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The evolution of the Portuguese mining industry– Health, Safety and Sustainability perspectives

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The evolution of the Portuguese mining industry– Health, Safety and Sustainability perspectives
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Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
Year
2011
Authors
Luísa Matos
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João Santos Baptista
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Miguel Tato Diogo
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António Barbedo de Magalhães
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Conference proceedings International
Pages: 388-392
International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene
Guimarães, Portugal, 10 e 11 February 2011
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Publicação em ISI Proceedings ISI Proceedings
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FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies
CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology
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Resumo (PT): A demanda de matérias-primas é um indicador fundamental do nível e dos ritmos de desenvolvimento das sociedades. De entre estas, as matérias-primas minerais são as que apresentam maiores consumos. Este tipo de materiais vai desde os inertes para o betão ao petróleo e suporta todo o modo de vida e actividades da sociedade após a revolução industrial. Com base na análise da evolução histórica da Indústria Extractiva Portuguesa desde o início do século passado até à actualidade, pretende este trabalho analisar a evolução das condições de trabalho neste sector, um dos que apresenta maiores índices de sinistralidade a nível nacional. Trata-se de uma actividade primária, cuja matéria-prima é um recurso natural, finito e não renovável, os mecanismos de intervenção sobre os quais, reconhecidamente, deve incidir a actuação dos decisores sectoriais, situam-se no trinómio da sustentabilidade - ambiente, economia e sociedade. A segurança e saúde ocupacionais estão claramente situadas dentro deste último pilar. Curiosamente, é o sector com menor grau de I&D, e onde menos se investe em períodos de crescimento e onde mais se desinveste em períodos de recessão. Num período de fraco crescimento económico, mas onde as matérias-primas minerais, nomeadamente as metálicas e as energéticas estão em forte alta, proporciona a oportunidade ímpar de consolidar e melhorar as condições de segurança do sector.
Abstract (EN): Raw materials demand is a primary indicator of a society’s level and rate of development. Within raw materials, mineral resources attain higher consumptions. Mineral raw materials comprise a wide variety of resources, (from concrete aggregates to crude oil) and since the Industrial Revolution support modern society’s way of life. From the analysis of the historical evolution of the Portuguese mining industry, from the beginning of the last century to present day, this paper intends to analyze the working conditions evolution in the mining sector which exhibits the national highest injury, illness and fatality statistics. The mining industry being a primary economical activity, having a non-renewable, finite and natural resource as raw material, the intervention mechanisms upon which should sectorial decision maker’s act, are within the trinomial sustainability model: environment, economics and society. Occupational health and safety is without any doubt part of the third pillar: society. Strangely enough, ohs has a low level of I&D, least investments rates during periods of growth and higher disinvestment in periods of recession. In a low economical growth rate, but when mineral raw materials, namely metallic and energetic are high in international markets, providing an unique moment to improve and sustain the safety conditions in the mining sector.
Language: Portuguese
Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific
Contact: jsbap@fe.up.pt
Notes: Keywords:OHS, mining industry, historical evolution
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