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Mémento Sur L'Utilisation Des Pompes Et Des Débitmètres, Yves Cloutier, Louis Lazure

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Heavy Equipment Owner/Operators Dying On The Job, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other

To prevent heavy equipment injuries:

• Owner/operators should become familiar with and adhere to Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health guidelines.
• Manufacturers’ procedures for operation and maintenance of heavy equipment should be followed.
• Avoid potentially hazardous situations. Operators should perform a thorough hazard assessment before work is initiated.

Propietarios/Operadores De Equipo Pesado Mueren En Su Trabajo, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle

Para prevenir lesiones al trabajar con equipo pesado:

1. Propietarios/operadores deberán familiarizarse y aplicar las normas de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional de Kentucky.
2. Deberán ser seguidos los procedimientos indicados por el fabricante para la operación y mantenimiento de equipo pesado.
3. Evite situaciones que impliquen un riesgo potencial. Los operadores deberán llevar a cabo una valoración cuidadosa de los riesgos potenciales antes de iniciar el trabajo.

Muriéndose Por Conducir - Colisiones Ocupacionales De Automotores En Kentucky, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle

Para prevenir lesiones al trabajar con vehículos motorizados:

Los empleadores deben proporcionar programas de entrenamiento sobre seguridad al conducir, obligatorios y adaptados a sus empleados, que incluyan Reconocimiento de Síntomas de Distracción / Déficit de Atención del Conductor y Fatiga del Conductor.

Los empleados deben evitar distracciones y llevar siempre puesto el cinturón de seguridad.

Evite exponerse usted mismo a una situación potencialmente riesgosa. Los conductores deben siempre permanecer alerta y practicar Técnicas Defensivas de Conducción.

Dying To Drive – Occupational Motor Vehicle Collisions In Kentucky, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle

To prevent motor vehicle injuries while working:

• Employers should provide mandatory comprehensive employee driver safety training programs including recognition of symptoms of driver distraction/inattention and driver fatigue.
• Employees should avoid distractions and wear seat belts at all times.
• Don’t place yourself in a potentially hazardous situation. Drivers should always stay alert and practice defensive driving techniques.

Hispanic Laborer Dies From Fall Off Roof, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Falls

On March 3, 2003, a 22-year-old Hispanic female laborer (decedent) died when she fell from a roof. She had been working on the roof with her brother, who was a sub-contractor for a local roofing company. The work crew consisted of two brothers and the decedent. Two days prior to the incident, the decedent had worked for her brother cleaning and organizing materials on the ground at another location. It was the decedent’s first day on this job site. It is unknown whether or not the decedent had worked on other roofing jobs. Her job was to organize materials and …

Bulldozer Owner/Operator Dies When Thrown Off Bulldozer Track, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

On June 19, 2003, a 58-year-old bulldozer owner/operator (decedent) died when he was thrown off the track of his bulldozer. The bulldozer owner/operator and a laborer were having difficulty starting the bulldozer. Together, the two men had tried several different methods to start the bulldozer including: spraying ether into the air chamber, having the battery recharged, replacing the battery cables with new ones and tightening wires to the starter. They worked from the left side track of the bulldozer. The laborer sat towards the front of the track tightening the wires to the starter while the owner stood on the …

Bulldozer Owner/Operator Drowns While Trying To Repair A Pond, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program was notified July 31, 2003, via newspaper surveillance, of an occupational fatality involving a 55-year-old bulldozer owner/operator. On July 29, 2003, a bulldozer owner / operator drowned in the cab of his machine as he was trying to find a leak in a pond dam. The operator had been hired by a local farm owner to find and repair a leak in one of the ponds on her farm. As the operator dug a trench through the earthen dam, a section at the top collapsed sending sludge into the trench. The water/sludge …

Chinese Immigrant Restaurant Owner Electrocuted, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

On August 12, 2002, at 6:40 pm, a Chinese immigrant restaurant owner (decedent) died after being electrocuted by 110 volts of electricity. The restaurant owner and his wife were refurbishing a restaurant they had recently purchased. They spent the day cleaning the kitchen area while waiting for a washing machine repairman to arrive. Earlier in the day, the decedent had removed the electric cord to a single door, glass-fronted vertical cooler on rollers. He replaced the electrical cord from the unit with an electrical cord he had fabricated himself by attaching one end of a 10 foot length of 10/2 …

While Working, Don't Take The Fall!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Falls

To prevent falls while working:

• Always use appropriate fall protection systems.
• Conduct a thorough assessment in and around the work area to identify existing and potential fall hazards.
• Both employers and subcontractors should provide comprehensive fall protection training for their employees, that is site specific.
• Place warning signs in front of work areas and around perimeters where fall hazards have been identified.
• Don’t place yourself in a potentially hazardous situation. Workers should always stay alert.

