Development of an Empirical Model for Selecting Accident Prevention Measures for Construction Managers

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Ivan W. H. Fung ◽  
Vivian W. Y. Tam
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Model ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures

scholarly journals Construção de uma cartilha sobre educação no trânsito para adolescentes

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2737
Author(s):  
Luana Passos Lessa ◽  
Renata Kelly dos Santos e Silva ◽  
Gabriela Araújo Rocha ◽  
Jéssica Denise Vieira Leal ◽  
Ana Klisse Silva Araújo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Subsequent Phase ◽  
Prevention Method

RESUMOObjetivo: construir uma cartilha educativa para adolescentes sobre prevenção de acidentes de trânsito. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, do tipo metodológico, que se conduziu por fases: iniciou-se com uma revisão narrativa acerca das medidas de prevenção e epidemiologia dos acidentes de trânsito no Brasil e, posteriormente, confecção do texto, layout e imagens do conteúdo proposto na cartilha. Resultados: dividiu-se a cartilha em partes: pedestres, ciclistas, motociclistas e motoristas, sinalização e dicas de trânsito. Para cada componente descreveram-se meios de comportamento no trânsito acompanhados de ilustrações. Conclusão: construiu-se a cartilha que se apresenta como novo material de ensino nas atividades de educação em saúde com foco para a prevenção de acidentes de trânsito. Ressalta-se que em fase subsequente será submetida ao processo de validação de conteúdo e aparência. Descritores: Educação em Saúde; Acidentes de Trânsito; Adolescentes; Saúde Pública; Prevenção de Acidentes; Promoção de Saúde.ABSTRACTObjective: to build an educational booklet for adolescents on traffic accident prevention. Method: this is a qualitative study of the methodological type conducted by phases: initiated by a narrative review about the prevention measures and epidemiology of traffic accidents in Brazil, and later confection of the text, layout, and images of the contents proposed in the booklet. Results: the booklet was divided into parts: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers, signage and traffic tips. For each component, means of behavior in traffic were described along with illustrations. Conclusion: the booklet was built and a new teaching material in health education activities was shown, focusing on the prevention of traffic accidents. It is emphasized that in the subsequent phase, the booklet will be submitted to the process of validation of content and appearance. Descriptors: Health Education; Traffic Accidents; Adolescent; Public Health; Accident Prevention; Health Promotion.RESUMENObjetivo: construir una cartilla educativa para adolescentes sobre prevención de accidentes de tránsito. Método: estudio cualitativo del tipo metodológico conducido por fases: iniciado por una revisión narrativa acerca de las medidas de prevención y epidemiologia de los accidentes de tránsito en Brasil, y posteriormente confección del texto, layout e imágenes del contenido propuesto en la cartilla. Resultados: la cartilla fue dividida en partes: pedestres, ciclistas, motociclistas y motoristas, señalización y consejos de tránsito. Para cada componente fueron descritos medios de comportamiento en el tránsito acompañados de ilustraciones. Conclusión: la cartilla fue construida y se presenta como nuevo material de enseñanza en las actividades de educación en salud, con enfoque para la prevención de accidentes de tránsito. Se resalta que en fase subsecuente será sometida al proceso de validación de contenido y apariencia.  Descriptores: Educación en Salud; Accidentes de Tránsito; Adolescente; Salud Pública; Prevención de Accidentes; Promoción de la Salud.

Death on the Persian Corridor

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-135
Author(s):  
Mikiya Koyagi
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Material Structure ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Allied Occupation ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Railway Operations ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Embodied Practice

Using industry publications and American archival documents from the Allied occupation period, chapter 5 focuses mainly on railway accident prevention measures to illustrate that railway operations required a perfect alignment of sociopolitical, technological, and environmental pieces. The material structure of the railway alone was insufficient to achieve the production of safe, speedy, and stable movement of trains. Seeing speed as corruptible through human behavior and perfectible through human endeavor, technocrats of the IRO and the Allied forces tried to contain its danger by reforming the embodied practice of movement among workers. They enacted safety regulations and sought standardization in many realms, specifying mundane physical motions of workers for particular procedures. The chapter also suggests that workers were not passive objects of reform but used their knowledge of the infrastructural system for goals different from those of technocrats.

National Strategy for Preventing Injuries from Skiing and Snowboarding in Switzerland

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Snow Sports

Skiing and snowboarding are very popular sports in Switzerland. However, every year, around 67,000 skiers and 18,000 snowboarders are injured so seriously that they need medical treatment. Moreover around 8 people die on the slopes in Switzerland. Therefore, there is a need to reduce the burden of injuries in snow sports. The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) developed a strategy that utilized scientifically-based injury prevention, using an effect-oriented prevention cycle. The aim of this study is to present this systematic and evidence-based strategy for snow sports. Throughout the prevention cycle, the incidence and severity of injuries are established, risk factors and possible prevention measures are identified and rated, prevention goals are set, prevention programs are developed and implemented, and the success of the measures and processes are monitored. In addition, the effect-oriented prevention cycle involves collaboration with other prevention-minded partners. This strategy allows the bfu to carry out its legal mandate to prevent non-occupational accidents and to coordinate prevention measures throughout Switzerland that are effective, efficient, and practical. Furthermore, the collaboration with other prevention-minded agencies greatly improves the implementation.

scholarly journals Accident Prevention in Electrical Installations at Construction Sites in Manaus - Amazonas

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 614-623
Author(s):  
Josielma Ladislau Batista ◽  
Livia Da Silva Oliveira ◽  
David Barbosa de Alencar ◽  
Ricardo Silva Parente
Keyword(s):  
Direct Observation ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Lead Workers ◽  
Minor Injuries

Electricity brings great benefits to the population, but when misused can pose a great danger especially with regard to safety.Safety is risk fre.Despite several safety standards and standards in place to ensure safety in work involving electricity, there are still many accidents that range from minor injuries to fatalities.The present work aims to propose preventive measures for the risks existing in building electrical installations, in order to guarantee the safety and health of workers who perform activities and services of electrical installations, by explaining the origin of the causes of accidents in buildings. electrical installations, workers' awareness of the importance of safety and the main risks in electrical services. Subsequent to this, preventive and corrective measures will be suggested to reduce work accidents in building electrical installations. In the development of this study, a direct observation field research was carried out in three construction sites of Manaus City, where relevant aspects related to work safety were observed, with works involving electricity.In partnership with the field research, bibliographical researches were carried out in order to strengthen the data collected in the sites of the researched works.According to the bibliographic survey and direct observation field research, the main consequences of not complying with the recommendations prescribed in NR1O and NBR 5410 are accidents and occupational diseases.Accidents are caused by unsafe acts and unsafe condition.The importance of DDS (Safety Dialogue) was pointed out to show the importance of equipment to workers, the percentage of personal protective equipment used at construction sites and the reasons that lead workers not to use PPE, among others. Through the lecture, it was possible to clarify to workers about the importance of using preventive measures so that they change their attitudes and there is a transformation and behavioral changes on safety measures.Therefore, although companies have accident prevention measures, it is confirmed that the maximum of protective measures has their flaws.There is no work environment completely free of hazards and risks.Risks will always exist, even if in minimal proportions. Most workers have positive conceptions of improvements and benefits from the prevention of accidents in electricity.

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