By industry

Specific occupational safety and health risk factors vary depending on the specific sector and industry. Construction workers might be particularly at risk of falls, for instance, whereas fishermen might be particularly at risk of drowning. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies the fishing, aviation, lumber, metalworking, agriculture, mining and transportation industries as among some of the more dangerous for workers. Similarly psychosocial risks such as workplace violence are more pronounced for certain occupational groups such as health care employees, police, correctional officers and teachers.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_safety_and_health#History

Vocabulary:

- Vary: variar
- Might: poderia
- Lumber: madeira serrada
- Similarly: similarmente

Programs

A health and safety program is a plan of action designed to prevent injuries and illness at work, and is required under occupational health and safety (OH&S) legislation in most Canadian jurisdictions. OH&S programs and management systems can help you meet your requirements, ensure compliance, and create a safe and healthy workplace.

GLOSSARY
designed: destinado
injuries: lesão
illness:doenças
management systems: sistemas de gestão
requirements: necessidades
ensure:garantir
compliance:conformidade

FONTE: https://www.ccohs.ca/topics/programs/management/

Hazards

There are many types of hazards - chemical, ergonomic, physical, and psychosocial, to name a few - which can cause harm or adverse effects in the workplace. Get resources on specific hazards and their control, including identification, risk assessment and inspections, to keep your workplace healthy and safe.

Fonte: https://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/psychosocial/

Glossary

hazard: riscos
few: pouco
harm: prejudicar
keep: manter
assessment : avaliação

People's safety

Employers should make sure that all workers are fit and competent to operate all the vehicles, machines and attachments they use at work, in all the environments in which they use them.


Glossary:
Employers: empregadores
should: deve
make: certificar
fit:aptos
attachments: acessórios
environments: ambiente

fonte: http://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/personnel/index.htm

Rights and Responsibilities

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

Rights and Responsibilities

Employers, managers, supervisors, workers, and the government all have responsibilities when it comes to workplace health and safety. Additionally, workers have the rights to refuse unsafe work, participate in health and safety activities, and know about dangers in the workplace. 

Source: http://www.ccohs.ca/topics/legislation/rights/ 

  Vocabulary: Employers: Empregados/ Empregadores.

                    supervisors: Surpevisores.

                    all have: Todos Tem.

                    when: Quando.

                    unsafe: Inseguro.

                     to refuse: de recusar.

Temperature

Name: João Clauber de Carvalho Canela
Turm: Pós Graduação Engenharia Segurança no Trabalho.


Temperature

Both very cold and very hot temperatures can be dangerous to your health. In a very hot environment, the most serious concern is heat stroke, and in a cold environment, hypothermia and frostbite. While there is no maximum temperature specified, legislation does include a range of acceptable temperatures for various circumstances.


Source: http://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/physical/temperature/


Glossary: Both: Ambas ou Ambos.
                very cold: Muito frio ou fria.
                Hot: Quente.
                frostbite: Congelamento.
                maximum: Máxima
                does include: Não  Incluem.
                acceptable: Aceitável.
                circumstances: Circunstancias.
                environment: Ambiente.
                 especified: Prevista.

Name : João Clauber de Carvalho Canela

Turm: Turma de pós graduação Engenharia Segurança no Trabalho. 

Tools

   For many workers, tools are a necessary part of getting the job done. Select tools that are right for the task, provide training on their proper use, and ensure that they're always inspected and well-maintained. 

        Source: http://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/safety/tools/ 

         Vocabulary: Tools: Ferramentas.

                           Done: Feito.

                           getting: Começar

                           well-maintained: Bem-Consersados. 

                           Their proper use: Seu uso Adequado.

                           .

Violence/Bullying

Violence/Bullyin

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.

Notice to reader

Part II of the Canada Labour Code deals with occupational health and safety. Its purpose is to "prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of employment at federally regulated employers." One of the issues covered by Part II of the Code and by the related Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations is the matter of ergonomics.
This guide is designed to familiarize employers, members of a policy or work place committee, or health and safety representatives with the regulation in regards to ergonomics.
Under Part XIX of the Regulations entitled Hazard Prevention Program, employers are responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring a program for the prevention of hazards, including ergonomics-related hazards, in the work place with the following components:

• an implementation plan;
• a hazard identification and assessment methodology;
• hazard identification and assessment;
• preventive measures;
• employee education; and
• a program evaluation.