Mientras Trabaja, No Se Caiga!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Falls

Para prevenir caídas durante en trabajo:

• Siempre use el sistema apropiado de caídas. Hacer una evaluación meticulosa dentro y alrededor del área de trabajo, para identificar los riesgos existentes y potenciales de caídas.
• Los empleadores y los subcontratistas deben proveer de un entrenamiento de protección de caídas a sus empleados, en un lugar en especifico.
• Poner señales de alerta enfrente del área de trabajo y alrededor de los perímetros donde el riesgo ha sido identificado.
• No se ubique en una situación de potencialmente riesgoso. Los trabajadores siempre necesitan estar alerta.

Drivers And Riders Need To Work Safely While In And Around Refuse Collection Vehicles, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle

To prevent refuse collection injuries:

• Employers should provide comprehensive employee safety training programs including identification of hazards posed by other motor vehicles in the area, and by riding on or working near moving refuse collection vehicles.
• Employers and employees should have routine maintenance programs for refuse collection vehicles including proper condition of tires.
• Don’t place yourself in a potentially hazardous situation. Workers should always stay alert.

Tanto Conductores Como Recolectores Necesitan Trabajar Con Seguridad Al Situarse Cerca O Dentro De Vehículos De Recolección De Basura, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle

Para prevenir lesiones en la labor de recolección de residuos:

Los empleadores deberán proporcionar programas de entrenamiento de seguridad adaptados a la labor de sus empleados que incluyan la identificación de los riesgos que suponen otros automotores movilizándose en el área, así como el desplazamiento sobre o cerca de vehículos de recolección de residuos en movimiento.

Tanto empleadores como empleados deben asistir a programas de recolección de residuos, con cursos que incluyan el mantenimiento apropiado de las llantas.

Evite exponerse usted mismo a situaciones potencialmente riesgosas. Los trabajadores siempre deben estar atentos.

41 Year-Old Male Dies After Being Struck In The Head With An Auger, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

On October 23, 2002, a 41 year-old male (decedent) died after he was hit in the head with the handle of an auger. He was part of a four-member work crew tying water lines of private residences into a municipal water line. He was injured while backing the auger out of the hole and the handle became tangled with the rotating auger bit which caused the handle to flip up and strike him in the head, twice. After being struck, with co-workers following him trying to convince him to sit down, he walked away from the site until emergency rescue …

21 Year-Old Male Dies When Struck In The Head With A Track Hoe Bucket, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

On November 22, 2002, a 21-year-old male laborer died after being hit in the head with the bucket of a track hoe. He was wearing a safety helmet at the time of the incident. There were six to seven workers at the job site when the incident occurred. The work crew was pouring the footing for a retaining wall as part of a bridge for a private runway being built. The concrete form collapsed, trapping one worker and almost trapping two others. The decedent had left to retrieve a shovel to help free the trapped co-worker. As he retrieved the …

Hispanic Worker Dies In Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

On May 31, 2002, a 25 year-old Hispanic worker (decedent) died when the gasoline-powered tractor he was operating overturned. The incident occurred when the decedent mowed a steep embankment along a rural roadside which caused the tractor to flip over a 3-strand, barbed wire fence, pinning the operator under the seat and tire. A passing motorist noticed the overturned tractor and notified 911, emergency services. Local police and fire departments arrived at the scene, as did a local ambulance. The coroner arrived and declared the tractor operator dead due to asphyxiation and crushing injuries to the chest.

