Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

Occupational Safety and Hygiene II contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimarães, 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 to):

• Occupational safety
• Risk assessment
• Safety management
• Ergonomics
• Management systems
• Environmental ergonomics
• Physical environments
• Construction safety, and
• Human factors

The contributions in Occupational Safety and Hygiene II are mainly based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions, but also on practical studies developed by Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Practitioners within their companies. Accordingly, this book will be a helpful text to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art of the research within the mentioned domains, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OHS professionals in a global context.

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