This guide will also help you better understand these regulatory requirements.

Source: http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/reports/health_safety/ergonomics/index.page

Glossery:

- purpose: propósito
- arising: decorrente
- issues: problemas
- covered: coberto
- entitled: intitulado

Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH)

ACCSH is a continuing advisory body established by statute that provides advice and assistance in construction standards and policy matters to the Assistant Secretary. There are 15 members of this advisory body. The ACCSH meetings are open to the Public and are announced in the Federal Register and appear on this page. Additional information about Advisory Committees is found at 29 CFR 1912.

The following collection of pages includes information on:

Background, History, and Charter

Current Membership and Contact Personnel

Meeting Minutes and Transcripts

Products

Work Groups - Committee Members and Reports

Work group meeting schedules can be found in Federal Register Notices.

Source: https://www.osha.gov/doc/accsh/index.html

Continuing: continuando

Advisory: consultivo

Matters: assuntos

Announced: anunciado

Occupational accidents related to cattle slaughter in Mato Grosso, Brazil

If on one hand, the meat segment growth led to an increased demand for hand work and hiring workers for slaughterhouses units in various municipalities of the state, on the other hand, the cooling activity exponentially increased the incidence of workplace accidents in this sector⁴. Workers poor qualification, as well as the poor working conditions of this sector, are among the main reasons for these accidents⁵.

This study aimed to analyze the influence of cattle slaughter on occupational accidents and their spatial distribution in municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso, between 2002 and 2008.

hiring workers = contratação de trabalhadores

increased demand  = aumento da demanda

slaughterhouses = matadouros

incidence of workplace = incidencia de trabalho

Occupational accidents related to cattle slaughter in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Occupational accidents related to cattle slaughter in Mato Grosso, Brazil

f on one hand, the meat segment growth led to an increased demand for hand work and hiring workers for slaughterhouses units in various municipalities of the state, on the other hand, the cooling activity exponentially increased the incidence of workplace accidents in this sector4. Workers poor qualification, as well as the poor working conditions of this sector, are among the main reasons for these accidents5.

This study aimed to analyze the influence of cattle slaughter on occupational accidents and their spatial distribution in municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso, between 2002 and 2008.

meat= carne
growth = crescimento
increased = aumentou
hiring workers = contratação de trabalhadores

International Labour Standards on Occupational Safety and Health

The ILO Constitution sets forth the principle that workers should be protected from sickness, disease and injury arising from their employment. Yet for millions of workers the reality is very different. Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases – more than 2.3 million deaths per year. 317 million accidents occur on the job annually; many of these resulting in extended absences from work. The human cost of this daily adversity is vast and the economic burden of poor occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year. Employers face costly early retirements, loss of skilled staff, absenteeism, and high insurance premiums due to work-related accidents and diseases. Yet many of these tragedies are preventable through the implementation of sound prevention, reporting and inspection practices. ILO standards on occupational safety and health provide essential tools for governments, employers, and workers to establish such practices and to provide for maximum safety at work. In 2003 the ILO adopted an global strategy to improve occupational safety and health  which included the introduction of a preventive safety and health culture, the promotion and development of relevant instruments, and technical assistance. 

Vocabulary:

sets forth: estabelece

arising: resultante

absences: ausencias

extended: prolongadas

burden: encargo

the poor: más 

adopted: adotou

Source:

http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/occupational-safety-and-health/lang--en/index.htm

Hazard Communication

The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is now aligned with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This update to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) will provide a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information on labels and safety data sheets. This update will also help reduce trade barriers and result in productivity improvements for American businesses that regularly handle, store, and use hazardous chemicals while providing cost savings for American businesses that periodically update safety data sheets and labels for chemicals covered under the hazard communication standard

Source - https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/index.html

Aligned – alinhado

and coherent – e coerente

approach – abordagem

improvements – melhorias

sheets - folhas

Occupational disease

Occupational disease

Occupational diseases are acute, recurring or chronic health problems caused or aggravated by work conditions or practices. Preventing or reducing work-related disease is a focus of the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022, which identifies six priority work-related disorders. Research undertaken prior to 2012 focused on the priority work-related disorders identified in the National OHS Strategy 2002–2012.

Obtaining accurate and useful occupational disease information is challenging, costly and time consuming. Safe Work Australia is exploring a range of ways to collect data on occupational diseases and the workplace hazards that cause them.

