Relevant occupational health and safety risks in the Portuguese food processing industry

Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Lima, Tânia M.; Lourenço, Mariana

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Relevant occupational health and safety risks in the Portuguese food processing industry

2019-11Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Gaspar, Pedro Dinis
dc.contributor.author	Lima, Tânia M.
dc.contributor.author	Lourenço, Mariana
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-21T16:54:11Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-21T16:54:11Z
dc.date.issued	2019-11
dc.description.abstract	The Agrifood Industry is the largest Portuguese Industry, constituted mainly by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is noted that more than any other type of organization SMEs have their own specificities that make it particularly appropriate to develop tools to facilitate communication and knowledge sharing for employers and workers. To this extent, identifying critical success factors is the key to increase SMEs productivity. Likewise, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in SMEs have their own characteristics, which difficult the prevention strategies implementation and aggravate the problematic of work accidents. This study analyses a fieldwork in 60 food processing companies in Portugal, related to the dairy, meat processing, bakery and horticultural subsectors. The analysis of the results allowed to identify that, at the national and regional level, the main failures are concerned with (1) lack of risk assessments regarding occupational noise, lighting, thermal environment and vibrations; (2) safety signaling, the circulation ways are not identified with appropriate safety colors; (3) general lighting, with too many shade areas and finally (4) complementary presence of associated risks to falls at the same level, falling of objects, thermal burns, the use of machines and equipment, fire, mechanical, ergonomic hazards and incorrect body postures. This study assesses the most relevant occupational health and safety risks in the Portuguese food processing industry to contribute to the improvement of OSH management and prevention of work accidents.	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.24840/2184-0954_003.003_0003	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	2184-0954
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7614
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.publisher	International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Agrifood Industry	pt_PT
dc.subject	Occupational safety and health	pt_PT
dc.subject	SMEs	pt_PT
dc.title	Relevant occupational health and safety risks in the Portuguese food processing industry	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.title	International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety	pt_PT
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