Environment, Safety and Health at Work

Base Knowledge

Must have knowledge in the main areas of the discipline, namely in the area of ​​occupational health and safety and the environment.

 

Teaching Methodologies

The use of expository and interrogative methodologies will allow the explanation of theoretical concepts and their framing as well as the assessment of their mastery by the students. The theoretical-practical explanation will allow, in addition to exposing the contents, the use of interactive methodologies, privileging the demonstration, exemplification and applicability of these contents and concepts to different real situations and circumstances. It will thus allow the development of the mentioned competences. The existence of practical examples will allow a better understanding of the contents.

Learning Results

Knowledge:
– Identify and recognize Safety, Health and Environment management entities;
– Recognize and analyse issues and problems that impact Safety, Health and the Environment;
– Recognize methods of resolving impacts on Safety, Health and Environment.
Skills:
– Ability to choose and implement solutions in Safety, Health and Environment;
– Recognize problems in Safety, Health and Environment and define the way to act on them;
– Recognize and define ways of acting on the impacts on Safety, Health and Environment.
Skills:
– Ability to identify, analyse and act on Safety, Health and Environment;
– Ability to define and act on the different areas of Safety, Health and Environment;
– Be able to act on the different processes of Safety, Health and Environment.

Program

Entities and structures for safety and health at work and the environment;
Obligations of employers and workers in Safety, Health and Environment;
Mandatory notifications and declarations;
Concepts and definitions of occupational safety and health;
Environmental concepts and issues related to work activities;
Environmental impacts associated with work activities;
Identification and classification of activities and environmental risks inherent to work activities;
Work processes impacting the environment;
Safety, health and environment management platforms and systems;
Integration of Safety, Health and Environment in the management structures of organizations;
Organization, preparation and techniques of environment and security audits.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Susana Mónica Marinho Paixão

Grading Methods

Written assessment - 50%
Group work – 50%
Minimum grade of 9.5 values in each of the assessments.
Assessment by exams according to academic regulations.


    Internship(s)

    NAO

    Bibliography

    Bibliografia primária (disponível na biblioteca):

    LOPEZ Antonio Alfonso, et al. (1992) Manual de seguridad en el trabajo, Fundación Mapfre.

    ROXO Manuel M. (2006) Segurança e saúde do trabalho: avaliação e controlo de riscos, Coimbra: Almedina.

    MIGUEL Alberto (2014), Manual de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho, Porto, Porto Editora.

    VEIGA Rui et al. Higiene, Segurança, Saúde e Prevenção de Acidentes de Trabalho, Lisboa, Verlag Dashofer.

    BRAGA, Jaime; MORGADO, Eduardo (2012) Guia do ambiente: desenvolvimento sustentável – oportunidade inadiável. 1ª edição. Lisboa: Monitor. ISBN 978-972-9413-83-4.

    CRUZ, Carlos Pereira da (2009) Gestão ambiental: sintonizar ambiente e estratégia para o negócio. [1ª ed.]. Porto: Vida Económica. ISBN 978-972-788-321-9.

    FERREIRA, Alberto [et al.] (2008) Manual prático para a gestão ambiental: o guia prático e actual para especialistas da área do ambiente. 1ª ed. Lisboa: Verlag Dashöfer . ISBN 978-972-99012-6-3.

    GURJAR, Bhola R.; MOLINA, Luisa T.; OJHA, Chandra S. P., ed. lit. (2010) Air pollution: health and environmental impacts. [1st ed.]. Boca Raton, FL; London; New York, etc.: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-0962-4.

    HENRIQUES, António Gonçalves (2005) Avaliação de impacte ambiental de obras públicas. 2ª ed. Lisboa: Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil. ISBN 972-49-1485-2.

    SANTOS, Sofia; DIAS, Rita Almeida, ed. lit. (2008) Sustentabilidade, competitividade e equidade ambiental e social. Coimbra: Almedina. ISBN 978-972-40-3466-9.

    ASANTE-DUAH, Kofi (1998) Risk assessment in environmental management: a guide for managing chemical contamination problems. Chichester; New York; Weinheim [etc.]: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-98147-8.

    CASEIRÃO, Manuel R. (2003) Auditoria ambiental: perspetiva contabilístico-financeira. Lisboa: Áreas Editora, SA. ISBN 972-8472-42-0.

    IZRAEL, Yu. A. (1992) Ecology and control of the natural environmemt. Dordrecht: Klumer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0-79231197-3.

    MCELDOWNEY, Sharron; HARDMAN, David J.; WAITE, Stephen – Pollution: ecology and biotreatment. 1st ed. Essex: Longman, 1993. XIX, 322 p. ISBN 978-0-582-08655-5.

    ORTEGA DOMÍNGUEZ, Ramón; RODRIGUES MUÑOZ, Ignacio (1994) Manual de gestión del medio ambiente. Madrid: Editorial Mapfre. ISBN 84-7100-957-9.

    RIBEIRO, Álvaro Miraldes [et al.] (1999) Práticas de sistemas de gestão ambiental. NPF-Pesquisa e Formação.

    SALCEDO, Rodolfo N.; CROSS, Frank L.; CHRISMON, Randolph L. (1989) Environmental impacts of hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities. Pennsylvania: Technomic Publishing Company. ISBN 87762-627-8.

    SMITH, Denis – As empresas e o ambiente: implicações do novo ambientalismo. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, D. L. 1997. 324 p. ISBN 972-8407-15-7.

     

    Bibliografia secundária:

    Agência Europeia para a Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho, FACTS

    Health and Safety Executive; Reporting accidents and incidents at work, A brief guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)

    Health and Safety Executive – A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, Última Edição

    Hurst, P; Kirby, P. (International Labour Organization) Health, Safety and Environment: A Series of Trade Union Education Manuals for Agricultural Workers, 2004

    L’Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (INRS), Les espaces confinés – Préconisations en vue d’assurer la sécurité et la protection de la santé des personnels d’exploitation, 2006

    Vicente Rodríguez Trigo, Gestion Integrada de Servicios y Seguridad, E.T. Estudios Técnicos, SA, Madrid, 1999

    António Sousa Uva, Trabalhadores saudáveis e seguros em locais saudáveis e seguros, Petrica Editores, 2011

    Pinto, A. (2018) ISO 14001:2015 Gestão Ambiental – Guia Prático. Lisboa: Lidel.

    Dias, R. (2006) Gestão Ambiental – Responsabilidade Social e Sustentabilidade. Atlas.

    Oliveira, J. (2005) Gestão Ambiental. Lisboa: Lidel.

    Cruz, C. (2009) Gestão Ambiental – Sintonizar ambiente e estratégia para o negócio. Vida Económica.

    Ferrão, P. (2009) Ecologia Industrial – Princípios e Ferramentas. IST Press.

    Donaire, D. & Oliveira, E. (2018) Gestão ambiental na empresa – Fundamentos e Aplicações. Atlas.

    Jabbour, C. & Jabbour, A. (2013) Gestão Ambiental nas Organizações. Atlas.

    Oliveira, S. (2018) Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida de Produtos. Uma Introdução. Ciência Moderna.

    Lewis, H.; Gertsakis, J.; Grant, T.; Morelli, N. & Sweatman, A. (2001) Design + Environment: A Global Guide to Designing Greener Goods. Taylor & Francis Ltd

    Current rules and legislation