Source - http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/research/occupational-disease/pages/occupational-disease

Acute – agudo

 recurring –recorrente       

undertaken – empreendido

prior – anterior

costly - dispendioso

SAFETY TRAINING

Safety training occupies the core of any workplace safety program. It’s the first step in preventing injuries and fatalities, but it’s far from once-and-done. Safety managers have to refresh employee training all the time. In this section you’ll find the latest research and trends in safety training. Also included: How employee training (or lack of it) contributed to companies’ safety experiences.

Source - https://translate.google.com.br/?hl=pt-BR#en/pt/or%20lack%20of%20it

Occupies – ocupa

Core – cerne

once-and-done – uma vez que e feito

or lack of it – ou a falta dela

Zika Virus: NIOSH Offers Steps to Prevent Mosquito Bites

A new page on the NIOSH provides information on the Zika virus, including information regarding travel, prevention and risks.

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne disease that has been reported in several countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. Although the disease is commonly spread from the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito, it can also be sexually transmitted. Scientists have also linked Zika virus infection during pregnancy with microcephaly, a birth defect that is a sign of incomplete brain development. They also are investigating other problems linked to Zika infection during pregnancy.

Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent Zika infection. CDC suggests preventive measures such as wearing long sleeves and using EPA-registered insect repellents. NIOSH encourages workers to avoid traveling to the affected areas.

Source: http://www.asse.org/zika-virus-niosh-offers-steps-to-prevent-mosquito-bites/

Vocabulary:

Disease: transmitida 

Commonly: geralmente 

Spread: espalhar 

Long sleeves: manga comprida

Currently: atualmente

Birth defect: defeito de nascença

Program Overview

Associate Safety Professionals (ASP) are persons who performs at least 50% of professional level safety duties including; are making worksite assessments to determine risks, potential hazards and controls, evaluating risks and hazard control measures, investigating incidents, maintaining and evaluating incident and loss records, and preparing emergency response plans. Other duties could include; hazard recognition, fire protection, regulatory compliance, health hazard control, ergonomics, hazardous materials management, environmental protection, training, accident and incident, investigations, advising management, record keeping, emergency response, managing safety programs, product safety and/or security.

Vocabulário:

duties - direitos

maintaining - manutenção

recognition - reconhecimento

environmental protection - proteção ambiental

record keeping - manutenção de registros

Fonte: http://www.bcsp.org/ASP

Thalis

Health risks beneath the painted beauty in America’s nail salons

The desire for beautiful nails has fueled an entire nail salon that’s growing rapidly, with storefronts cropping up on every major street across the nation. Yet, the recent articles from the New York Times exposed an industry that’s left workers struggling both with unlivable wages and with damaged health. Everyone who enters a nail salon can be affected, yet the workers are the ones left entirely unprotected.

Nail care products contain, in varying amounts, many toxic and potentially hazardous ingredients.
Chemical ingredients in nail care products range from cancer-causing compounds such as formaldehyde to others that disrupt the endocrine system. Researchers have identified toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate – nicknamed the “toxic trio” because of their serious health impacts – as three chemicals of high concern for salon workers.

Toluene is a commonly used solvent that creates a smooth finish across the nail and keeps the pigment from separating in the bottle, but can affect the central nervous system and cause reproductive harm. Its major use is as an additive in gasoline.
Formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, is used as a nail-hardening agent and disinfectant for nail care tools.
Exposure to dibutyl phthalate, added to polishes to provide flexibility, has been linked to reproductive problems. In addition to this trio, there are many other harmful chemicals used in nail care products.

Many nail salons lack adequate exhaust ventilation or multiple pathways – such as open windows and doors – to increase indoor-outdoor air exchange. Evaporated chemicals from nail products are often trapped inside salons, meaning workers are continuously exposed. So workers' exposure is amplified: first they experience direct contact with the chemicals in the products, then they continuously breathe in these chemicals within small, poorly ventilated salons...

Source: http://theconversation.com/health-risks-beneath-the-painted-beauty-in-americas-nail-salons-41660


Glossary:

nail salon industry - indústria salão de beleza

growing - crescendo

cropping - corte

commonly - geralmente

nail-hardening agent - agente de endurecimento de unhas

Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) 
 
This convention provides for the establishment of enterprise-level occupational health services which are entrusted with essentially preventive functions and which are responsible for advising the employer, the workers and their representatives in the enterprise on maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.

