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Orientador: Maria Cecília Pereira Binder / Resumo: Este estudo descreve a ocorrência dos acidentes do trabalho (típicos, de trajeto, doenças profissionais e doenças relacionadas ao trabalho), contemplando aspectos relativos às empresas (setor e ramo de atividade econômica); a atributos dos acidentados (idade, sexo, estado civil e ocupação); a características dos acidentes (tempo decorrido após o início da jornada, causa externa, natureza da lesão, afastamento do trabalho e duração provável do tratamento) e ao local de atendimento, objetivando fornecer subsídios à implantação de programa de saúde do trabalhador no município. O material consiste de informações contidas em Comunicações de Acidentes do Trabalho (CAT), referentes aos casos ocorridos de 1º de julho de 1999 a 30 de junho de 2000 e registrados na agência local do Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS). As informações, transcritas para ficha de codificação, codificadas e digitadas por profissional treinado, foram processadas eletronicamente, utilizandose Programa Epi-Info, versão 6.04. No período do estudo foram registrados 521 acidentes do trabalho, assim distribuídos: 28 (5,4%) casos de doenças profissionais e relacionadas ao trabalho, 65 (12,5%), acidentes de trajeto e 428 (82,4%), acidentes do trabalho típicos. O pequeno número de casos de doenças registradas foi considerado indício de problemas de diagnóstico e, ou de registro desses agravos. Nos acidentes de trajeto e nos acidentes típicos ocorridos fora da empresa envolvendo meios de transporte: A) as lesões foram mais graves do que nos demais casos; B) as motocicletas participaram, respectivamente, de 51,3% e 66,7% dos casos e, as bicicletas, de 33,3% e 16,7%. Em relação aos acidentes típicos ocorridos nas empresas, observou-se que: A) de 55 acidentes pérfuro-cortantes ocorridos em empregados de hospitais e notificados ao Sistema de Vigilância... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This study describes the occurrence of work accidents (typically, of commuting, professional, and work related illnesses) looking at company related aspects (sector and type of economic activity); victim data (age, sex, status, and occupation); accident characteristics (length of time into shift of accident, external cause, nature of the lesion, time off work, and probable duration of treatment) and at the treatment center, with a view to providing subsidies for implanting the municipal program for workers heath. The material consists of information from Work Accidents Reports (Comunicações de Acidentes do Trabalho - CAT), between 1st July 1999 and 30th June 2000 registered at the local social security office of the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS). This information, transcribed using code cards and computerized by a trained coder, processed electronically using Epi-Info, version 6.04. During the study period 521 accidents were processed: 28 (5.4%) professional and work related illnesses; 65 (12.5%), commuting accidents; and 428 (82.4%), typical work accidents. The small number of registered illnesses was considered an indication of diagnosis problems and/or of registration. In commuting and typical work accidents occurring outside the workplace involving transportation: A) the lesions were more serious than the other cases; B) motorcycles were involved in 51.3% and 66.7% respectively, and bicycles in 33.3% and 16.7%. From typical workplace accidents, we observed: A) of the 55 puncture/cut type accidents on hospital workers notified to the Epidemiological Monitoring System, only 6 were registered with Social Security; B) the companies which registered between one and four cases were mainly small; they had the highest percentage of cases requiring time off... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

The true extent of the road accident problem in Yemen is questionable. Some agencies and citizens believe that the safety situation in Yemen is very critical while others disagree with this belief. Both sides however, agree that the road accident problem in Yemen is such that it requires considerable attention. Since Yemen has no history in road safety research and since there is no reliable road accident data in the country, making final judgements on the situation is difficult unless supported by adequate research. The aim of the present research is to provide a better understanding of the road accident problem in the Yemen. This can be made by investigation of the real dimensions of the road accident problem. This includes the identification of the shortcomings in road accident data, the cost of road accidents and modelling road accident fatalities.

M.Phil. / There has been considerable debate amongst specialists as how to minimise accidents in dangerous working environments. Irrespective of many contributions from a variety of studies, inputs and attempts, safety in dangerous working environments still remain a problem of great concern. This is equally true in especially the mining sector in South Africa. To this extent this study was conducted in an underground hard rock mine in the North West Province. Leadership may play an important role in the behaviour of employees in the work place, and may therefore have a direct impact in minimising workplace related accidents and incidents. Analysis indicated that it would be beneficial to focus on the real reasons for accidents in the mining industry i.e. the human factor. It was calculated that the human factor could be blamed for 87% of injuries in the South African mining industry, with 11% where a direct link exists with the physical working environment. This study is not an attempt to provide an answer that will solve all mining related incidents and accidents. It is an attempt to use Personal and Professional Leadership (PPL) as framework in order to establish if PPL may be a contributing factor in solving accidents and fatalities. Einstein once said, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them". Suffice to say that our present problems are a product and consequence of our past and present paradigms.

Oil boom in Western North Dakota State brings increasing number of oil trucks. The distinct characteristics of heavy vehicles such as oil trucks: low speed, large size, and slow accelerate and decelerate results in inaccuracy in traffic capacity forecasting and safety analysis. In this research, to calculate passenger car equivalent (PCE) factor of heavy vehicles, such as oil trucks, on two-lane rural highway, an improved analytical method based on headway and delay is introduced. It considers several elements that have effect on PCE factor: vehicle speed, safety passing time, headway distribution, level of service (LOS), and delay to downstream traffic. The new set of PCE factor values are classified into three groups corresponding to different LOS.

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