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Environmental and Occupational Safety and Hygiene KPI in the Mining IndustryA S...

In a technologically enhanced world brought by Industry 4.0, a great bulk of information can be drawn from the industrial processes. Nowadays, the question is what to do with information and how to manage it, rather than how to collect it. In this sense, Key Performance Indicators might be the answer. Mining is the industry where a more profound change can be seen but, at the same time, remains in the top three...

Poster - Sensing technology applications in the mining industry - Short Review

Sensing technology applications in the mining industry - Short Review

Occupational Exposure to Noise in the Extractive Industry and EarthworksShort R...

Background: Occupational noise is still a significant issue having severe impacts on the workers health. This problem is relevant in the extractive industry since it endangers the worker and the surrounding communities. Objective: This short review aimed to identify the occupational exposure to noise setting within the extractive sector and earthworks. Methodology: The Preferred reporting items for systematic r...

Occupational Exposure to Mineral Dust in Mining and Earthmoving Works: A Scopin...

Anthropogenic activity is related to several environmental imbalances, including dust. Particulate matter can also hinder humans with numerous health consequences, such as asthma, cancer, and pneumoconiosis. With a particular focus on mineral dust, this review is intended to determine in which circumstances occupational exposure occurs in the mining and earthmoving industries. Research followed the guidelines p...

Acidentes ocupacionais em operações com equipamentos pesados de carga e transpo...

Dor lombar na operação em equipamentos pesados de carga e transporte, nas indús...

Risk assessment in the open pit mining industry - a short review

The extractive industry is simultaneously one of the human civilisation pillars for the resources it provides, but also one of those with the highest accident index. The quarries exploitation, amongst all extractive industry activities, being considered a high-risk occupation in which, due to the development of their respective professional activities, the workers are exposed to risks that may impact on their h...

A systematic review protocol: Examining the evidence of whole body vibration pr...

<jats:p>Whole body vibration (WBV) is an emerging issue for the mining industry, occuring from the exposure due to many mining operations. This systematic review protocol intends to give answer to the question "what mining equipment contributes the most to occupational whole body vibration and under what conditions?". For that, the main engineering and health databases were selected (i.e Scopus, Science Direct ...

Integrated Method for Evaluation of Environmental and Occupational Risks, Propo...