Orientador: Sergio Roberto de Lucca / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T16:48:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alves_LuciaHelenaNeves_M.pdf: 1047857 bytes, checksum: b7e66e5a6d52cf2b14c0db2abeefad18 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A Lei 8213/91, artigo 20 define a doença do trabalho como a doença adquirida ou desencadeada em função de condições especiais em que o trabalho é realizado e que com ele se relacione diretamente. Confirmado o nexo causal com o trabalho, o beneficiário (segurado da Previdência Social) recebe o benefício por incapacidade laborativa, denominado auxílio-doença acidentário. Entretanto, o nexo técnico que estabelece a relação de causalidade entre a doença e o trabalho é de competência legal da perícia médica do INSS. Para que o segurado tenha o reconhecimento do nexo causal, garantindo-lhe alguns direitos, é necessário requerer administrativamente a alteração no tipo de benefício (auxílio-doença previdenciário para auxílio-doença acidentário). Este estudo tem por objetivo identificar os entraves institucionais para concessão do auxílio-doença na Previdência Social. O estudo foi realizado na Agência da Previdência Social na cidade de Indaiatuba. É um estudo descritivo, com uma população de 148 casos atendidos para esse fim, no período de 1995 a 2004, em listagem feita em 08/11/2004. A fonte de dados empregada na pesquisa foi extraída das Comunicações de Acidente de Trabalho (CATs) constantes nos processos de transformação de auxílio doença previdenciário para auxílio-doença acidentário e, posteriormente, de entrevistas com os segurados, funcionários e representantes sindicais de cinco entidades com sede na cidade. O estudo concluiu que a maior freqüência nesses processos se deu entre os operadores de máquinas, com idade média de 37 anos e com doenças osteomusculares. A proporção entre os sexos, todavia, mostrou-se homogênea. Em relação às dificuldades para caracterização de nexo causal entre o trabalho e a doença, foram apontadas pelos servidores problemas de ordem técnica e político-administrativo. Os representantes sindicais e os segurados apontaram que a maior dificuldade foi a avaliação e conclusão médico-pericial para estes casos, ocorrendo inclusive pareceres antagônicos entre a assistência médica do SUS ou de convênios e a perícia médica / Abstract: Law nº 8213/91, in article 20, defines occupational disease as the disease acquired or unleashed by the special conditions in which work is done and has a direct relation to it. Once the causal relationship is confirmed, the worker receives compensation from the Brazilian National Social Security System for working disability, which is called accident-compensation. The technical nexus that establishes work-relatedness for compensation lies in the legal sphere of the expert medical board of the National Insurance and Social Security Institute 1(INSS). In order to obtain the recognition of the causal relationship, which assures some rights to the insured worker, it is necessary to file a claim at the INSS to change the type of compensation (from social security illness-compensation to accident-compensation). The aim of this study is to identify the institutional hindrances (medicolegal roadblocks) in the path to obtain the concession of illness compensation from the Social Security System. The investigation was carried out at the Social Security Agency in the town of Indaiatuba, state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is a descriptive study with 148 cases analyzed for this purpose in the period between 1995 and 2004, in a listing dated November 8th, 2004. The source of data used in this study was derived from CATs2 pertaining to claims filed to change benefits from illness-compensation to accident-compensation and subsequent interviews with the claimants, with employees at the Social Security Agency and union representatives of five entities with headquarters in town. The study reached the conclusion that machine operators, mean age 37, with musculoskeletal disorders, were the most frequent claimants. The proportion between genders, however, was homogeneous. Establishing the relation between work and illnesses was difficult due to technical and policy-administrative problems, as pointed out by the employees at the Agency. Union representatives and claimants referred that the greatest difficulty lied in the evaluations and conclusions of the expert medical board at the INSS for these claims.There were even opposing reports between clinicians working for SUS(the public medical care system)or for private health-insurers and the medical experts at the INSS / Mestrado / Epidemiologia / Mestre em Saude Coletiva

Health and reducing disparities in health between and within countries are among the principal global sustainable development objectives for the period 2016-2030. The incidence of Occupational Diseases (OD) is characterized by very distinct differentiation, both regional and sectoral, and has considerable dynamics in time and place. Given that Czechia is at the top among all EU member states in terms of employment in the automotive industry and production of new vehicles, new research on OD in the automotive industry acquires importance. The Ph.D. Thesis is conceived as an ecological correlation study focusing on the study of the determinants of OD in automotive industry. Its own core work is to analyze 32,646 cases of OD (in the past 20 years) and a set of data from a survey of 247 companies of the automotive industry (employing nearly 110,000 employees, i.e. 78 % of the economically active population working in this sector). In the present work are used available data from routine statistics, data from registers and basic sanitation data from a questionnaire survey. The study innovatively links research of Global production networks and medical-geographical approach. At the end of the Ph.D. Thesis, specific outcomes for praxis and discusses possible topics for further research in this area are...

