ST na Austrália e pelo mundo
1. Desafios da desamiantação. A notícia abaixo discute vivência na Austrália. Serve de estímulo para reflexões sobre o desafio cá na terra Brasilis
NSW: Huge clean up at ex-Camden High School
Remediation work has finally commenced at the site of a contaminated former Sydney high school with a huge white decontamination bubble the size of eight house blocks erected to protect the community from asbestos dust. More than 10 years since the Department of Education sold the site of the former Camden High School to a developer, work has begun to remove contaminants left from an old gasworks within the grounds, ahead of the construction of Camden Central seniors village. Several years ago hundreds of the school's former students and teachers added their names to a potential class action over the contaminants, believing cases of cancer, tumours and birth defects may have been caused by exposure to these. chemicals. Read more: NTNews; ABC news online.
Read more on Asbestos in the home and Asbestos in the workplace
2. Motoristas de caminhões. Inspeções em estradas mostram lacunas em regulação.
Truck breaches reveal lack of regulation
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has criticised a gaping lack of regulation and policy after police issued over 2,000 truck defect notices yesterday in the largest ever inspection operation.
Police inspected 5,000 trucks in an operation that also involved Victorian, Queensland, SA and ACT police forces checking trucks entering and leaving NSW. Police also revealed that 26 drivers tested positive for drugs while RMS inspectors found one driver working in excess of the 12-hour limit who was "almost asleep at the wheel".
"Truck drivers yesterday were made to carry the burden for an industry in crisis. They've yet again copped the fines and carried the charges. But wealthy retailers and manufacturers at the top are the ones who should be in the dock: their low cost contracts are putting financial pressure on transport companies and drivers which causes maintenance on trucks to get delayed. Drivers are pushed to work longer hours, speed and skip breaks," said TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon. "The Federal Government must take responsibility for driving down standards in the transport industry and increasing the death toll. It shut down a road safety watchdog two years ago and now we are seeing defective trucks on our roads and deaths sky-rocket. The Government did this despite repeated warnings and its own report showing the watchdog was cutting truck crashes by 28%*," he said.
Read more: Shocking number of trucking breaches reveals absence of policy and regulation. TWU Media Release
3. Cancer de bexiga e exposição a fluidos indústria metal mecânica (metalworking fluids MWF)
Metalworking fluid and bladder cancer
Researchers from the French National Research and Safety Institute have identified the type of metalworking fluid (MWF) that is most likely to cause bladder cancer, and have stressed the ongoing need to prevent oil mist exposure, regardless of the continual changes to MWF composition and use.
They examined cases of bladder cancer diagnosed from 2006 to 2012 among workers from six steel-producing factories, and found exposure to "straight" MWFs, composed of mineral oils and no water, was associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer between five and 25 years after exposure. They say their results "cannot exclude a relationship with exposure to soluble MWFs and does not detect any relationship with synthetic MWFs".
Read more: Régis Colin, et al, Bladder cancer and occupational exposure to metalworking fluid mist: a counter-matched case–control study in French steel-producing factories. [Abstract] Occupational and Environmental Medicine, online first January 2018, doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104666. Source: OHSAlert
4. Estatístcas de acidentes fatais
Safe Work Australia Fatality statistics
As of 2 February 2018, there were 12 fatalities reported to Safe Work Australia. The two fatalities notified since the last edition of SafetyNet were in Agriculture, forestry and fishing, and in Construction. The workers killed have been in the following industries:
7 Transport, postal & warehousing
2 Agriculture, forestry & fishing
1 Construction
1 Information media & telecommunications
1 Wholesale trade
The numbers and industries may vary from one report to the next, as Safe Work receives more detailed information (to check for updates and more details on fatalities since 2003, go to the Safe Work Australia Work-related fatalities webpage).
Safe Work's most recent published monthly fatality report is for August 2017. During this month there were 9 reported work-related fatalities, compared to 15 in June and 8 in July. To download the latest report, go to the Notifiable Fatalities Monthly Report webpage.
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