Occupational Safety and Hygiene

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

Language: English

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Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene ? SHO2013 (Guimarães, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions from 15 different countries focus on:

- Occupational safety

- Risk assessment

- Safety management

- Ergonomics

- Management systems

- Environmental ergonomics

- Physical environments

- Construction safety

- Human factors

The papers included in the book are mainly based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions, but they are also based on practical studies developed by Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) practitioners within their companies. As a result, this book will be useful to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art of the research within the aforementioned domains, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OHS professionals worldwide.

Foreword, Applied ergonomics, Cognitive ergonomics, Construction safety, Economic aspects of prevention, Education and training in prevention, Emerging risks , Environmental ergonomics, Fire safety, Health monitoring and occupational medicine, Human and organisational factors, Occupational ergonomics, Occupational hygiene, Occupational safety, Risk assessment methods, Other, Author index
Postgraduate and Professional
Pedro Arezes, João Santos Baptista, Monica P. Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Patricio Cordeiro, Nelson Costa, Rui B. Melo, Sergio A. Miguel, Gonçalo Perestrelo