"The purpose of this thesis is to show the general development of safety education in the home, the school, and the community with special reference to the safety program in the Public Schools of Dallas, Texas. In this study of the general development of safety education the writer has treated the problem in the following divisions: (1) History of the safety movement (2) Safety education (3) Public safety education (4) Safety program in Dallas (5) Home safety (6) School safety and (7) Safety program in the Dallas Public Schools. Special consideration was given to the safety program of the Public Schools of Dallas "-- leaf 1.

Chan Cheung Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-90). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.v / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Tables --- p.xii / Abbreviations and Notations --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background and Objective --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Contribution --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis Outline --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- System Architecture --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Conceptual Design --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Sensing Device and Fall-Detection Algorithm --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Mechanical Part --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Mechanical Design --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1 --- Similar Products --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Airbag Restraining Systems in Automobiles --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Airbag Jackets for Motorcycle and House Riders --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2 --- Mechanism adopted --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Time Requirement of Inflator --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Mechanism and Design --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Actuator --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Punch --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Airbags --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Other Mechanisms Tried --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Prototype --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Implementation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Demonstration --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Inflation Estimation --- p.25 / Chapter 4.1 --- Theory and Model --- p.25 / Chapter 4.2 --- Validation of Model --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Testing Equipment --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Preprocessing of Pressure Sensor Outputs --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Validation for Basic Equations --- p.29 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Adjustment of Discharge Coefficients --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Validation for Discharging to a Fixed Volume --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Estimation of the Size of Airbag's Leakage Hole --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Validation for Discharging to an Airbag --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2.8 --- Time Delay due to Addition of a Pipe --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary of Experiments --- p.53 / Chapter 4.4 --- Limitation of Model --- p.54 / Chapter 4.5 --- Prediction of Inflation Time and Airbag Pressure --- p.55 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Effects of Orifice Size and Vent Size on Airbag Pressure and Volume --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Force Attenuation Estimation --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Theory and Model --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Kelvin-Voigt Model --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Standard Linear Solid Support Model --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- Simple Testing for Validation --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3 --- Summary of Experiment --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Estimation --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Force Attenuation Ability of Prototype --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Minimum Airbag Volume and Pressure Required to Reduce the Force --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Future Work --- p.66 / Chapter 6.1 --- Impact Test for Airbag System --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Effective Mass of the Target User --- p.67 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Motion Data Collection --- p.68 / Chapter 6.4 --- Modification in the Inflator --- p.69 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.70 / Appendix A Review of Basic Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics --- p.72 / Chapter A.1 --- Thermodynamics --- p.72 / Chapter A.2 --- Fluid Mechanics: Incompressible and Compressible Flow --- p.75 / Appendix B Derivation of Equations --- p.77 / Chapter B.1 --- Mass Flow Rate Equations --- p.77 / Chapter B.2 --- Relationship between Rate of Changes of Airbag Pressure and Volume --- p.80 / Chapter B.3 --- Pressure Change of Compressed Gas Cylinder --- p.82 / Chapter B.4 --- Dominating Factors in the Mass Flow Rate Equation --- p.83 / Appendix C Dimensions of Inflator --- p.85 / Appendix D Experimental Data --- p.86

Injuries continue to be a significant health problem in children. Injuries put more children in hospital than any other single cause. Injuries to children are due to falls, burns, poisoning, crushing, suffocation, traffic incidents and other causes both intentional and unintentional. Preschool children most commonly experience injuries in the home where they spend most of their time. The Western Cape Department of Health has decided to focus on the prevention of unintentional injuries to preschool children in and around the home. It is necessary to first determine the risk factors to these injuries before embarking on safety promotion and injury prevention programmes. To date there have been no studies documented in South Africa looking at the perceptions of the risk factors associated with household unintentional childhood injuries of first time mothers. This study therefore attempted to explore the perceptions of risk factors of first time mothers in Delft. Delft was chosen because it is a low-income area (which is recognised as being a risk factor to unintentional childhood injuries) and it is one of the pilot sites for the injury prevention programme of the Western Cape Department of Health.

