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It was hypothesized that group industrial accident rates would be negatively related to job satisfaction. An employee opinion survey measuring satisfaction with various aspects of the job was administered to 1,577 non-exempt (hourly) field workers in 36 district offices of a Texas petroleum services company. Factor analysis of the survey revealed five interpretable sub-scales (factors) measuring five aspects of job satisfaction. Internal consistency reliability for each of the sub-scales and for the instrument as a whole was high (.83 or better). For each of the 36 districts, group accident rate for a six month period was determined. A correlational analysis was then done between district accident rate and the district satisfaction score for each factor and for total satisfaction. None of the correlations were significant.

Traditional personality research on accident behavior has produced conflicting opinions as to the traits that describe the "accident-prone" personality type. Other research has shown that psychosocial life stress, while partially determining the temporal onset of a variety of illnesses, may also be a factor contributing to increased accident liability. This study examined the role of temporary and stress-producing life changes in groups of accident-free and accident-involved industrial employees. The accident sample was found to have significantly higher stress over baseline during the period of accident involvement, but generally lower pre-accident levels than the non-accident sample. A cause-effect analysis of the data from within the accident-involved sample proved inconclusive. Several implications for future research and managerial actions to alleviate stress were also discussed.

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-09-12T13:44:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Eduardo Batista.pdf: 1396416 bytes, checksum: 4db63ce0bdc019a0e10a6d1f3b7f3abe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-12T13:44:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Eduardo Batista.pdf: 1396416 bytes, checksum: 4db63ce0bdc019a0e10a6d1f3b7f3abe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-18 / This research is about the social control mode development work performed by the beverage company Ambev, even before the official origin of the Company. Through the testimony of 16 workers, one of whom is the wife of a former employee, sought to grasp the transformation dynamics patterns of “work management” of the company in three different stages of its growth. Over the 1990s, when the Cervejaria Brahma was acquired by Banco Garantia, between 1999 and 2003, when it merged its operations with Cia Antarctica Paulista, originating the Ambev; and from 2003, when Ambev joined the Belgian brewer Interbrew, creating InBev. In each of these moments, the company had a different size and a different way of managing work. Our research sought to identify these as well as the changing dynamics. Used as sources of this dissertation: the union newsletter Saca Rolha, edited and published by the union of brewers of the city of São Paulo between 1986 and 1990; the reports published by Gazeta Mercantil in October and November 1989, various reports available in the collection of the Centro Pastoral Vergueiro; Newspaper reports Vale do Paraíba in October 1990; reports Gazeta Mercantil published in July 1999 and Ambev the Annual Reports of its first 10 years / A presente pesquisa trata do desenvolvimento do modo de controle social do trabalho exercido pela empresa de bebidas Ambev, ainda antes da origem oficial da Companhia. Por meio do depoimento de 15 trabalhadores e da esposa de um ex-funcionário, buscou-se apreender a dinâmica da transformação dos modelos de “gestão do trabalho” da empresa em três etapas diferentes de seu crescimento. Ao longo dos anos 1990, quando a Cervejaria Brahma foi adquirida pela Banco Garantia; entre 1999 e 2003, quando esta fundiu suas operações com a Cia. Antarctica Paulista, originando a Ambev; e a partir de 2003, quando a Ambev se uniu à cervejaria belga Interbrew, dando origem à In- Bev. Em cada um desses momentos, a empresa tinha um tamanho diferente e uma forma diferente de controlar o trabalho. Nossa pesquisa buscou identificá-los, assim como a dinâmica das mudanças. Utilizamos como fontes de pesquisa o boletim sindical Saca Rolha, editado e publicado pelo sindicato dos cervejeiros da cidade de São Paulo entre 1986 e 1990; as reportagens publicadas pela Gazeta Mercantil entre outubro e novembro de 1989, diferentes reportagens disponíveis no acervo do Centro Pastoral Vergueiro, reportagens do jornal Vale Paraibano de outubro de 1990, reportagens da Gazeta Mercantil publicadas em julho de 1999 e os Relatórios Anuais da Ambev de seus 10 primeiros anos