• Tractors should be …

Co-Operation In Health And Safety: A Game Theory Analysis, Sylvie Nadeau

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “Health and safety managers face complex challenges in today’s production environments. They are confronted with increasingly flexible, autonomous and polyvalent contexts. Asymmetry of information on the workplace is widespread because various intervening parties rely on information lacking conformity. Social partners generate and use information which supports or benefits their pursuit of differing goals. Ascertaining and controlling this information can prove both difficult and costly. When addressing health and safety issues, one intervening partner alters or changes behavior in response to changes introduced by the other side. Strategic behaviors result, based on post-contract opportunism (moral hazard) and alliances with partners …

Application Of The Traditional Epidemiological Model To Predict Occupational Injury Rates In Manufacturing Industries, Gary A. Morris

Health Services Research Dissertations

This study was designed to test the usefulness of the Traditional Epidemiological Model of disease causation in modeling occupational injury rates and the presence of occupational illness in the manufacturing industry. More specifically, this research involved use of the agent, host, and environment constructs of the Traditional Epidemiological Model to examine the effects of five environmental-related workplace health and safety practices on occupational injury and illness. Data from the National Occupational Exposure Survey (NOES), conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 1981–1983, were used to ascertain the presence of specific workplace characteristics and to calculate …

La Prévention Du Trouble De Stress Posttraumatique Chez Les Employés De Dépanneurs Victimes De Vols À Main Armée, André Marchand, Richard Boyer

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Two Laborers Die From A Scaffolding Fall Inside A Water Tank, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Falls

Two 20 year-old laborers died after falling approximately 25 feet from suspension scaffolding while preparing the inside of a municipal water tank for painting. Neither laborer was wearing fall personal protection equipment at the time of the fatal incident. The laborers were preparing the inside of a 200,000-gallon water tank for painting when one end of the scaffolding dropped after a support cable slipped. The job foreman arrived at the job site and entered the tank to check on the laborers. He found both laborers on the tank floor. Laborer 1 had respiratory vital signs but Laborer 2 did not. …

Hispanic Worker Dies Due To Trench Cave-In, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

On December 3, 2002, a 30-year old Hispanic laborer died when an unsupported 8-foot wall of a trench collapsed on him. Three laborers were working in an unsupported trench when one side caved in, burying one laborer (decedent) and partially burying another Hispanic worker. The third laborer managed to escape the trench unharmed. Two of the laborers were Hispanic, the third was a brother to the owner of the company digging the trench. The coroner pronounced the 30-year old laborer dead at the scene due to asphyxiation.

To prevent similar incidents from occurring, Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation personnel …

Introduction Of A Waterless Alcohol-Based Hand Rub In A Long-Term Care Facility, Lona Mody, Mcneil A. Shelly, Rongjun Sun, Bradley Suzanne, Carol A. Kauffman

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE:

To examine the impact of introduction of an alcohol-based hand rub on hand hygiene knowledge and compliance and hand colonization of healthcare workers (HCWs) in a long-term-care facility (LTCF).

METHODS:

Two floors of an LTCF participated. Ward A used the hand rub as an adjunct to soap and water; ward B was the control. HCWs' hands were cultured using the bag-broth technique for Staphylococcus aureus, gram-negative bacilli (GNB), Candida, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). HCWs completed a questionnaire at baseline and after an educational intervention and introduction of rub.

RESULTS:

Hand hygiene practices, knowledge, and opinions did not change after …

Severity Message From Hazard Alert Symbol On Caution Signs, Roger C. Jensen, Andrew M. Mccammack

Safety Health & Industrial Hygiene

Standards for the design of signal word panels specify different combinations of colors, signal words, and a hazard alert symbol. The warning sign standards of the American National Standards Institute specify a yellow signal word panel, with the word Caution and a hazard alert symbol, for signs marking people hazards. The same panel, without the symbol, is intended for property hazards. The purpose of this study was to determine if the presence or absence of the symbol effectively conveys the intended severity messages. A sample of 59 college students rated their impressions of a Caution sign with and without the …

The Educational Interaction Between Physical Therapy And Occupational Therapy Students, Kimberly K. Cleary, Dana M. Howell

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Faculty and Staff Research

The objectives of this study were to identify the prevalence of shared learning in U.S. physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) education programs; determine what terminology is used for these courses; and identify perceived barriers, benefits, and challenges of the educational interactions. A survey, designed to collect information about the educational interaction between PT and OT students, was mailed to all program directors (n = 206) at each of the academic institutions (N = 103) in the United States with accredited or developing entry-level programs in PT and OT. A census study was conducted, and the entire study population …

An Ethnographic Investigation Of The Relevance Of Shop Floor Culture To Effective Safety Communication In An Australian Minerals Refinery, David R. Leith

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Many organisations which aim to achieve excellent workplace safety choose 'culture change' as the means to achieve this. They make use of employee communication media to help re-form the values, beliefs, norms and behaviours which are generally thought to comprise culture. However, culture is a complex and profound phenomenon. Successful communication between two culturally separate groups requires each to achieve an understanding of the other, no less so in workplaces than in societies composed of different cultures.Yet even employers who believe in communicating fully with their workforces find it difficult to convey viewpoints other than their own. Their communication tends …