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology Occupational Health Nursing in the Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2015 / Purpose of study: The purpose of this study was to explore the injury on duty prevention and management strategies that are currently used in different higher education settings. The study intended to shed light on specific areas of policy and practice discrepancies related to the disjuncture between employee interactions, regulated directives and organizational goals. Aims and objectives: One of the aims was to determine the types of work-related injuries that occur in HEI’s by verifying the injuries reported on Employers Reports of an Accident. A second aim was to examine strategies that have been put in place to prevent injuries in the workplace by reviewing policies and procedures related to injury prevention. The final aim was to examine systems in-place to manage occupational injuries by looking at staff health or employee wellness service flow charts or models used at the HEIs. Population and sample: Permanently employed personnel at two HEI’s in the Western Cape were participants in a multiple case study. The sample units consisted of health and safety representatives, human resources, maintenance personnel, estates and custodial, traffic services and departmental managers. Methodology: This study applied a mixed-method using a multiple case study design as an approach to the enquiry. Methods of data collection: Documents, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews were be used to obtain data to answer the research questions. Process of analysis: Qualitative and quantitative themes will be analysed in a matrix. The three data sources were triangulated to validate the findings. Benefits of the study: Injury prevention benefits the employer and employee in many ways, including increased employee performance leading to increased productivity as well as cost savings. Main findings: Injuries that were reported are mostly musculoskeletal injuries; however other types of injuries may not be reported due to under reporting of injuries being common in this setting. Health and safety training and knowledge sharing was not well supported and injury prevention strategies were not optimized. The application of health and safety policies and procedures were not adequately communicated, enforced or monitored. Staff health and employee wellness strategies operate independently and do not facilitate a coordinated response to manage occupational injuries in this setting. Lack of monitoring, organizational support, training and knowledge sharing and communication were the four main challenges to injury prevention management systems. Conclusions: The implementation of an effective injury prevention and management programme could benefit the organization and translate into increased operational value (organizational quality). Key words: Higher Education Institutions, Occupational Injury prevention, Management of occupational injury.

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In the study, I explored how to achieve sustained road-traffic accidents reduction in Zimbabwe. Road traffic accidents are indiscriminant and each year hundreds of people lose their lives in road traffic accidents in Zimbabwe. A mixed methods research approach was used to conduct the study. The study was therefore done in two phases. Phase 1 was a quantitative survey using questionnaires, and phase 2 was a qualitative case study using semi-structured interviews. A sample of 500 road-users drawn at random from internet databases formed the respondents for the quantitative phase of the inquiry. A further 20 snowball selected participants, formed the qualitative inquiry group. The key findings from the study were that effective intervention planning, timely measurement, adequate resourcing, and inclusive organization development interventions were the key drivers of successful road safety programmes. Additionally, critical interventions for sustainable road traffic safety in Zimbabwe included; community consultation and involvement in road traffic safety strategy formulation and implementation, mainstreaming road traffic safety education in the schools’ curricula, behavioral changes, financial, and engineering interventions. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

O meio ambiente do trabalho e a ação regressiva acidentária são os objetos de estudo do presente trabalho. O meio ambiente equilibrado, nele compreendido o do trabalho, é tratado pela Constituição Federal de 1988 como direito fundamental, indispensável à concretização do princípio-base da dignidade da pessoa humana, a ser obtida com o usufruto de uma sadia qualidade de vida. Por tal razão, diversos instrumentos jurídicos são disponibilizados pela ordem vigente para a tutela desse direito. A ação regressiva acidentária, prevista no art. 120 da Lei nº 8.213/91, é um desses instrumentos. Todavia, durante muito tempo foi praticamente ignorada pela Previdência Social, enquanto titular do direito/dever de regresso, omissão que, felizmente, vem sendo suprimida nos últimos anos pela atuação da Advocacia-Geral da União, através da Procuradoria-Geral Federal, que inseriu a ação regressiva acidentária entre suas ações prioritárias. A sociedade, por desconhecer o instituto, também não cobrava sua utilização, apesar do seu potencial de tutela do direito dos trabalhadores de exercerem suas atividades laborais em ambientes seguros e salubres, advindo, principalmente, do seu caráter pedagógico-punitivo. Sobre os valores sociais do trabalho fundamenta-se