This dissertation focuses on workplace accidents, a chronic problem in Turkey. I conducted my fieldwork in İstanbul’s Tuzla shipyards, where approximately 160 workers have died in work accidents since 1992. The Tuzla shipyards are both a symbol of negative working conditions and chronic work accidents in Turkey, and a site where the definitions, causes, and effects of work accidents are problematized, examined, and contested. In my research, I explore the ways in which various conflicting actors describe, identify, and explain accidents at work in relation to contested understandings, discourses, and practices of development. To be sure, the definition of accidents at work as preventable or inevitable dramatically shape the evaluation of the problem and the ways in which work accidents were acted upon or not by contesting actors. While I examine the ways that work accidents are identified I also investigate how different actors legitimized their positions in relation to contested understandings of development. The enduring nature of workplace injuries in rapidly developing Turkey has caused many activists and academics to question the contemporary obsession with development and the belief that economic growth will inevitably lead to social justice. Following these critical insights, I investigate the relationship between the prioritization of national economic growth and the persistence of workplace injuries in Turkey. Although I analyze the critiques of work accidents as critiques of the obsession with economic development, I also observed a more complicated narrative of class mobility and the aspiration for development amongst the working class themselves. The Tuzla shipyards zone is not only a uniquely dense industrial zone where workplace injuries are common, but also a unique site where a few workers have been able to quickly form their own subcontractor companies and benefit from rapid economic growth in the shipyards. Based on my ethnographic observations I argue that the dominant discourse about development also affects working classes’ aspirations and their desires to have a better life.

Orientador: Ildeberto Muniz de Almeida / Banca: Adriano dias / Banca: Maria Cecília Pereira Binder / Banca: Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela / Banca: José Marçal Jackson Filho / Resumo: A motocicleta tem se tornado importante veículo de transporte no Brasil, pois proporciona deslocamentos mais ágeis e apresenta menor custo. Este veículo tem sido usado cada vez mais para os deslocamentos de casa para o trabalho e vice-versa. Por isso, pretende-se compreender aspectos do processo e origens dos acidentes que ocorrem nestes momentos. Sua metodologia se dividiu em três etapas. A primeira constou da comparação dos acidentes que ocorreram nos horários de deslocamentos com os outros, a partir de uma análise quantitativa, o que levou a divulgação no artigo 1. Na segunda etapa foram explorados qualitativamente 20 casos de acidentes de motociclistas não profissionais ocorridos em 2011 em Paranavaí, PR realizando tentativas de compreender as origens destes a partir de entrevistas semiestruturadas, grupos focais e observações nos locais de acidentes. As análises foram guiadas pelo modelo de análise e prevenção de acidentes de trabalho (MAPA) que dialoga com conceitos de diferentes campos de conhecimento já usados em análise de acidentes. O foco foi compreender as estratégias e modos operatórios que os motociclistas não profissionais usavam para ter mais segurança. Desta segunda etapa, surgiu o artigo 2. Já a terceira e última etapa consistiu em exploração da noção de cenários típicos dos acidentes que envolveram estes mesmos 20 motociclistas não profissionais. Foi adotada metodologia que buscou descrever núcleos comuns ou achados assemelhados que se repetiam nos acidentes vistos como processos, ou seja, eventos com história ou antecedentes a serem considerados. Desta etapa surgiu o artigo 3. A ideia é tentar compreender tanto de forma quantitativa quanto qualitativa como ocorrem esses acidentes para que estratégias e ações possam ser formuladas baseadas em um pano de fundo da realidade vivida pelos motociclistas não profissionais / Abstract: Motorcycle has become an important vehicle of transportation in Brazil, as it provides more agile movements and with less cost. This vehicle has been increasingly used in displacement. Therefore, was intended to understand the process and origins of accidents that occurred at these times. Methodology was divided into three steps. The first consisted of comparing the accidents that occurred in commuting with others, from a quantitative analysis, which led to disclosure in Article 1. In the second stage were explored qualitatively 20 cases of nonprofessionals motorcycle accidents occurred in 2011 in Paranavaí, PR, to understand the origins of these from semi-structured interviews, focus groups and observations at accident local. The analysis was guided by the analysis model and prevention of occupational accidents (MAPA) which dialogues with concepts from different fields of knowledge already used in accident analysis. The focus was to understand strategies and operational methods that non-professional riders used to have more security. In this second stage, emerged Article 2. The third and final step explored the notion of typical scenarios of accidents involving these 20 non-professional riders. It was adopted methodology that seeks to describe common nucleus findings that were repeated in accidents viewed as processes, events with history or background to be considered. This article appeared Step 3. The idea is to try to understand both quantitatively and qualitatively how these accidents occurs and strategies and actions can be formulated based on a background of the reality experienced by non-professional motorcyclists / Doutor

Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) / Background: There is no on-going information on the number, rate or circumstances of work-related fatal injury in Australia. This thesis reports on a study aimed to identify and describe all work-related fatalities that occurred in Australia during the four-year period 1989 to 1992, in order to make a significant contribution to the effectiveness of activity designed to prevent work-related traumatic death. Methods: A broad definition of work was used, with particular focus on workers and bystanders. The study also included the injury-related deaths of volunteers, students, persons performing home duties and persons fatally injured on farms but not due to obvious farm work. The data were obtained primarily from coronial files. Files were found for 99.7% of the deaths of interest. Detailed results are presented on the work-related deaths of workers, bystanders and persons fatally injured while engaged in home duties. The results for workers are also compared with those from an earlier study of work-related fatalities in Australia, which covered the years 1982 to 1984 inclusive. Other aspects of work-related deaths are considered in detail, including the effect of employment arrangements; their coverage by occupational health and safety and compensation agencies; their handling by the coronial system; the role of External Cause codes in identifying and monitoring work-related injury deaths; and the reliability and validity of the definitions used to classify work-related injury deaths. Results: There were 2,413 persons fatally injured while working or commuting during the study period (1,787 working; 626 commuting), with a rate of death for working persons of 5.5 per 100,000 persons per year. This compared to the rate of 6.7 for working deaths during 1982 to 1984, with just under half of the decline probably due to changes in the industry distribution of the workforce. Another 802 persons were fatally injured as a result of someone else’s work activity, and 296 persons aged 15 years and over were fatally injured while undertaking active tasks in an unpaid and informal capacity in their own home or in someone else’s home. Thirty-four percent of working deaths were not covered by either occupational health and safety (OHS) or compensation agencies. A consideration of External Cause codes for the period 1979 to 1997 inclusive suggested there was a yearly decrease in the rate of workplace deaths of 2.6% per year, with less than half of this change due to industry changes in the workforce. Deaths occurring in a small number of particular circumstances were found to pose classification problems. Conclusion: Fatal work-related trauma remains an important problem for the Australian community. By understanding how and why these deaths occur, appropriate steps can be taken to prevent similar incidents recurring. It is expected that the results reported here, and other information that has arisen from the study, will make an important contribution to developing this understanding and preventing the occurrence of work- related traumatic death in Australia.

Occupational injury and illness rates are used by employers and regulatory agencies to monitor the health and safety of workers. Changes in the rates are interpreted to reflect actions taken or not taken by the employer. The purpose of this study was to delineate external factors, those factors outside the control of employers, which influence occupational injury and illness rates. The results of this study are useful in interpreting changes in the occupational injury and illness rates as a function of changes in the external factors. A review of the literature provided information on the type of external forces which would be expected to influence occupational injury/illness rates. The factors selected for the data analysis included economic indicators, regulatory budget and performance measures, firm size, and leniency in workers' compensation claim determination as measured by the proportion of denied claims. Data were collected on the injury/illness incidence, lost workday case incidence, and lost workday rates for the state of Oregon for 1978 through 1987. Multiple linear regression models were constructed for each of the injury/illness rates using a step-down variable selection process to determine the predictor variables for each model. Separate models were constructed for each dependent variable using the values of the predictor variables for the same year and for the preceding year. The results supported the hypotheses that the unemployment rate, gross state product, number of serious violations cited by OSHA, and percentage of claims denied by the Workers' Compensation Board influence occupational injury and illness rates. Total OSHA expenditures and the number of inspections conducted by OSHA in a given year demonstrated positive relationships with lost workday cases incidence and injury/illness incidence rates, respectively; the positive associations were contrary to the hypothesized relationships. Models can be constructed using data on external factors to predict injury/illness incidence, lost workday case incidence, and lost workday rates. The unemployment rate was the most useful variable in predicting occupational injury and illness rates. / Graduation date: 1991

The purpose of this study was to examine the total direct costs of occupational injuries as they relate to workers compensation allocations within a self-insured firm. Through the use of a model, this study provides financial impact information for safety professionals by defining the total direct costs of occupational injuries. The investigator constructed a model which traced actual workers compensation allocations over a five year period at a division of Hewlett-Packard in Corvallis, Oregon. The objective of this model was to compare actual workers compensation cost history with that of adjusted workers compensation cost data to determine the total direct costs that occupational injuries have on the division's workers compensation cost allocations. This study indicated that injuries produce cost impacts to divisions well beyond the injury compensation costs reported by insurance carrier payment summaries. The study at this specific Hewlett-Packard division in Oregon indicated total costs at 1.7 to 1.9 times the actual cost of workers compensation reimbursements. This study supports the need to continue research efforts that will further refine the identification of total injury costs and the impact these losses have on the business performance of a company. / Graduation date: 1993