Violence/Bullying

Name: João Clauber de Carvalho Canela
Turm: Turma pós graduação Engenharia Segurança no trabalho.




Violence/Bullying

Most people think of workplace violence and bullying as acts of physical assault. However, it is a much broader problem, consisting of any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated, assaulted, degraded, or humiliated in his or her employment.


Source: http://www.ccohs.ca/topics/wellness/violence/

Vocabulary: Most People: Maioria das Pessoas.
                     Acts of: Atos de
                     physical assault: Agressão física
                     However, it is: No entanto é.
                     threatened: Ameaçados
                     assaulted: agredido.

Cadernos de Saúde Pública versão impressa ISSN 0102-311X Occupational accidents: an expression of social violence.

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

versão impressa ISSN 0102-311X

The main objective of this study is to underscore the link between violence and the work process. Brazil is presently characterized by a very high level of occupational accidents, which amount to a form of structural violence in the workplace. The study considers the situation in the international context, with a brief analysis of different data in a variety of economic sectors. Brazilian data on occupational accidents obtained from National Social Welfare System records and death certificate archives are also discussed. In apparent contrast to international data, the Brazilian records demonstrate that outdoor activities, and in particular traffic accidents, are the major causes of death at work. Problems relating to the quality of data and to the classification of different types of accidents are also examined.

VOCABULARY

the link between = sublinhar a ligação
entre

presently characterized by = presentemente caracterizado por

which amount to = que ascendem a

brief analysis = análise breve

obtained from = obtido de

outdoor activities = atividades ao ar livre

Lucinea

New OSHA Rescue Requirements for Confined Space Retrieval: What You Should Know

Confined spaces exist in nearly every industry, and many workers come into contact with at least one during the course of their work. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about 90 deaths involving confined spaces occur every year across a wide range of industries. Unfortunately, two-thirds of those deaths are workers killed while trying to rescue someone else from a confined space. This is often due to the critical nature of these rescues, which sometimes lead to poorly planned retrieval attempts.

Many workers and employers are unaware of the dangers confined spaces pose, which include:

• Lack of oxygen
• Poisonous gas, fume, or vapor
• Liquids and solids suddenly filling the confined space or releasing gases into it when disturbed
• Fire and explosions
• Residues left behind that can give off gas, fume, or vapor
• Hot working conditions
• Falling objects
• Moving parts of equipment and machinery
• Electrical shock resulting from defective extension cords, welding cables, etc.
• Poor visibility
• Substances entering through piping such as gases, hot substances, or water

Very often, injuries and deaths occur as a result of work being carried out in a confined space, such as welding, painting, flame cutting, or using chemicals.

Source: https://osha.washington.edu/news/new-osha-rescue-requirements-confined-space-retrieval-what-you-should-know

Vocabulary: 

across: através

wide: largo

range: alcance

unfortunately: infelizmente

trying: tentando

poorly: mal

lack: falta

oxygen: oxigênio

entering: entrando

piping: encanamento.

Workers' rights under the OSH Act

Workers' rights under the OSH Act

Workers are entitled to working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm. To help assure a safe and healthful workplace, OSHA also provides workers with the right to:

§  Ask OSHA to inspect their workplace;

§  Use their rights under the law without retaliation and discrimination;

§  Receive information and training about hazards, methods to prevent harm, and the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace. The training must be in a language you can understand;

§  Get copies of test results done to find hazards in the workplace;

§  Review records of work-related injuries and illnesses;

§  Get copies of their medical records;

Pose: pose

Assure: assegurar

Retaliation: retalhação

Done: feito

medical records: registros medicos

You have the right to a safe workplace -

You have the right to a safe workplace -

En Español - Tiếng Việt Nam

You have the right to a safe workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. The law requires employers to provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known dangers. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which sets and enforces protective workplace safety and health standards. OSHA also provides information, training and assistance to workers and employers. Workers may file a complaint to have OSHA inspect their workplace if they believe that their employer is not following OSHA standards or that there are serious hazards.

Contact us if you have questions or want to file a complaint. We will keep your information confidential. We are here to help you..

Prevent: prevenir

Being: sendo

Harmed: prejudicado

Enforces: impõe

standards.: padões

complaint: queixa

Protecting Construction Workers in Confined Spaces: Small Entity Compliance Guide

The special dangers of confined spaces

A confined space is a space whose configuration and/or contents may present special dangers not found in normal work areas. Confined spaces may be poorly ventilated and, as a result, contain insufficient oxygen or hazardous levels of toxic gases. Working in a tight space can prevent a worker from keeping a safe distance from mechanical and electrical hazards in the space. Fumes from a flammable liquid that is used in a poorly ventilated area can reach explosive levels. Such hazards endanger both the workers in the confined space and others who become exposed to the hazards when they attempt to rescue injured workers. In a number of cases, rescue workers have themselves died or been injured because they did not have the training and equipment necessary to conduct the rescue safely.