<p>Lumbalni bol predstavlja jedan od najučestalijih zdravstvenih problema dana&scaron;njice. Pružanje zdravstvene nege je stresan i težak fizički posao, te spada u grupu visoko-rizičnih poslova za nastanak lumbalnog bola, pa samim tim medicinske sestre &ndash; tehničari predstavljaju vulnerabilnu populaciju. Osnovni ciljevi ovog istraživanja bili su da se utvrdi prevalencija i faktori rizika za nastanak lumbalnog bola kod medicinskih sestara- tehničara, kao i mere prevencije. Istraživanje je sprovedeno u pet zdravstvenih ustanova sa područja Vojvodine u obliku studije preseka, anketiranjem medicinskih sestara &ndash; tehničara. Za ispitivanje je kori&scaron;ćen modifikovani Nordijski upitnik. Rezultati pokazuju veoma visoku prevalenciju lumbalnog bola među medicinskim sestrama- tehničarima, oko 94%. Ispitanici su bili uglavnom ženskog pola, prosečne starosti oko 38 godina. Najveći broj ispitanika ima srednju stručnu spremu. Istraživanjem je utvrđeno da postoji statistički značajna povezanost lumbalnog bola sa porastom godina života i dužine ekspozicionog radnog staža. Takođe, statistički visoko značajna korelacija nalazi se između porasta BMI i lumbalnog bola. Najzastupljeniji poslovi zdravstvene nege koje ispitanici sa lumbalnim bolom obavljaju su: pozicioniranje pacijenata, podizanje i presvlačenje pacijenata u postelji i podela terapije. Statistički značajno veća zastupljenost lumbalnog bola javlja se kod ispitanika koji sami obavljaju negu u odnosu na one koji imaju pomoć. Medicinske sestre &ndash; tehničari koji pripadaju grupi sa vi&scaron;im nivoom stresa na radnom mestu imaju znatno veći rizik za pojavu lumbalnog bola. Smenski rad (naizmenične dnevne i noćne smene od 12 sati) i prekovremeni rad duži od 8 sati dnevno, podizanje tereta većeg od 25 kg i broj pacijenata koje medicinska sestra &ndash; tehničar zbrinjava tokom radnog vremena nemaju značajnu povezanost sa pojavom lumbalnog bola. Oko tri četvrtine ispitanika nije izostajalo sa posla zbog bola. Samo oko 8% ispitanika je promenilo radno mesto zbog lumbalnog bola i ide redovno na periodične lekarske preglede. Kod mera prevencije neophodno je staviti akcenat na smanjenje fizičkog opterećenja donjeg dela leđa i smanjenje ručnog preno&scaron;enja tereta. Primenom adekvatnog ergonomskog pristupa, boljom organizacijom rada, podsticajnom atmosferom na poslu i spremno&scaron;ću nadležnih struktura da iskažu veću brigu prema zaposlenima, smanjila bi se učestalost pojave lumbalnog bola.</p> / <p>One of the today&rsquo;s most frequent health problems is the low back pain. Nursing is stressful and hard physical job which belongs to the group of high-risk jobs that could cause low back pain and therefore medical nurses/technicians represent the vulnerable population. Determination of prevalence, risk factors and prevention of the low back pain were the main goals of this research. The research in the form of cross-sectional study was conducted with nurses filling in the surveys within five medical institutions in Vojvodina. The modified Nordic questionnaire was used for the surveys. The results show very high prevalence of the low back pain, cca 94%, among medical nurses. Most of the respondents were females, who finished high school education, at average age of 38 years. The study showed that there is a statistically significant coherence between low back pain, ageing and working experience as a nurse. There is also a statistically significant coherence between the low back pain and the increase of the BMI. The most common nursing jobs that respondents with the low back pain do are: positioning of patients, lifting patients, dressing patients in bed and giving therapy. The low back pain with the respondents who do the nursing just by themselves is statistically significantly more present then with the respondents who do the nursing with help. Nurses who suffer more stress at their workplaces have a significantly higher risk to develop low back pain. Working 12 hour shifts (alternately day and night shifts), overtime work, more then 25 kg weight lifting and number of patients for nursing per nurse during working hours have no significant correlation with the low back pain occurrence. About three quarters of the respondents had no absence from work caused by the low back pain. Only 8% of the respondents changed their workplace because of the low back pain and have regular health checks. To prevent the low back pain it is necessary to emphasize the physical reduction of the load on the lower back and manual handling of loads. The frequent low back pain with the nurses could be reduced with the appropriate ergonomic access, better work organization, a supportive atmosphere at work and the willingness of responsible authorities to express greater concern about the employees.</p>

