Hygiene and Safety at Work

The aim of the course unit is the acquisition of skills in relation to Health and Safety in the activity, such as knowledge of applicable law, the identification and use of protective equipment and the preparation of Safety Plans. It is intended that the students will acquired skills that will enable them to collaborate in defining the company’s general policy on the prevention of risks for the planning and implementation of an appropriate management system, the development of the design of occupational hazards assessment procedures, programming and development of measures of prevention and protection and technical coordination of the activities of safety and hygiene.

Fundamentals of Health and Safety, safety costs versus accidents costs at work, meaning and importance of prevention. National laws and EU regulations. Statistics of industrial accidents. Personal and collective protection equipments. Identification of Working risks, physical, chemical and ergonomic. Criteria Risk Assessment Work. Prevention activities, prevention concept, types of actions and criteria for the definition of prevention. Implementation and evaluation of prevention. Health and Safety Plans. Safety sheets procedures.

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MARTIN, C., 2007. Avaliação do risco em segurança, higiene e saúde no trabalho. Monitor, Lisboa, 326 p.

MIGUEL, A.S.S.R., 2000. Manual de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho. Porto Editora, Porto, 505 p. Associação Empresarial de Portugal, 2004. Manual de formação: Higiene e Segurança no Trabalho. AEP, Portugal, 45 p.