Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV

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

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781138029422
• eBook ISBN: 9781315628967
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV covers a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to: - Occupational Safety- Risk Assessment- Ergonomics- Management Systems- Physical Environment - Construction Safety, and - Human FactorsThis compilation of papers in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene is mainly based on research works carried

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Table of contents
• Foreword
• Occupational exposure assessment to particles with task-based approach
• Trends of Volatile Organic Compounds in different indoor microenvironments: A review
• Climate changes influence in occupational exposure to fungi and mycotoxins
• Changes of air temperature and its effects on student’s health
• Biomechanical analysis of the manual handling of fertilizers in silvicultural operations, in mountainous regions
• Exposure to emissions from cleaning products in primary schools: A test chamber study
• Analysis of overload in the musculoskeletal system of women developing repetitive tasks in fluid filling process in chemical industry
• Communication strategies in Occupational Safety and Health training for foreign university students: A case study
• The Portuguese anthropometric database comparison
• Human systems engineering approach for safety and risk management of complex systems design
• Assessment of gaseous pollutants in a preschool environment
• Influence of psychosocial factors in the pain symptoms
• Development of ergonomic sofas for labor rest areas
• Performance evaluation in teaching environments on climate change
• Firefighter’s occupational exposure to PM2.5 and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Influence of temperatures’ variation on students’ productivity
• The workaholism as an obstacle to safety and well-being in the workplace
• Chemical risk in the footwear industry
• The noise exposure of workers of the footwear industry
• Air quality in teaching lab: Perception of students and analysis of Particulate Matter
• Perceptive assessment in viability of job rotation at a footwear industry
• Risk assessment in a chemical laboratory
• Shaping a work safety by use of the 5S methodology
• Comfort requirements assessment on indoor environmental quality in hospital’s ICU
• Noise perception of male motorcycle police officers in João Pessoa, Brazil
• Work environmental conditions (noise and vibrations) in a professional conservatory of dance in Spain
• Good management practices of the waste and of the health and the safety conditions in the constructive process: Sustainability, and ethical business activiy
• Organizational culture—decisive factor for safety and health at work in construction companies
• Verification of project requirements that influence workers’ health in the development of industrial equipment
• Prevalence of symptoms of musculoskeletal injuries related to the work of caregiver—case study of a social institution
• “Safety and health” as a criterion in the choice of tunnelling method
• Construction workers’ training: Contributions to a more effective prevention culture
• Brazilian performance standard—NBR 15.575: Safety in use and operation of housing buildings
• Heavy metal exposure in landfill leachate treatment facilities
• Design for Maintenance guidelines: Safety height work
• Analysis of the evolution and impact of electrical occupational accidents in Spain
• BIM as a support for the design process with fire safety regulations
• Musculoskeletal pain and physical workload among dental students
• The outcomes of shift work in the context of psychosocial functioning—sex aspects
• Information technology applied to the safety management
• Consequences of occupational accidents due to direct and indirect electrical contact
• An activity of “acceptable risk”, the one of the Occupational Health and Safety Professionals?
• Epidemiological analysis of accidents at work in Brazil based on the National Household Health Survey
• The impact of patient’s suicide on health care professionals
• Analysis of the chemical hazards present in the sugar production: A comparative study between the crystal and demerara sugar
• Impact of the work process on power grip strength: A practical case
• Impact of exposures to environmental factors on sense of balance stimulation
• Working conditions in the ceramic industry: Assessment of the heat exposure with the Predicted Heat Strain (PHS) index
• Student Occupational Health and Safety in technological education
• Working postures of spot welding machine operators
• Shift work: Impact on sleep, family and social life, and satisfaction with work schedule
• Impact of fatigue on selected psychomotor characteristics: A practical example (Dufour Cross-Shaped Apparatus)
• Application of the TRIZ method in design oriented to the various needs of people with disabilities
• Numerical modeling of the physical parameters of the thermal environment in industrial contexts