Workers’ compensation originated internationally because of the need to address the plight of workers and communities left destitute due to occupationally sustained disabilities or death. This study examines how the right to no-fault compensation developed in South Africa in comparison to the comparable law in Canada and Australia. Specific limitations regarding the right to workers' compensation pursuant to the South African compensatory laws were identified. Limitations identified include the persons falling within the ambit of the law, circumstances creating a right to compensation, the right to claims for increased compensation uniquely provided for in South African compensatory law and founded in the negligent conduct of employers as well as common law redress for damages. The background of the administrative remedy in the form of the right to compensation for occupational injuries and diseases ought to be seen in the light of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996. / Mercantile Law / LL.M.

Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T12:36:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009 / Os motoristas de táxi são freqüentemente submetidos a inúmeras exposições ambientais adversas, como calor, vibrações, ruído intenso, gases tóxicos provenientes da exaustão de combustíveis fósseis, além de longas jornadas de trabalho e trabalho noturno. Contudo, não foram identificados estudos nacionais que tivessem abordado a questão da saúde dos taxistas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a associação entre fatores ocupacionais e a ocorrência de hipertensão arterial em um grupo de motoristas de táxi do município do Rio de Janeiro. Além disso, procurou descrever as características sócio-demográficas e ocupacionais e analisar a freqüência de fatores de risco para hipertensão arterial nesta população. Tratou-se de um estudo epidemiológico do tipo seccional e de caráter exploratório realizado entre os meses de novembro de 2008 e abril de 2009. Foram entrevistados 496 taxistas que utilizavam os pontos de parada regulamentados pela Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Todas as informações analisadas neste estudo foram auto-referidas. Foi utilizado questionário com perguntas sobre presença e controle da hipertensão arterial, fatores de risco para seu desenvolvimento, perfil sócio-demográfico e características ocupacionais. Entre os entrevistados, 110 (22,2%) referiram diagnóstico anterior de hipertensão arterial. Observou-se que o grupo estudado apresentou elevadas freqüências de excesso de peso e sedentarismo. A carga de trabalho se revelou alta. Quarenta e quatro por cento dos entrevistados afirmaram trabalhar 7 dias por semana e 92% referiram jornadas de trabalho maiores do que 8 horas por dia. Quanto à propriedade da permissão, 286 motoristas se declararam proprietários da licença (57,7%). O tempo acumulado de trabalho como taxista apresentou relação estatisticamente significativa com a hipertensão arterial (p<0,05). A chance de referir hipertensão arterial entre os que trabalhavam como motorista de táxi por 11 a 20 anos foi o dobro daquela observada entre os que trabalhavam há menos de 10 anos, independentemente da idade. Neste grupo de trabalhadores foi encontrada uma elevada freqüência de fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de hipertensão arterial. Faz-se necessária a criação de estratégias para promover a adoção de hábitos de vida mais saudáveis e melhorar as condições detrabalho dos motoristas de táxi. Além disso, é imprescindível a realização de novas pesquisas científicas com estes profissionais, a fim de aprofundar as questões relativas ao envolvimento das atividades ocupacionais no processo saúde-doença. / Taxi drivers are often subject to many adverse conditions, such as heat, vibration, intense noise, exhaust gases from fossil fuels, and long work hours and night work. However, it was not possible to identify Brazilian studies that have addressed taxi driver’s health issues. This study aimed to evaluate the association between occupational factors and the occurrence of hypertension in a group of taxi drivers in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In addition, it sought to describe socio-demographic and occupational characteristics and analyze the frequency of risk factors for arterial hypertension