Source: https://www.osha.gov/pls/publications/publication.html

Glossary:

• Confined space –  espaço confinado
• Poorly ventilated – mal ventilado
• Tight  space  –  espaço apertado
• Reach –  alcançar/ atingir
• Such –  Tal
• Endanger –  pôr em perigo.

Aluna: Aline Cristina Mendes

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) produces comprehensive, accurate, and timely counts of fatal work injuries. CFOI is a Federal-State cooperative program that has been implemented in all 50 States and the District of Columbia since 1992. To compile counts that are as complete as possible, the census uses multiple sources to identify, verify, and profile fatal worker injuries. Information about each workplace fatal injury—occupation and other worker characteristics, equipment involved, and circumstances of the event—is obtained by cross-referencing the source records, such as death certificates, workers' compensation reports, and Federal and State agency administrative reports. To ensure that fatal injuries are work-related, cases are substantiated with two or more independent source documents, or a source document and a follow-up questionnaire.

Data compiled by the CFOI program are issued annually for the preceding calendar year. These data are used by safety and health policy analysts and researchers to help prevent fatal work injuries by:

• Informing workers of life threatening hazards associated with various jobs;
• Promoting safer work practices through enhanced job safety training;
• Assessing and improving workplace safety standards; and
• Identifying new areas of safety research.

The National Safety Council adopted the CFOI figure beginning with the 1992 data year as the authoritative count for work-related deaths in the United States.

source: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshfat1.htm

Vocabulary:

comprehensive - abrangente

accurate - preciso

obtained - obtido

follow-up - dar segmento

issued - emitido

annually -  anualmente

preceding - precendente

threatening - ameaçando

Promoting - promover

Assessing - avaliando

 

Workplace Safety

Size does not matter

Workplace safety programs are important to all nonprofit organizations. Remember: employees and volunteers are a nonprofit's most important asset. One might argue that a nonprofit run by one employee or one volunteer is at greater risk than a nonprofit with thousands of staff members. The argument would be: If that one person is out of commission, the nonprofit's mission is nonfunctioning. For all intents and purposes that nonprofit is defunct. That is not to say the nonprofit with thousands of paid and volunteer employees is at less risk, just that there's more of a chance that someone can step into the void and perform the tasks of the injured or ill person.

Create ownership of the program

Paid and volunteer staff members' health and safety are affected not only by their own actions but by those of their co-workers. Senior management must help staff members manage hazards associated with their work (tasks or responsibilities). They also need to make certain employees and volunteers are fit for work. Fitness for work involves drug and alcohol issues, physical and emotional well-being, and fatigue and stress.

People need to be engaged with the creation and implementation of the safety program for it to succeed. For example, the nonprofit is responsible for supplying employees and volunteers with appropriate safety equipment, but staff are responsible for wearing it at the right times and places. The nonprofit should provide paid and volunteer staff with training to help them carry out their assignments, but these staff members are responsible for attending this training, asking questions and telling supervisors if they do not understand what is being explained. This may require staff members to act assertively — to speak up for themselves: 'I do not understand how to use these, could you please show me.'

Source:https://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/workplace-safety/nonprofit/c1/wkplcsafety.htm

Glossary:  

Nonprofit: Sem fins lucrativos

Asset: De ativos

Staff: Funcionários

Less risk: Menos riscos

Void: vazio

Drug: droga

Telling: dizendo

being: sendo

Themselves: si mesmos

Assertively: assertivamente

Could:poderia

Identify and control hazards

Before you can control hazards you need to know what the hazards are. Here are some ways to identify safety and health hazards:

• Review records of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and close calls
• review OSHA logs, first aid logs, workers' compensation reports, complaints, and close calls
• look for trends or common factors in

·         kinds of injuries or illnesses

·         parts of body

·         time of day/shift

·         location

·         equipment

·         protective equipment

·         department

Source: http://www.safetyworksmaine.com/safe_workplace/safety_management/

Glossary: 

- Before: antes

- Review: crítica

- Aid: ajudar

- Compensation: compensação

- Reports: relatórios

- Complaints: reclamações

- Calls: chamada

- Trends: rumo

- Common:comum

Aluna: Meyla Caroline Pereira