As more urban solid waste is generated, managing it becomes ever more challenging and the potential impacts on the environment and human health also become greater. Handling waste - including collection, treatment and final disposal - entails risks of work accidents. This article assesses the perception of waste management workers regarding work-related accidents in domestic and health service contexts in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. These perceptions are compared with national data from the Ministry of Social Security on accidents involving workers in solid waste management. A high proportion of accidents involves cuts and puncture injuries; 53.9% among workers exposed to domestic waste and 75% among those exposed to health service waste. Muscular lesions and fractures accounted for 25.7% and 12.5% of accidents, respectively. Data from the Ministry of Social Security diverge from the local survey results, presumably owing to under-reporting, which is frequent in this sector. Greater commitment is needed from managers and supervisory entities to ensure that effective measures are taken to protect workers' health and quality of life. Moreover, workers should defend their right to demand an accurate registry of accidents to complement monitoring performed by health professionals trained in risk identification. This would contribute to the improved recovery of injured workers and would require managers in waste management to prepare effective preventive action.
O artigo trata da relação entre o Parque Estadual do Sumidouro - PES e os moradores do entorno. No passado, as principais atividades econômicas no entorno do PES eram as serrarias e pedreiras de Pedra Lagoa Santa e, atualmente, grande parte está interditada por falta de licença ambiental. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar a existência de conflitos entre essa população e o PES, assim como o uso público do espaço do parque. A hipótese formulada é de que há uma relação negativa entre o PES e a população, na medida em que o fechamento das pedreiras ocorreu concomitantemente à implantação do parque. Foram realizadas três visitas ao PES para reconhecimento da área e coleta de dados, incluindo sete entrevistas qualitativas com moradores do entorno, moradores ligados à atividade de extração da pedra e trabalhadores do PES. A partir das entrevistas realizadas foi possível perceber que grande parte se mostrou insatisfeita com a falta de diálogo e que os entrevistados atribuem o fechamento das pedreiras à criação do PES. Constatou-se que os moradores têm dificuldade de compreender a relação entre as competências de cada órgão integrante da política ambiental, atribuindo erroneamente funções aos órgãos. A análise das entrevistas permitiu confirmar a hipótese do projeto, ou seja, há um conflito socioambiental no entorno do PES e isso tem relação com o fechamento das pedreiras. Para a minimização dos conflitos foram propostas medidas como: a criação de uma equipe para lidar com os conflitos, no cenário da Parceria Público Privada, e o desenvolvimento mais efetivo de uma educação ambiental voltada à comunidade, a fim de melhorar a relação entre o PES e os moradores do seu entorno.
Previous research has shown that the law enforcement occupation is a dangerous profession that has the highest violent victimization rate in the United States (Fridell, Faggiani, Taylor, Brito, & Kubu, 2009). This descriptive study aims to add to the growing body of literature on victimization of police officers by answering the central research question: What are the characteristics of victimization incidents of on-duty law enforcement officers? Specific demographics of interest include; sex of the officer, method of harm used against the officer, incident location, and responding call type. A content analysis was performed on news articles reporting incidents of on-duty law enforcement fatalities and injuries (n=50), in which characters gathered from the articles were recoded to numbers for quantitative analysis. Analysis of data suggests that male officers are more likely to be victimized while on-duty. Gunfire is the method of harm most likely used to victimize officers. A roadway is the location where an incident of victimization will most likely occur, during other types of calls beyond warrant services, traffic stops, domestic disturbances, and suspicious persons. This research can lead to future more detailed research and causal analysis.
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