in this population. This was a exploratory cross-sectional study conducted between November 2008 and April 2009. Four hundred and ninety-six drivers, who used taxi stations regulated by the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, were interviewed. All the information analyzed in this paper was self-reported. A questionnaire focusing on the presence and control of hypertension, the risk factors for its development, as well as socio-demographic profile and occupational characteristics was used. Among the respondents, 110 (22.2%) reported previous diagnosis of hypertension. It was observed that the group studied showed high frequencies of overweight, diabetes mellitus, smoking and lack of physical activity during leisure time and were generally concerned with the quality of their diet. The workload proved to be high. Forty-four percent of respondents said they worked 7 days a week and 92% reported working hours exceeding 8 hours per day. As for permit ownership, 286 drivers claimed they had a work license (57,7%). Cumulative work time as taxi driver was statistically significantly related to arterial hypertension (p<0,05). The chance of reporting hypertension among those who worked as a taxi driver for 11 to 20 years was twice that observed among those who worked less than 10 years, regardless of age.In this group of workers was found a high frequency of risk factors for the development of arterial hypertension. It is necessary to create strategies to foster the adoption of healthy life habits and to improve working conditions for these professionals. Furthermore, it is essential to carry out new scientific research on these professionals to further issues relating to the involvement of occupational activities in health-disease process.

A situação do meio ambiente de trabalho dos professores tem sido ignorada por legisladores e doutrinadores brasileiros. Em âmbito internacional, a dificuldade em advogar um ambiente saudável para os profissionais da docência também é verificada. É moderna a concepção que considera o educador um profissional trabalhador. Com o crescimento econômico, são ampliados os direitos de proteção do trabalhador (operário/categoria) no meio ambiente de trabalho, olvidando-se, entretanto, o reconhecimento de um ambiente sadio para os profissionais que se dedicam ao trabalho intelectual. E sabe-se que são muitas as doenças ocupacionais que acometem o professor, nos mais diferentes níveis do ensino. Desde 1983, a Organização Internacional do Trabalho aponta os professores como sendo a segunda categoria profissional, em nível mundial, a portar doenças de caráter ocupacional. O estresse que o acomete é considerado pela OIT não somente um fenômeno isolado, mas um risco ocupacional significativo da profissão . Em face da sociedade de risco, tais problemas tendem a um substancial agravamento. O Decreto 53.831/64 enquadrou a atividade docente como penosa. Faltam medidas paliativas e preventivas que garantam um meio ambiente de trabalho saudável para o exercício do magistério. Esta pesquisa objetiva analisar as principais doenças ocupacionais que atingem o professor no meio ambiente de trabalho, de modo a identificar sua origem, para que seja possível a construção de uma proposta adequada de alternativas de precaução e prevenção de riscos à sadia qualidade de vida do docente em seu ambiente laboral. Meditar sobre as alternativas de soluções desse problema é também papel do Direito, pois o adoecimento dos professores, no exercício de sua função, representa o comprometimento do futuro da educação e, consequentemente, um perigo para o desenvolvimento social e sustentável do país. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-04T17:13:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Deise Vilma Webber.pdf: 1232730 bytes, checksum: 2670ce14877c2ef249b1ef4a8da01b9d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-04T17:13:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Deise Vilma Webber.pdf: 1232730 bytes, checksum: 2670ce14877c2ef249b1ef4a8da01b9d (MD5) / The teacher´s environment work has been ignorated by the lawmakers and the Brazilian instructors. In an international scope there are so many difficulties to defend a healthy environment to the teachers and its modern the conception that the teacher is a professional worker. The economic increase enlarged the worker rights in the work environment, neglecting, meanwhile, the recognition of a healthy environment place to the workers who devote themselves to the intellectual work. There are many occupational diseases that attack