nossa República, sendo o exercício de atividades laborais elemento indispensável aos cidadãos para a consolidação desse direito. Contudo, não se trata de qualquer trabalho, mas aquele desempenhado em condições adequadas, sem riscos, que garanta a vida, a saúde e a integridade física e mental dos trabalhadores, pois somente com o atendimento desses pressupostos é que se efetiva o princípio da dignidade da pessoa humana. As estatísticas oficiais sobre os acidentes do trabalho no Brasil, ainda que só reflitam o quadro do emprego formal, evidenciam verdadeira afronta ao direito fundamental ao trabalho, ao meio ambiente equilibrado, nele incluído o do trabalho, e à dignidade da pessoa humana. Os princípios ambientais exercem importante papel no controle dos riscos laborais, motivo pelo qual devem servir de orientação a todos os responsáveis pela tutela do ambiente do trabalho em sua tarefa contínua de melhorar as condições desse meio. Por outro lado, os princípios constitucionais da ordem econômica precisam ser compatibilizados com o direito fundamental ao meio ambiente equilibrado, que vem a ser também um dever da coletividade. O clássico instituto da responsabilidade civil necessita ser reformulado para poder ser aplicado satisfatoriamente na esfera ambiental e isso vai além da mera pacificação acerca da sua incidência na modalidade objetiva. O dever de assumir as responsabilidades pelos riscos ambientais deve ser antecipado à ação, de modo a evitar as consequências sobre as quais tradicionalmente recai o instituto. O exercício do trabalho em ambientes dignos é direito que deve ser garantido a todos os trabalhadores, independentemente do meio de formalização da relação de trabalho e do tamanho da empresa em que ele é exercido, não servindo o pagamento do seguro contra acidentes de trabalho como autorização para o descumprimento do dever. O desenvolvimento de políticas públicas em prol do meio ambiente do trabalho, assim como o estudo aprofundado dos seus instrumentos de tutela, como é o caso da ação regressiva acidentária, é essencial para garantir o direito. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-04T19:36:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cirlene Luiza Zimmermann.pdf: 1702588 bytes, checksum: 26d412b7f8f125411a3f01aeb9edfced (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-04T19:36:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cirlene Luiza Zimmermann.pdf: 1702588 bytes, checksum: 26d412b7f8f125411a3f01aeb9edfced (MD5) / The environment of work and the regressive action related accidents are the objects of the present study. The sound environment, including that of the work, is handled by the Federal Constitution of 1988 as a fundamental right, essential to the implementation of the basic principle of human dignity, to be obtained with the enjoyment of a healthy quality of life. For this reason, several instruments are available by standing order for the protection of that right. The action regressive related accidents, under art. 120 of Law No. 8.213/91, is one such instruments. However, had long been virtually ignored by social security, as a holder of the right/duty to return, an omission which, fortunately, have been suppressed in recent years by the actions of the Attorney General´s Office, through the Federal Attorney General, which issued regressive action related accidents among its priority actions. The society, by ignoring the institute, also did not charge its use, despite its potential for protection of the right of workers to perform their working activities in safe and healthy, coming mainly from its pedagogical-punitive. About the social values of work is based on our Republic and the exercise of their professional activities is indispensable to the citizens for the consolidation of that right. But not just any job, but he played under appropriate conditions, without risk, to ensure the life, health and physical and mental health workers, because only with the care of these assumptions is that the actual principle of the dignity of human person. Official statistics about accidents at work in Brazil, although only reflect the framework of formal employment, they show real affront to the fundamental right to work, balanced environment, the work included therein, and human dignity. The environmental principles play an important role in controlling workplace risks, why should serve as guidance to all those responsible for overseeing the work environment in their continuing work to improve conditions in this environment. Moreover, the constitutional principles of economic order must be reconciled with the fundamental right to a balanced environment, which also happens to be a collective duty. The classic institute of liability needs to be reformulated before it can be satisfactorily applied in the environmental sphere and that goes beyond mere pacification about its impact on the objective modality. The duty to assume responsibility for environmental risks must be anticipated to action, to avoid the consequences of which traditionally falls on the institute. The work performed in the right environment is worthy to be guaranteed to all workers, regardless of the means of formalizing the working relationship and the size of the company in which it is exercised, not serving the payment of insurance against accidents at work as authorization for dereliction of duty. The development of public policies on the environment of work, as well as the detailed study of their instruments of protection, as is the case of the regressive action related accidents, it is essential to guarantee the right.

Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-04-30T18:48:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA CARMEM BATISTA DE ALENCAR - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGSA ACADÊMICO 2016..pdf: 3289851 bytes, checksum: e6ad817ae37369e52e5a79d9cffc78f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-30T18:48:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA CARMEM BATISTA DE ALENCAR - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGSA ACADÊMICO 2016..pdf: 3289851 bytes, checksum: e6ad817ae37369e52e5a79d9cffc78f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / A Saúde do Trabalhador é condicionada pelas relações entre o trabalho e o processo saúde/doença, são vários os problemas de saúde do homem relacionados aos contaminantes ambientais, decorrentes dos processos ao meio ambiente, deste modo o presente trabalho tem por objetivo promover a prevenção de riscos associados à atividade laboral do trabalhador rural, bem como realizar um levantamento dos incidentes ocorridos pelos trabalhadores rurais para subsidiar estratégias de intervenção; desenvolver ações e serviços para prevenção de incidentes relacionados ao trabalho do agricultor; e analisar o impacto das ações desenvolvidas. Trata-se de um trabalho de intervenção, partindo do reconhecimento e identificação de problemas através de uma pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, retrospectiva, documental, com abordagem quantitativa dos dados, desenvolvida com dados relativos ao período de janeiro de 2014 a dezembro de 2015. Observouse o desconhecimento o não utilização dos EPI’s e elevado risco laboral com consequências evidenciadas em dados de morbidade e mortalidade. Diante das ações realizadas houve uma redução dos riscos laborais a partir do uso de EPI’s, o que demonstra a necessidade de maiores investimentos no sentido de provê ações educativas para a saúde do produtor rural, de modo que a produção rural não seja prejudicada. / The health of workers is conditioned by the relationship between work and the health / disease process, there are several human health problems related to environmental contaminants, resulting from environmental processes, so the present work aims to promote the prevention of Risks associated with the work activity of the rural worker, as well as to carry out a survey of incidents occurring by rural workers to subsidize intervention strategies; Develop actions and services to prevent incidents related to the work of the farmer; And analyze the impact of the actions developed. It is a work of intervention, starting from the recognition and identification of problems through an exploratory, descriptive, retrospective, documental research, with quantitative approach of the data, developed with data related to the period from January 2014 to December 2015. It observed The lack of knowledge of the use of PPE and high occupational risk with evident consequences in morbidity and mortality data. In view of the actions carried out, there was a reduction of labor risks from the use of PPE, which demonstrates the need for greater investments to provide educational actions for the health of rural producers, so that rural production is not impaired.