• Dynamics of skin surface temperature in the hand after computer work: A review
• Safety lifting—equipment’s
• Occupational stress in Portuguese physiotherapists
• Analysis of work disability in the workers of a central hospital— the impact of the Musculoskeletal Injury
• Injuries treatment body posture monitoring system
• Cardiovascular parameters of students subjected to temperature changes
• Industrial wastes: Analysis of parameters addressed by the Regulatory Norm 25 in a tannery located in southwest of Minas Gerais
• Vehicle thermal comfort: Generalized Linear Modeling to the case of the military police of Paraíba—Brazil
• On the use of accident indicators in risk-based management of occupational safety and health: Example of application to Spain
• Inherent risk management activities disassemble the rocks with explosives
• Association of hand size with usability assessment parameters of a standard handheld computer pointing device
• Life quality and health of women workers from family agriculture
• Analysis of safety culture on the example of selected Polish production enterprises
• Risk agents for worker health at a rapadura factory
• Analysis of registration and notification of circumstances in official investigation reports on occupational accidents
• Effectiveness of an intervention in small and medium enterprises by safety assessors with enforcement ability
• Exploring marine accident causation: A case study
• Evaluation of indoor air quality in kindergartens—case study
• Evaluation of exposure to particulate poultry farms
• The air fresheners influence on the quality of the air—cross-sectional study
• Characterization of the thermal environment of the metal industry workers (with foundry)
• Empowerment for women riverside farmers: Workplace health promotion at Northeast of Brazil
• Causes of failure in corrective maintenance—a case study
• Work, health and gender differences in Portuguese physiotherapists
• Diffusion of integrated Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
• The influence of the quality of the cooking oil from the frying process in food safety—case study in the catering industry
• Perception of occupational risk exposure to Xylene, Ethylbenzene and Toluene by workers of furniture industry
• Use of effectiveness and efficiency concepts in occupational safety management on motorways: A systematic review
• Cross-sectional study of assessment of thermal comfort levels in aviary workers
• Noise exposure of the students from Colleges of Health Technology of Portugal
• A view of occupational risk prevention by researchers in the Nanosciences, but not exposed to nanomaterials
• Schoolbag weight and the postural and psychophysical changes in young students: A pilot study
• Portuguese economic situation of the influence on the labour accident
• Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the upper limbs in an auto components company
• Ergonomic in the callcenter context: Protocol of the Ergonomic Work Analysis of the Telemarketing
• Relationship between production cycles and noise patterns in loading and transport operations in quarries
• Assessing Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders with infrared images and mouse repetitive challenge
• Measurements of indoor radon and total gamma dose rate in Portuguese thermal spas
• Evaluation of a public intervention in high injury rate enterprises
• In-vehicle auxiliary driving equipment systems—a user interaction for safety review
• Analysis of potential risks for the user in equipment and workstations
• Survey of the knowledge and correct use of Scrub Suits, Gowns and Clean Air Suits in Portuguese hospitals
• Thermal and health conditions in smart learning environments
• Safety coordinator specific on a road construction
• Risk assessment and control measures from exposure to Electromagnetic Fields in mobile communications
• The working platforms and safety
• Self-Rated Health and their relationships with work in the perspective of the women Brazilian Northeast
• Ergonomic design of store shelving for the elderly applying universal design with a focus on health and safety
• Relationship between BMI, regular physical activity and musculoskeletal back pain indication in college students
• Management Systems for Health and Safety and OSHA 18001 certification in Brazil
• Asbestos application in construction
• Clam’s production floating platform
• Health care staff perception of noise in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A questionnaire survey from NeoNoise project
• Comfort lightning and energy efficiency in open space offices
• Physical exertion in military during heat stress conditions—preliminary results
• Analysis of thermal environment at a workplace: A case study in a jewelry shop
• Safety: Factor of business through the adoption of NTEP in a civil construction company—case study
• Occupational Health and Safety management system: A case study in a waste company
• A method for evaluating aircraft used for visual flight rules VFR: Reliability, performance and security
• Job accommodation of people with disabilities in the construction industry: Analysis of production and absence
• Psychosocial risks at the Portuguese contact centres
• Back Cover