization and personal protection
• Assessment of the performance of globe thermometers under different environmental conditions
• Different transposed legislation analysis in safety matter for construction sites: Three study cases
• Preventive measures in the execution of metallic structures in Portugal
• Preventive measures in rehabilitation of buildings—facades shoring
• Assessment of the health and safety plan on Vila Nova de Gaia county
• Stakeholder’s perspectives on accident causes in rehabilitation and maintenance work in Portugal and Brazil
• Evaluation of indoor thermal environment of a manufacturing industry
• Analysis of correlation between unsafe actions and unsafe conditions in the constitution of occupational accidents—case study
• Proposal for evaluation of heat stress on the activity of vehicular patrolling by military police in Paraiba—Brazil
• Take the risk by others: Working conditions and health of workers of private security
• Occupational noise exposure in gyms of county of Coimbra
• Ergonomic service quality of the elderly on the example of the financial market
• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in the living rooms in homes for the elderly—case study in the county of Pombal
• Occupational exposure noise—case study of a quarter of firefighters in center region
• Risk factors associated with musculoskeletal symptoms in footwear sewing workers
• Environmental risks: A systematic review
• Prevalence of WMSD in the sewing sector of two companies of the footwear industry
• Industrial hygiene and safety of work in a manufacturing industry profiles aluminum
• Ergonomic method for the implementation of occupational safety systems
• A review of effects from exposure to static magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging
• Ergonomic model of hotel service quality for the elderly and people with disabilities
• Safety in the work environment of a company in the textile in Campina Grande-PB—Brazil
• Exposure assessment to ionizing radiation in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizer
• Shiftwork experience: Worker’s vision of its impacts
• Ergonomic conditions of work bus urban driver and bus collector
• A study of associations of occupational accidents to number of employees, and to hours worked
• 3D human thermoregulation model: Bioheat transfer in tissues and small vessels
• Work organization and the interfaces with occupational stress
• Key elements to effective emergency management in a school complex
• A study on the reality of Portuguese companies about work health and safety
• Influence of rotating shiftwork in health and performance of air traffic controller: A review
• Perception of risk inherent in the working conditions of women agricultural workers in northeastern Brazil
• Self-rated health, social factors and life style among farmers in Brazil
• Prevalence of chronic pain and associated factors in administrative assistants of a Brazilian university
• Occupational risks in a workplace of a metallurgical in Paraiba—Brazil
• One-way coupling between a CFD model and a transient thermal model of the human body
• The importance of ergonomics analysis in prevention of MSDs: Exploratory study in Swedwood-Portugal
• Environmental risks in a company in the food sector in Campina Grande, PB
• Recent application of infrared thermography in work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Ergonomic work analysis of swing arm cutting machine by RULA method
• Evaluation of sidewalks on a busy avenue in a Brazilian metropolis
• Occurrence of pain in metals industry workers and its relation to work
• A proposal for the use of serious games in occupational safety
• Summer parties in Algarve—DJs and audience noise exposure
• Occupational risks of accident at a work: A case study in footwear industry in Paraiba—Brazil
• Identification and proposition of preventive measures for environmental risks on a t-shirts factory in Campina Grande, Brazil
• Noise pollution in a shopping center of Konya (Turkey)
• Contributions to the design of Emergency Management Intelligent Systems
• User-centered design of the interface prototype of a BI intelligence mobile application
• Occupational noise exposure during pregnancy: A systematic review