Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

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

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781138001442
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781315773520
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• 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

• Front Cover
• 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 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
• Elementals 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 Paraíba—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 Paraíba—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 Paraíba—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
• Back Cover