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Taking into account that Latin America and the Caribbean countries have common interests in the practical application of the optimization principle and that the networks existing in other regions of the world were contributing to the improvement of occupational radiation protection infrastructures, the Network for the Optimization of Occupational Radiation Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (REPROLAM) was created. In current international context, the increase of peer information exchange on topics dealing with safety and radiological protection using state-of-the-art information and communication technology has been promoted. In this scenario, the REPROLAM Website is developed as an information and communication tool in the field of occupational radiological protection and as a means of social appropriation of knowledge in this field, from which all countries in the region can benefit. In this paper the main characteristics and results of the created platform are shown. In a dynamic environment for the development of information technologies and networks, the existence of the REPROLAM Website has contributed to the network being able to meet its goals of grouping people whose professional activities are developed in the field of protection occupational radiological protection in Latin America and the Caribbean, contributing to the harmonization of policies and practices in this field, and to the integration and cooperation in relation to the knowledge and specialized services in occupational radiological protection available to the countries of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the evolution of the theory on occupational safety shows a trend towards the responsibility of the organization in this matter, there is no doubt about the importance of the individual human factor in the confrontation of dangers. Personality tests can help to know how each individual will face activities with possible associated risk. It is possible to integrate personality studies with risk perception studies. The objective of this work is to present a methodology that combines computerized personality test methods with the capabilities of a risk perception evaluation system that allows integrating aspects that are transcendental in the identification of weak points in individual safety, which are taxable to the design of training plans that promote safe attitudes towards occupational hazards. A key sector of occupational hazards is that of activities that use sources of ionizing radiation, including gammagraphy and radiological medicine practices. As an example of the application of the developed methodology, an individual study carried out on an industrial gammagraphy worker. The result shows that the worker risk perception and personality denote a marked propensity for accidents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research was conducted at the Rodríguez & Asociados Pitakawsay CIA.LTDA Agricultural Company with the objective of assessing occupational hazards that affect workers who cultivate the Pitahaya and propose a prevention plan that guarantees the safety and health of workers. The methodology used in the investigation considered the stages: characterization of the productive system, identification and evaluation of risks and the proposal of the prevention plan. The main tools and / or methods were: direct observation, documentary analysis, field work, descriptive analysis, checklist to identify risks, the risk assessment method of the National Institute of Health and Safety, a cause - consequence matrix of risks. It was concluded that workers in the agricultural sector, specifically in the cultivation of Pitahaya are exposed to a set of occupational hazards that affect their safety, health and well-being at work, and those proposed by the company's administrators must be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Nowadays, effective safety and health management is required to guarantee safe conditions in work environments. Present research was conducted in a private SME Printing manufacturer. Its main objective is to analyze safety and health management systems effect over accidents in work environment. For this purpose, methods like documental analysis, accidents historical data as well as a protocol check list for auditing management system were applied. Investigation determined company decreasing trend of work accidentabilityas a result of favorable management system evolution. Nevertheless, incident prevention and risk control have opportunities to improve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research was conducted with the project Characterization of the executive component in operational staff of Huila hydrocarbon sector, 2012. The objective was to describe the executive component of 35 operators belonging to such population. One of the difficulties is the improper management of protective elements by the operational staff; this implies a need for having valuation instruments in staff recruitment processes which allow identifying anticipation, planning, and flexibility skills needed to avoid risk conducts and promote preventive behavior. The results of the neuropsychological assessment showed difficulties for sustained attention processes, central executive system, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility. It was concluded that knowledge is not sufficient for the improper use of protective elements but the metacognitive functioning to regulate the behavior of the individuals in order to keep themselves safe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a state-of-art-review of the available studies and techniques that allow the identification, evaluation and control of the hazards that can appear in the different stages of the life of industrial processes: design, construction, start-up and normal operation, process modifications and dismantling or abandonment of the facilities. It is also evidenced that the application of these identification techniques of hazards in the chemical processes allows to prevent the accidents that can happen in the industrial facilities and to assure the productivity of the same ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the implementation of a psychosocial risk management system within a business or organization. The authors comment on the importance of such a plan in the maintenance of industrial health and safety, including improving employee motivation and moral, as well as reducing or preventing workplace accidents. A psychosocial risk assessment program is also explored.

The Dow fire and explosion index and the quantitative risk assessment methodology are applied to analyze one of the most unfortunate accidents in Mexican history: the explosion of gas storage tanks at the San Juan Ixhuatepec plant in Mexico. Additional calculations of over-pressure and thermal radiation are carried out to further explain the domino effect produced as a consequence of the accident. The results give evidence that facilities in San Juan Ixhuatepec had a moderate risk level which is in disagreement with people's perception of the Pemex company, proprietary of the plant. This study concludes that the accident was mainly due to human error, as well as the inappropriate location of the plant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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At the present time, to several decades of arising risk analysis, it is the angular stone of safety management in many industries, but practice continues not very extended in academic entities. The identified problem has to do with the absence of a Loss Prevention Management System that allows identify activities, equipment, materials or management strategies that can be loss causes or potential sources of human, financial and material being necessary to make decisions in hierarchical to order them and propose improvements to minimize the problems identified. In this work, a methodological guide is designed, which includes the use of processes safety tools to consider in developing a management system for loss prevention, to help identify, reduce and / or remove the causes of accidents by fire, explosion, or contamination, and financial costs associated with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present article a general procedure for managing work safety and health in the Cuban business sector is proposed, with a focus on achieving an effective management of human capital which may increasingly contribute to productivity and life quality workers' improvement. As a result of the application of this procedure we could prove the possibility of identifying, assessing and controlling work risks in a systematic way and also to design work safety and health management programs including the risks prevention program, all kind disasters' plans, plans for fire extinction and first aids in the Cuban business entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the research to identify and evaluate the biohazard in the Immunology and Bioproducts Centre (CIBHO) in Cuba. It mentions that identification and risk assessment is an important tool to plan and improve biological safety, quality control and in general health and safety at workplace. It mentions that the result of the study helps implementing safety regulations which includes, measures for biological safety and health and safety at work.

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The Risk Matrix method is a standardized procedure with a wide application in Industry with regard to risk approach to safety management by addressing events' frequency and consequence, however it is not customary used in the safety evaluation of radioactive facilities. This report introduces a modification to Risk Matrix methods for the evaluation of safety in the treatment with radiotherapy and, also presents the results of an evaluation for cobalt 60 treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) to the cobalt Therapy Treatment Process in the Oncological Unit of Pinar del Rio city to evaluate occupational, public and medical exposures during cobalt therapy treatment. Equipment's failures modes and human error were evaluated for each system and treatment stage aimed at obtaining an exhaustive list of the deviations with a reasonable probability to occur and may produce significant adverse outcomes. The lowest exposures probabilities correspond to the public exposures during the treatment process; around E-10 per year, being the workers exposures around E-04 per year. Regarding the patient, exposures frequencies vary in dependence of the extent to which the error affect individual treatment, individual patients, or all the patients treated on a specific unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo se enfoca en los retos que se enfrenta la ingeniera en Colombia, en cuanto a la seguridad de procesos y el análisis de riesgos en el siglo XXI. Se discute de la explosión del poliducto en Dosquebradas, Risaralda, Colombia el 23 de diciembre de 2011 y como ha generado las iniciativas importantes en el sector minero-energético, las cuales son un desafío académico para los programas de ingeniera nacional en el país.