the teachers in so many different levels of education. Since 1983, the International Labor Organization (OIL) indicates the teachers in the second place as the professional category who have been occupational diseases. The teachers are taken by a stress which it´s considered by the OIL not an isolated phenomenon, but a "significative occupational risk of the labor". The Decree 53.831/64 fit the labor´s teacher as fatigue, because there aren´t preventive ways to guarantee a healthy environmental work to practice the teacher´s labor. This research has the goal analyze the main occupational diseases which has been attacked the teacher in their environmental work and recognize its cause, to make possible the build of a new proposal of prevention an precaution ways of risks to the health quality of teacher lives in their environmental labor. The Law must try to solve this problem by alternatives because the teachers are sick in their work and this represents the worry with the future of education and a serious danger to the social and sustainable development of the country.

A situação do meio ambiente de trabalho dos professores tem sido ignorada por legisladores e doutrinadores brasileiros. Em âmbito internacional, a dificuldade em advogar um ambiente saudável para os profissionais da docência também é verificada. É moderna a concepção que considera o educador um profissional trabalhador. Com o crescimento econômico, são ampliados os direitos de proteção do trabalhador (operário/categoria) no meio ambiente de trabalho, olvidando-se, entretanto, o reconhecimento de um ambiente sadio para os profissionais que se dedicam ao trabalho intelectual. E sabe-se que são muitas as doenças ocupacionais que acometem o professor, nos mais diferentes níveis do ensino. Desde 1983, a Organização Internacional do Trabalho aponta os professores como sendo a segunda categoria profissional, em nível mundial, a portar doenças de caráter ocupacional. O estresse que o acomete é considerado pela OIT não somente um fenômeno isolado, mas um risco ocupacional significativo da profissão . Em face da sociedade de risco, tais problemas tendem a um substancial agravamento. O Decreto 53.831/64 enquadrou a atividade docente como penosa. Faltam medidas paliativas e preventivas que garantam um meio ambiente de trabalho saudável para o exercício do magistério. Esta pesquisa objetiva analisar as principais doenças ocupacionais que atingem o professor no meio ambiente de trabalho, de modo a identificar sua origem, para que seja possível a construção de uma proposta adequada de alternativas de precaução e prevenção de riscos à sadia qualidade de vida do docente em seu ambiente laboral. Meditar sobre as alternativas de soluções desse problema é também papel do Direito, pois o adoecimento dos professores, no exercício de sua função, representa o comprometimento do futuro da educação e, consequentemente, um perigo para o desenvolvimento social e sustentável do país. / The teacher´s environment work has been ignorated by the lawmakers and the Brazilian instructors. In an international scope there are so many difficulties to defend a healthy environment to the teachers and its modern the conception that the teacher is a professional worker. The economic increase enlarged the worker rights in the work environment, neglecting, meanwhile, the recognition of a healthy environment place to the workers who devote themselves to the intellectual work. There are many occupational diseases that attack the teachers in so many different levels of education. Since 1983, the International Labor Organization (OIL) indicates the teachers in the second place as the professional category who have been occupational diseases. The teachers are taken by a stress which it´s considered by the OIL not an isolated phenomenon, but a "significative occupational risk of the labor". The Decree 53.831/64 fit the labor´s teacher as fatigue, because there aren´t preventive ways to guarantee a healthy environmental work to practice the teacher´s labor. This research has the goal analyze the main occupational diseases which has been attacked the teacher in their environmental work and recognize its cause, to make possible the build of a new proposal of prevention an precaution ways of risks to the health quality of teacher lives in their environmental labor. The Law must try to solve this problem by alternatives because the teachers are sick in their work and this represents the worry with the future of education and a serious danger to the social and sustainable development of the country.