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo propor, implementar e avaliar um Sistema de Gestão da Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho (SGHSSMAT), em uma empresa do setor da construção civil com atuação na cidade de Curitiba, estado do Paraná, visando à redução do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção - FAP. Primeiramente, foi realizado um diagnóstico inicial das condições de Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho. Logo após, foi formulado e implementado o SG-HSSMAT, fundamentado em três eixos: atendimento à Legislação; Práticas Seguras; e, Inspeções de Segurança. A medição do desempenho do SG-HSSMAT foi efetivada por meio de nove avaliações quadrimestrais, com base no atendimento à Norma Regulamentadora nº 18 (NR-18 - Condições e Meio Ambiente de Trabalho na Indústria da Construção, e também pelas informações disponibilizadas anualmente pela Previdência Social em relação ao FAP. No período da pesquisa, de janeiro de 2009 a setembro de 2011, a empresa pesquisada teve um ganho importante nas avaliações das condições de Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho, e a redução em 50% do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção. Além disso, a implementação do SG-HSSMAT tornou a empresa mais justa, e seus trabalhadores conquistaram condições de trabalho digno. Desta forma, o projeto de pesquisa poderá ser utilizado por outras empresas e ser útil para a sociedade contemporânea. / This paper has as its main goal to propose, implement and evaluate a Management System of Hygiene, Health and Security at the Work Environment (SG-HSSMAT), at a civil construction company in Curitiba’s city, state of Parana, in order to reduce the Accident Prevention Factor – FAP. First, we performed an initial diagnosis of Hygiene, Health and Safety at Work Environment’s conditions. Then, it was formulated and implemented the SG-HSSMAT, based on three axes: Compliance with Legislation, Safe Practices and Safety Inspections. The performance measuring of SG-HSSMAT was produced according to the result of nine evaluations made quarterly. Those evaluations were based on the Regulatory Norm No. 18 (NR-18) - Conditions and Work Environment in the Construction Industry- and also on the information provided annually by the Social Security Institute concerning the Accident Prevention Factor (FAP). During the research period from January 2009 to September 2011-, the company where this project was implemented had a significant improvement on its evaluations of Hygiene, Health and Safety at Work Environment, and also a 50% (fifty percent) reduction of the Accident Prevention Factor. Additionally, the implementation of the SG-HSSMAT has provided to this company a more pleasant place to work and has also provided the employees better working conditions. Therefore, the research project may be used by other companies and can be useful for the contemporary society.

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo propor, implementar e avaliar um Sistema de Gestão da Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho (SGHSSMAT), em uma empresa do setor da construção civil com atuação na cidade de Curitiba, estado do Paraná, visando à redução do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção - FAP. Primeiramente, foi realizado um diagnóstico inicial das condições de Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho. Logo após, foi formulado e implementado o SG-HSSMAT, fundamentado em três eixos: atendimento à Legislação; Práticas Seguras; e, Inspeções de Segurança. A medição do desempenho do SG-HSSMAT foi efetivada por meio de nove avaliações quadrimestrais, com base no atendimento à Norma Regulamentadora nº 18 (NR-18 - Condições e Meio Ambiente de Trabalho na Indústria da Construção, e também pelas informações disponibilizadas anualmente pela Previdência Social em relação ao FAP. No período da pesquisa, de janeiro de 2009 a setembro de 2011, a empresa pesquisada teve um ganho importante nas avaliações das condições de Higiene, Saúde e Segurança no Meio Ambiente do Trabalho, e a redução em 50% do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção. Além disso, a implementação do SG-HSSMAT tornou a empresa mais justa, e seus trabalhadores conquistaram condições de trabalho digno. Desta forma, o projeto de pesquisa poderá ser utilizado por outras empresas e ser útil para a sociedade contemporânea. / This paper has as its main goal to propose, implement and evaluate a Management System of Hygiene, Health and Security at the Work Environment (SG-HSSMAT), at a civil construction company in Curitiba’s city, state of Parana, in order to reduce the Accident Prevention Factor – FAP. First, we performed an initial diagnosis of Hygiene, Health and Safety at Work Environment’s conditions. Then, it was formulated and implemented the SG-HSSMAT, based on three axes: Compliance with Legislation, Safe Practices and Safety Inspections. The performance measuring of SG-HSSMAT was produced according to the result of nine evaluations made quarterly. Those evaluations were based on the Regulatory Norm No. 18 (NR-18) - Conditions and Work Environment in the Construction Industry- and also on the information provided annually by the Social Security Institute concerning the Accident Prevention Factor (FAP). During the research period from January 2009 to September 2011-, the company where this project was implemented had a significant improvement on its evaluations of Hygiene, Health and Safety at Work Environment, and also a 50% (fifty percent) reduction of the Accident Prevention Factor. Additionally, the implementation of the SG-HSSMAT has provided to this company a more pleasant place to work and has also provided the employees better working conditions. Therefore, the research project may be used by other companies and can be useful for the contemporary society.