Source: http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/occupational-safety-and-health/lang--en/index.htm

Vocabulary

Provides: fornece
Establishment: estabelecimento
Advising: avisando
Maintaining: manter

Self-employed - do I have duties?

         In 2011, the Löfstedt Review  recommended that those self-employed whose work activities pose no potential risk of harm to others should be exempt from health and safety law. This recommendation was accepted by Government.

So, from 1 October 2015, if you are self-employed and your work activity poses no potential risk to the health and safety of other workers or members of the public, then health and safety law will not apply to you.

We estimate that health and safety law will no longer apply to 1.7 million self-employed people like novelists, journalists, graphic designers, accountants, , financial advisors and dress-makers, where their work does not pose a risk to the health and safety of others.

Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/self-employed/index.htm

Vocabulary:

Duties: deveres

Those: essa

Whose: de quem

Harm: dano

Self- employed: Trabalhadores por conta própria

apply: aplicar

novelist: romancista

accountats: cotabilistas

financial advisors: consultores financeiros

drees makers: fabricante de vestidos

Paving the Way to Safer Roads

​​With advancements in cell phone technology, distracted driving has been an increasing and misunderstood trend. In fact, findings from a recent NSC public opinion poll indicate 80% of drivers across America incorrectly believe that hands-free devices are safer than using a handheld phone.

Learn why distracted driving, regardless if it's hands-free or handheld, is a dangerous threat to roadway safety.

misunderstood - incompreendido

increasing - aumentando

incorrectly - incorretamente

handheld - portátil

believe - acreditar

Fonte: http://www.nsc.org/learn/pages/nsc-on-the-road.aspx?var=mnd

Thalis

Communicate About Safety By Starting Conversations

Communicate About Safety By Starting Conversations

©iStockphoto.com/Peter Booth

OSH managers are tasked with communicating safety to departments, management and employees, which can be a difficult job. Dave Collins of Riskex says that the key to driving safety ownership is to create conversations, rather than implement rules. In his LinkedIn Pulse article, Collins says that while effective communication is crucial to ensuring workplace safety, OSH managers must influence people to effect change, rather than relying on a hierarchical authority. “You might be tempted to set rules and enforce penalties, but this approach can cause workers to view workplace safety and health as the fun police,” Collins says. “It also risks shifting the focus from safety and wellbeing to compliance and box-ticking.”

Do Less, Listen More

Collins touches on the term humble inquiry, which was introduced by Edgar H. Schein in his bookHumble Inquiry: The Gentle Art ofAsking Instead of Telling. This concept focuses on listening, understanding and communicating as an effective strategy to involve people, rather than instructing them. Part of humble inquiry is helping others understand the risks that are associated with what they are doing. Examples of this could be asking workers questions such as:

• What do you have ahead of you today?
• What things do you think could go wrong?
• Let’s imagine for a minute something could go wrong. What might it be?

Answers from these questions will help OSH managers better understand how employees make decisions, and starting these conversations will lead to better ownership and personal accountability for safety by the workers themselves, Collins says.

Ricardo Podestá

10 Steps to a Safe and Healthy Workplace

10 Steps to a Safe and Healthy Workplace

1-Understand how a safety and healthy workplace benefits workers, families, businesses, and the community.

2-Know your responsibilities for keeping a safe and healthy workplace.

3-Develop a system for organizing safety and health efforts.

4-Know the laws and regulations for the work you do.

5-Address specific workplace hazards and have regular saving meetings.

6-Cultivate a safety culture with mutual respect and open communication

7-Celebrate your accomplishments and defer OSHA inspections with SHARP or other recognition events.

8-Find out the best solutions to safety and health problems.

9-Ask questions about workplace safety and health.

10-Get help. Keeping a workplace safe and healthy is not something you can do alone. SafetyWorks! is one of many sources of help, and it's a good one.

If you want to start a safety program or give a boost to an existing one, call SafetyWorks! Our professional safety and health consultants and trainers know your industry --- and they know your time is valuable. An onsite audit will give you professional and practical assistance. Training teaches everyone how to work safely and avoid injuries.

Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace Begins with You! Take the First Step. Start Now!

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

Vocabulary:

accomplishments - realizações

benefits  - beneficio

Develop - desenvolva

find - descubra

First Step - primeiro passo

valuable - valioso

What makes well-designed government policy?

