Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health VI - Volume 2: Biomechanics, Occupational Psychosociology and New Trends

This book gathers cutting-edge research and best practices relating to occupational risk and safety
management, healthcare, and ergonomics. It covers strategies for different industries, such as construction,
chemical, and healthcare. It emphasizes challenges posed by automation, discusses solutions offered by
technologies, and reports on case studies carried out in different countries. Chapters are based on selected
contributions to the 21st International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2024), held on
July 4-5, 2024, in Porto, Portugal. By reporting on different perspectives, such as the ones from managers,
employees, and OSH professionals, and covering timely issues, such as implications of telework, issues related
to gender inequality and applications of machine learning techniques in occupational health, this book offers
extensive information and a source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners, and organizations
operating in both local and global contexts. This is the second volume of a 2-volume set.

List of contents

1. Risk exposure to the development of low back pain in health professionals of an Integrated Continuing Care Unit in the Central Region of Portugal.- 2. Multi-component intervention to reduce sedentary behavior in the office work: the effect on perceived musculoskeletal symptoms.- 3. Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders within solid waste collectors.- 4. Understanding the problem of overexertion accidents on food retail sector: preliminary results.- 5. Ergonomic study of a cutting and inspection workstation at a textile industry.

Summary

This book gathers cutting-edge research and best practices relating to occupational risk and safety

management, healthcare, and ergonomics. It covers strategies for different industries, such as construction,

chemical, and healthcare. It emphasizes challenges posed by automation, discusses solutions offered by

technologies, and reports on case studies carried out in different countries. Chapters are based on selected

contributions to the 21st International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2024), held on

July 4-5, 2024, in Porto, Portugal. By reporting on different perspectives, such as the ones from managers,

employees, and OSH professionals, and covering timely issues, such as implications of telework, issues related

to gender inequality and applications of machine learning techniques in occupational health, this book offers

extensive information and a source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners, and organizations

operating in both local and global contexts. This is the second volume of a 2-volume set.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rui B Melo (Editor), J. Santos Baptista (Editor), Paula Carneiro (Editor), Paula Carneiro et al (Editor), Jacqueline Castelo Branco (Editor), Nelson Costa (Editor), Joana Duarte (Editor), Joana C. Guedes (Editor), Rui B. Melo (Editor), Gonçalo Perestrelo (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.03.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9783031822902
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3182290-2
• No. of pages: 435
• Illustrations: VIII, 435 p. 73 illus., 60 illus. in color.
• Series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Management und Managementtechniken, Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Organisationspsychologie, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Biomedizinische Technik, Industrial Management, Occupational Health Psychology, Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling, SHO 2024, Mental Stress Assessment, Safety Management Systems In Industry 4.0, Technologies for Well-Being, Occupational Risk Factors, Biomechanical Risk Assessment, Fire Safety Resilience, Digital Human Modeling, Psychosocial risk assessment, Physiological Monitoring Systems, Ergonomic Risk Mitigation, Augmented Reality for Training