Health disorders related to learning the welding trade: assessment of approaches to risk communication

Bonow, Clarice Alves; Cézar-Vaz, Marta Regina; Silva, Lauro Roberto Witt da; Rocha, Laurelize Pereira; Turik, Claudia

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“…A case study in France offers new insights into the epidemiology of mesothelioma and confirms risks for occupational activities described in earlier studies that workers such as welders in the metal industry have elevated the risk of the disease [2]. In a quasi-experimental study in the Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, there was a significantly increased symptom for the cardiovascular, respiratory and cutaneous systems associated with welding activities [3]. However, there was a negative correlation between the welders' ages and the detection of health disorders.…”

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Knowledge about Physical Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment Based on Demographic Characteristics and among Small Scale Welders in Nairobi City, Kenya

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Mwanzo

2020

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Introduction: The sprawling of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world provides several challenges to ensuring health and safety practices among workers in the urban poor. Purpose: The main objective of the study will be to determine the knowledge of physical hazards and the use of PPEs based demographic characteristics among welders in Embakasi constituency, Nairobi County. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among 214 welders from 72 workshops in the Embakasi region, namely in Kariobangi South Light Industries, Kayole, and Umoja. Data collection procedure entailed observation, focus group discussions, and interviews with welders in Embakasi, Nairobi. Data were analysed using SPSS version 22 and both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were conducted to explain the association between the study variables. Results: The study indicated that 90.2% of welders knew the activities at the workplace that pose health hazards. Welders’ knowledge of physical hazards at their workplace was significantly associated with experience (Fishers Exact Test =45.025, p = .05), number of hours worked per day (Fishers Exact Test = 9.322, p = .05), and PPE use (c2 = 3.884, df = 1, p = .05). Conclusion: Factors such as age, earning a level, hours per day worked, level of education, type of training, and knowledge of physical hazards or PPE use are significantly associated with self-reported injuries among welders.

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Knowledge about Physical Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment Based on Demographic Characteristics and among Small Scale Welders in Nairobi City, Kenya

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“…Outros agravos respiratórios importantes decorre do trabalho de soldagem, realizado por trabalhadores na oficina do cais desta pesquisa, em que há a eliminação do composto aço inoxidável, decorrente da fumo da solda, podendo causar lesão pulmonar aguda (23) e danos crônicos como as pneumoconioses. Estas são compreendidas como um grupo de doenças ocupacionais, cuja ocorrência depende do tamanho das partículas inaladas.…”

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Riscos Físico, Químico E Biológico Em Portuários E Potencialidades Para Alterações Respiratórias

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Objetivou-se identificar as fontes de exposição dos trabalhadores portuários avulsos aos riscos químico, físico e biológico no ambiente laboral, com potenciais para alterações da função respiratória. Estudo de caráter quantitativo, exploratório, com técnica observacional não-participante e direta de trabalhadores de um porto naval do sul brasileiro. A coleta de dados ocorreu de julho a dezembro de 2014, sendo realizadas 87 observações de 66 trabalhadores. Realizou-se análise descritiva dos dados, por meio de frequência absoluta e percentual. As fontes predominantes de exposição ao risco físico foram frio, umidade e radiação não ionizante. As fontes de exposição ao risco químico decorreram da movimentação de grãos, fertilizantes e gases combustíveis, e o risco biológico observado foi a presença de pombos. O trabalhador portuário está exposto a fontes de riscos ocupacionais à saúde respiratória que variam conforme as cargas, atividades laborais e locais de trabalho.

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“…In this respect, a specific process of clinical reasoning is implemented, which might contribute to deepen the relationship among health, environment, work and disease of port workers, mediating the communication of occupational risks for the healthy maintenance of the port work process and other occupational realities. (8,9) Furthermore, the objective of this study was to associate the cumulative post-traumatic disorders self-reported by port workers with the socio-environmental constraints of their work.…”

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Identificação de transtornos traumáticos cumulativos em portuários para o raciocínio clínico

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Objective: To associate cumulative post-traumatic disorders self-reported by port workers with their socioenvironmental constraints. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 232 port workers (136 onshore and 96 on board) with a mean age of 48.7 years. The cumulative post-traumatic disorders were self-reported, and their intensity was measured by a grade from one to four. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to associate the intensity of disorders with characterization variables, and Pearson's chi-square test was used to associate groups of workers with the disorders. Results: Both categories of port workers pointed out lumboischialgia (36.8% onshore and 28.1% on board) and tendinitis (27.9% onshore and 31.3% on board). There was a statistical correlation between age and work time with the intensity of the illnesses. Conclusion: The self-reporting of illnesses pointed out low back pain and tendon disorders that inferred causality to the self-reported diseases, whose practice should integrate the processing of the nursing clinical reasoning. ResumoObjetivo: Relacionar os transtornos traumáticos cumulativos autorreferidos por trabalhadores portuários e seus condicionantes socioambientais. Métodos: Estudo transversal com 232 portuários (136 em terra e 96 a bordo) com média de idade de 48,7 anos. Os transtornos traumáticos cumulativos foram autorreferidos; a intensidade foi medida pela atribuição de uma nota de 1 a 4. Foi realizada análise do coeficiente de Spearman para relacionar intensidade dos transtornos e variáveis de caracterização, e teste qui quadrado de Pearson foi usado para relacionar grupos de trabalhadores aos transtornos. Resultados: Ambas as categorias de portuários destacaram lombocitalgias (36,8% em terra e 28,1% a bordo) e tendinite (27,9% em terra e 31,3% a bordo de navio). Houve correlação estatística entre a idade e tempo de trabalho com a intensidade dos adoecimentos. Conclusão: A autorreferência de adoecimentos ressaltou doenças lombares e tendinosas que inferiram causalidade às doenças autorreferidas, cuja clínica deve integrar o processamento do raciocínio clínico da enfermagem.

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Health disorders related to learning the welding trade: assessment of approaches to risk communication

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Knowledge about Physical Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment Based on Demographic Characteristics and among Small Scale Welders in Nairobi City, Kenya

Knowledge about Physical Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment Based on Demographic Characteristics and among Small Scale Welders in Nairobi City, Kenya

Riscos Físico, Químico E Biológico Em Portuários E Potencialidades Para Alterações Respiratórias

Identificação de transtornos traumáticos cumulativos em portuários para o raciocínio clínico

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