Safe Work Australia has collaborated with a range of Commonwealth agencies to develop a framework that embeds work health and safety considerations into the policy development cycle.

Michelle Baxter, Safe Work Australia’s CEO, said that good government policy addresses all health and safety risks that might arise from its implementation and actively manages risk at every stage in policy development and implementation.

“Workers’ and others’ health and safety should not be harmed as a result of government program and service delivery,” said Ms Baxter.

“This framework helps policymakers apply the principles of good work design at critical decision points in policy development, providing the greatest opportunity to design out safety hazards and incorporate effective risk control measures.”

Safe Work Australia will continue to progress the framework’s inclusion in Commonwealth government policy guidance documents and to develop guides, tools and other user resources to support its implementation.

Source: http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/news/pages/tn31032016

Vocabulary:

framework: estrutura

actively: ativamente

harmed: prejudicada

policymakers: formuladores de política

guidance: orientação

guides: guias

tools: ferramentas 

History

The research and regulation of occupational safety and health are a relatively recent phenomenon. As labor movements arose in response to worker concerns in the wake of the industrial revolution, worker's health entered consideration as a labor-related issue.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_safety_and_health

Vocabulary

research: pesquisa
relatively: relativamente
phenomenon: fenômeno
entered: entrou

Aluna: Meyla

Know Your Rights

Every state or territory has a different legislative framework, but there are some basic rights to safe workplaces that every worker is entitled to:

• Not to have your health and safety put at risk from work that is carried out
• Be provided with safe systems of work
• Have your employer monitor your health and conditions at the workplace
• Be provided with facilities at work
• Be provided with accomodation, if needed
• Be consulted on work health and safety issues that affect your work
• Refuse to perform work that you reasonable think would expose you to serious risk

Representation

• Request a workgroup to be established - to elect a Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
• Request that your Union represent you in negotiations for the establishment of a designated work group (DWG)
• Be represented by your HSR
• Have your HSR present at any interview between you and your employer or WHS Inspector
• Seek the help of a HSR to direct that unsafe work cease
• Change your HSR

Souce: http://www.safeatwork.org.au/rights-and-obligations/know-your-rights/httpsafeatworkorgauknow-your-rights

Vocabulary:

Every: cada

Framework: estrutura

Entitled: entitulado

Put at risk: colocar em risco

carried out: realizado

acconodation: alojamento

Issues: problemas

Refuse: recusar

Reasonable: razoável

would: seria

Request: pedir

elect: eleito

Seek: buscar

cease: cessar

HSR: Health & Safety Committee ( Comitê de Saúde e Segurança)

WHS: Work Health & Safety ( Trabalho Saudável e Seguro) 

Protecting Outdoor Workers

As summer proceeds, many Ontarians are welcoming warmer days outdoors in the wake of record-breaking lows this past winter.

But working outdoors presents many hazards. Working where it is hot puts stress on your body’s cooling system. When heat is combined with other stresses such as hard physical work, loss of fluids, fatigue, or some pre-existing medical conditions, it may lead to heat-related illness, disability or even death. Learn how to protect workers from heat stress.

Workers who work in certain outdoor areas are also at risk for tick bites and developing Lyme disease, and should protect themselves. Blacklegged ticks that can transmit Lyme disease are in Ontario, and in more areas than previously thought.

The warmer temperatures also bring out the mosquitoes. The chance of being bitten by a mosquito infected with the West Nile Virus is very small. However, as a safety precaution it is still important to minimize exposure to mosquitoes in areas where the West Nile Virushas been documented.

While outdoors, workers can also touch hazardous plants, which is some cases can lead to serious skin reactions and permanent scarring. Learn about common hazardous plants in Ontario.

The summer is often a time for work and play for many Ontario workers and their families. But learn to take the necessary precautions to ensure that hazards found outdoors are properly addressed.

Source:  http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pubs/hsawtoday/issue11.php#top

Vocabulary:

Outdoor: Ao ar livre

Ontarians: residentes em Ontário - Canadá

Welcoming: acolhendo

cooling: resfriamento

physical work: trabalho físico

heat related illness: doenças relacionadas ao calor

disability: incapacidade

tick bites: picadas de carrapatos

Lyme: Doença de Lyme ( infecção transmitida por carrapatos)

bring out: trazer para fora

bitten: sendo

West Nile Virus: Vírus do Nilo Ocidental

scarring : cicatrizes

ensure: garantir

properly: corretamente