Offshore Safety Awareness Training System

@#Safety is vital in any industry, including the offshore sector, which is classified as a major hazard industry. Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE) identified that the probability of accidents is high while working on the offshore sectors where it will exposed workers to many hazardous work activities. The appropriate measures to prevent accident in this sectors must be laid out clearly. This paper is to identify the effectiveness of safety awareness campaign and the continuity of the awareness among the workers to prevent injuries at offshore. To achieve this, we have identified the level of awareness and propose a guideline on areas of improvement. Prior of embarking to offshore, staff were exposed to safety awareness program for four weeks. After the program, we started with the pretest to all staff. They were posted offshore for 6 weeks. Within the period, the performance awareness of each staff is monitored through observation and interview. During the final week, the posttest questionnaire were administered to all staff. Two instruments were used for the quantitative data collection, which are Unsafe Act Unsafe Condition (UAUC) card; and Behavior Observation Tool (BOT) card. Questionnaire data were analyzed quantitatively. Paired-sample t-test was used for analyzing pre and post result. The results show that the mean was increased. Recent studies on the safety briefing highlighted several significant changes in terms of employee understanding toward safety. Safety awareness training has been introduced in the new safety briefing prior to offshore mobilization.

Offshore Safety Awareness Training System

Safety is vital in any industry, including the offshore sector, which is classified as a major hazard industry. Health, Safet y and the Environment (HSE) identified that the prob a bility of accidents is high while working on the offshore sectors where it will exposed workers to many hazardous work activities. The appropriate measures to prevent acc i dent in this sectors must be laid out clearly. This paper is to identify the effectiveness of safety awareness campaign and the conti- nuity of the awareness among the workers to prevent injuries at of fshore. To achieve this, we have identified the level of awareness and propose a guideline on areas of improvement. Prior of embarking to offshore, staff w e re exposed to safety awareness pr o gram for four weeks. A f ter the program, we started with the pretest to all staff. They were posted off- shore for 6 weeks. Within the period, the performance awareness of each staff is monitored through observation and interview. During the f inal week, the posttest questionnaire were administered to all staff. Two instruments were used for the quantitative data collection, which are Unsafe Act Unsafe Condition (UAUC) card; and Behavior Observation Tool (BOT) card. Questio n naire data were analy zed quantitatively. Paired - sample t - test was used for analyzing pre and post result. The results show that the mean was increased. Recent studies on the safety briefing highlighted several significant changes in terms of e m ployee understanding toward safe ty. Safety awareness training has been introduced in the new safety briefing prior to of f shore mobilization.

A persistência da noção de ato inseguro e a construção da culpa: os discursos sobre os acidentes de trabalho em uma indústria metalúrgica / The persistence of the notion of unsafe act and the construction of blame: the discourses on work accidents at a metallurgic industry

Acidentes de trabalho (ATs) são conseqüências das formas pelas quais as sociedades produzem suas condições de existência e constituem-se como objetos sociais a partir de construções teórico-práticas. Tem-se constatado a existência de concepções calcadas em fatores pessoais ou psicológicos que responsabilizam os trabalhadores pelos ATs. Investigou-se a presença dessas concepções nas práticas discursivas de trabalhadores, procurando identificar os repertórios interpretativos e seus aspectos retóricos e argumentativos via análise de discurso. Realizou-se estudo de caso de empresa metalúrgica com base em observações, conversas informais, levantamento de documentos e entrevistas confrontativas com 20 operários. Constatou-se a presença marcante, nos modos de compreensão dos ATs, da Teoria dos Dominós e a predominância das explicações pelos atos inseguros, sustentadas pela naturalização dos riscos e por práticas institucionalizadas de difusão. No entanto, a construção discursiva dos ATs acontece de maneira dilemática, existindo contradições entre os diferentes repertórios interpretativos e a presença de eventos desnaturalizadores que produzem rupturas semânticas e manifestações de resistência. Assim, a pesquisa revelou aspectos polissêmicos e retóricos das práticas discursivas que atribuem significados aos ATs.

Work accidents (WA) are outcomes of the ways societies produce the conditions for their existence and become social objects by means of theoretical-practical constructions. Conceptions based on personal or psychological factors have been presented to blame workers for WA. We have investigated these conceptions in the workers discursive practices in an attempt to identify interpretative repertoires and their rhetoric and argumentative features. We conducted a case study at a metallurgic company. It was based on observations, informal conversations, evaluations of document, and interviews involving twenty workers. A pervasive presence of the Heinrichs Dominoes Theory was observed in the patterns of understanding WA, and the predominance of explanations for unsafe acts supported by naturalization of risks and by institutionalized transmission practices. Nevertheless, the discursive construction of the WA occurs in a dilemmatic way. We found contradictions among the different interpretative repertoires, as well as the presence of denaturalizing events; both of them produce semantic ruptures and manifestations of resistance. Thus, this research revealed polyssemic and rhetoric features of the discursive practices that attribute meanings to WA.

Os limites da abordagem clássica dos acidentes de trabalho: o caso do setor extrativista vegetal em Minas Gerais / The limitations of the traditional approach to work accidents: the case of timber exploitation in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Este estudo, baseado na literatura e no estudo de caso que será apresentado, discute as análises clássicas dos acidentes de trabalho, tendo como foco o setor extrativista vegetal, o qual vem registrando elevadas taxas de mortalidade de trabalhadores em todo o mundo. O estudo articulou duas técnicas: pesquisa documental e observações de campo. Os documentos analisados estavam disponíveis em Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito. Foram observados os trabalhadores organizados em equipes para cortar as árvores de uma empresado setor foco. Estudou-se o processo de trabalho por meio de técnicas de observação direta dos trabalhadores. Viu-se predominar nos relatórios técnicos consultados a ideologia do ato inseguro como causa dos acidentes analisados.No entanto, as observações do trabalho evidenciaram determinantes externos dos riscos ocupacionais. Foi possível, ao final, identificar modos operatórios de proteção contra os riscos implementados pelos próprios operadores. Os resultados indicam alguns limites das análises clássicas que não consideram o desenvolvimento da tarefa nas zonas de risco, sendo fonte de idéias preconceituosas sobre o comportamento inseguro dos operadores.

Based on publications and on a study of a case, the present article discusses traditional analyses of work accidents, focusing on timber exploitation industry, an activity that has been registering increasing mortality rates all over the world. Two techniques were employed: document research and observation. The documents analyzed were available from the Parliamentary Investigation Commission. The workers observed for this study were divided into teams to cut down trees for a timber company. Their work method was studied by means of direct observation. In the technical reports consulted for the research, causality analyses were led primarily by the unsafe act ideology. However, observations evidenced external determinants of occupational risks. Final analyses were able to identify methods of protecting against risks implemented by the workers themselves. Results indicate some limitations to traditional analyses that do not take into consideration the performance of tasks within risk zones, leading to biased ideas regarding workers unsafe behavior.