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Les carrières artistiques constituent un domaine très peu étudié dans le champ des relations industrielles. Celles-ci représentent pourtant un observatoire très puissant pour examiner et anticiper l’évolution des professions dans un contexte où plusieurs auteurs ont émis l’hypothèse que de nombreux métiers, notamment ceux du domaine de la recherche scientifique et des professions créatives, sont appelées à évoluer selon des formes qui se rapprochent des conditions d’organisation et des formes d’emploi des métiers artistiques. La présente recherche a pour objet l’étude des facteurs qui influencent les artistes professionnels de la danse à entreprendre une transition de carrière. Plus précisément, il s’agit d’étudier comment s’opèrent et sont vécues les transitions de carrière provoquées par des blessures ou des maladies professionnelles, incluant l’usure, la diminution des capacités physiques et l’invalidité, chez les danseuses et les danseurs professionnels à Montréal. La réalisation de cette recherche repose sur une analyse transversale du matériel de recherche qui comprend des données quantitatives et qualitatives. La double comparaison des données convergentes et divergentes de l’expérience vécue des participants relativement aux opinions, aux perceptions, aux sentiments et aux attitudes permet, par ces lignes de convergences et de fuites, de tirer des conclusions plus larges. À l’aide de cette méthodologie de recherche, cette étude vise à reconnaître: 1) que les transitions de carrière provoquées par ces facteurs physiques sont difficiles à vivre étant donné qu’elles sont inattendues, ce qui fait d’elles une forme de transition contrainte et, 2) que les transitions de carrière provoquées par ces facteurs physiques sont difficiles à vivre étant associées à d’importantes difficultés psychologiques et identitaires. Par cette analyse, nous constatons qu’il existe deux degrés de transitions de carrières provoquées par des facteurs physiques : celles qui sont provoquées par une blessure grave ou une maladie professionnelle et celles qui sont provoquées par une installation graduelle de la douleur en raison d’une microblessure, d’une usure ou d’une diminution des capacités physiques. En étudiant les évènements menant à ces types de transition, nous nous attardons à définir ce que nous entendons par « contrainte » et nous détaillons les caractéristiques des transitions qu’elles engendrent. Nous arrivons à la conclusion que ces deux degrés de transitions correspondent à la nature d’une transition de carrière contrainte ce qui fait d’elles des processus difficiles à vivre notamment raison de leur caractère inattendu. En plus de constater que celles-ci sont effectivement associées à différentes difficultés psychologiques et identitaires, nous identifions les raisons qui expliquent l’émergence de ces difficultés. Cette étude permet d’étudier la survenance des événements qui mènent à ces transitions de carrière et permet de porter un regard sur les services offerts par la Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). Au final, des enseignements plus généraux et applicables à d’autres professions précaires qui ne relèvent pas du domaine artistique sont tirés de cette étude. / Artistic careers have been under-studied in the field of industrial relations. This is the case despite several researchers having recently suggested that an increasing number of professions, including academic and creative ones, are likely to evolve and present similar organizational conditions and employment forms to the ones we observe in artistic labour markets. This research addresses the factors influencing professional dance artists to undertake a career transition. More precisely, we study how career transitions induced by occupational injuries and diseases operate, and how they are experienced by professional dance artists in Montreal. We take into consideration different manifestations of occupational injuries and diseases such as wear, decreasing physical abilities and disability. From a methodological standpoint, this research is supported by a transversal analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. The double