In Pursuit Of Best Practice : Benchmarking Tools And Processes For The Management Of Hazardous Substances In The Workplace, Barry Chesson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Many organisations now strive to achieve excellence in various aspects of occupational health and safety. Benchmarking of the techniques and approaches of other organisations is becoming a popular way of bridging gaps and seeking to achieve high levels of performance. There exist many sources of guidance in the form of external and internal standards, regulations, codes of practice, publications by professional institutions and similar. However, there are clear shortfalls in terms of tools and processes needed to identify areas of opportunity and to overcome barriers to the efficient transfer of ideas and techniques from one enterprise to another. This is …

Documentation Des Endotoxines Présentes Dans L'Air Ambiant Des Usines Textiles Du Québec Traitant La Fibre De Coton, Geneviève Marchand, Michèle Lalonde, Carole Pépin, Yves Beaudet, Gilles Boivin, Sylvie Villeneuve

Rapports de recherche scientifique

L’industrie du textile représente environ 750 usines au Québec et implique plus de 33 000 travailleurs. Les travailleurs du coton ont été reconnus, il y a déjà plusieurs années, comme étant un groupe de travailleurs à risque de développer des maladies pulmonaires professionnelles. L’agent étiologique responsable de cette condition respiratoire demeure toutefois encore inconnu. Les endotoxines sont identifiées par certains chercheurs comme étant un agent étiologique potentiel de certains des problèmes respiratoires rencontrés chez les travailleurs de l’industrie du coton.

L’objectif principal du projet était de documenter les concentrations d’endotoxines rencontrées dans l’air ambiant des usines textiles du Québec où …

Évaluation Des Indices De Contrainte Thermique En Mines Profondes, Pierre C. Dessureault, Mathieu Doucet

Rapports de recherche scientifique

L’Association Minière du Québec a logé une demande à l’effet d’utiliser le Air Cooling Power (ACP) comme indice de contrainte thermique dans les mines souterraines. Cet indice est en fait une adaptation de l’approche analytique basée sur le calcul du bilan thermique entre l’homme et son environnement. L’objectif premier de cette étude est de déterminer si cette approche rationnelle est au moins équivalente ou encore plus appropriée aux conditions de travail en mine profonde que l’application de l’indice WBGT. Elle doit aussi vérifier que le niveau d’astreinte thermique des travailleurs soit en deçà des limites généralement acceptées sous l’un ou …

Logiciel D'Analyse Et De Gestion Du Bruit Ouie2000. Phase 2 : Intégration De Mesures Expérimentales Et Évaluation De Puissance Acoustique Type, André L'Espérance

Rapports de recherche scientifique

En janvier 2000, l’Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail, ALCAN et Soft dB inc. ont combiné leurs efforts pour développer le Logiciel d’analyse et de gestion du bruit OUIE2000. Ce travail a notamment compris la conception et l’intégration d’un modèle d’acoustique prévisionnelle novateur et d’une interface graphique conviviale (voir le rapport de recherche R-271 « Logiciel d’analyse et de gestion du bruit OUIE2000, Développement et intégration d’un modèle d’acoustique prévisionnelle » ¹).

L’utilisation du logiciel et les réflexions subséquentes du comité d’évaluation ont permis d’identifier quatre nouvelles fonctionnalités pour faciliter l’utilisation et l’appropriation …

Analyse Microbiologique Des Fluides De Coupe De Métaux : Étude Exploratoire, Caroline Duchaine, Marc Veillette, Yvon Cormier, Jacques Lavoie, France Desjardins, Hakim Bouzid

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les fluides de coupe de métaux (FCM) sont couramment utilisés dans l’industrie de la transformation du métal et de ses produits dérivés. Lors de l’application des FCM, des aérosols peuvent être générés. Les aérosols de FCM contiennent un mélange de substances incluant les composantes chimiques de ce dernier et des contaminants biologiques (des cellules ou parties de cellules, de bactéries, ou de moisissures). Si les fluides sont hautement contaminés par les microorganismes, l’exposition respiratoire des travailleurs risque d’être élevée compte tenu de la formation d’aérosols. Les problèmes de santé observés peuvent être causés par plusieurs facteurs dont les divers produits …