comparison of convergent and divergent data relating to the experience of career transitioning, including the participants’ opinions, perceptions, feelings and attitudes, allows us to draw larger conclusions. This study highlights that (1) career transitions induced by physical factors are challenging because of their unexpected nature. We consider these transitions to be constrained ones, because they are forced upon professional dance artists instead of being the result of a voluntary and planned process. This study also shows that (2) career transitions induced by physical factors represent a challenging experience for professional dance artists because of their association with major psychological and identity difficulties. This research shows the existence of two different degrees of career transitions induced by physical factors in the professional dance sector in Montreal. The first relates to transitions induced by occupational injuries or diseases. The second relates to transitions induced by a gradual settling of pain due to a microinjury, wear or decreasing physical abilities. By studying the events leading to these two degrees of transitions, we define our concept of constrained transition and detail the characteristics of the different types of transitions the formers can lead to. We conclude that the two types of transitions correspond to constrained transitions, which makes them challenging experiences because of their unexpected nature. Beyond concluding that constrained transitions are associated with different major psychological and identity difficulties, we also identify the reasons explaining the emergence of those difficulties. This study allows for a better understanding of the factors leading to constrained career transitions in the professional dance sector in Montreal. This opens up new perspectives to reflect on the services offered by the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). General reflections and contributions applying to other precarious professions are also discussed.

Text in Afrikaans / Summaries in English and Afrikaans / This study aims to investigate the relation between a crane operator in a slab handlingarea's experience of his/her work environment and occupational health. A study of the literature leads one to the conclusion that the nature of crane operators' work environment may cause health problems. According to the literature crane operators are high risk cases regarding musculoskeletal disorders. The empirical study affirms that there are risk factors present in the crane operator's work environment, which may influence his/her occupational health. It is statistically proven that there is a meaningful difference between crane operators with a negative experience of the work environment and crane operators with a positive experience of the work environment, and the amount of illnesses experienced by crane operators as well as their general health. Recommendations are made regarding training, adjustability and flexibility of the work station, job rotation, job expansion and enrichment, and social contact. / Die doel van die studie is om die verband tussen 'n kraanoperateur in 'n platblokhanteringsarea se ervaring van sy/haar werksomgewing en beroepsgesondheid te ondersoek. Die literatuurstudie lei tot die gevolgtrekking dat die aard van kraanoperateurs se werksomgewing aanleiding kan gee tot gesondheidsprobleme. Volgens die literatuur is kraanoperateurs hoerisikogevalle ten opsigte van spierskeletstelselbeserings. Die empiriese studie bevestig dat daar risikofaktore voorkom in die kraanoperateur se werksomgewing wat sy/haar beroepsgesondheid kan be"invloed. Statisties is bewys dat daar 'n betekenisvolle verskil is tussen kraanoperateurs met 'n negatiewe ervaring van die werksomgewing en kraanoperateurs met 'n positiewe ervaring van die werksomgewing en die hoeveelheid siektetoestande wat kraanoperateurs ervaar, en die algemene gesondheid van kraanoperateurs. Aanbevelings om risikofaktore te beheer word gemaak ten opsigte van opleiding, verstelbaarheid en buigbaarheid van die werkstasie, posrotasie, posverbreding en - verryking, en sosiale kontak. / Industrial Psychology / M. Com (Industrial Psychology)