Acidentes de trabalho em plataformas de petróleo da Bacia de Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Abstract

The offshore oil industry is characterized by complex systems in relation to technology and organization of work. Working conditions are hazardous, resulting in accidents and even occasional full-scale catastrophes. This article is the result of a study on work-related accidents in the offshore platforms in the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro State. The primary objective was to provide technical back-up for both workers' representative organizations and public authorities. As a methodology, we attempt to go beyond the immediate causes of accidents and emphasize underlying causes related to organizational and managerial aspects. The sources were used in such a way as to permit classification in relation to the type of incident, technological system, operation, and immediate and underlying causes. The results show the aggravation of safety conditions and the immediate need for public authorities and the offshore oil industry in Brazil to change the methods used to investigate accidents in order to identify the main causes in the organizational and managerial structure of companies.

Offshore work and the work of nurses on board: an integrative review

“…The national publications were from the following journals: Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (9,33) , Ciência e Saúde Coletiva (10,19) , Uerj Nursing Journal (2,38) , Text & Context Nursing (11) , Revista de Saúde Pública (20) , Reports in Public Health (12,(21)(22)37) , Estudos de Psicologia de Campinas (3) and Revista Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho (13) . The following international journals stood out: Occupational Environmental Medicine (14,17,(25)(26)(34)(35)(36) , Morbidity and Mortality Weekly …”

“…Offshore work environment Dichotomy work environment/domestic environment (9)(10) Nature of work on board (2,(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) Exposure to occupational risk (1)(2)(3)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)16,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32) Safety at work (2,(9)(10)12,15) Amid work adversities, an escape Work accidents (2,9,11-12, 15,17,33) Illness at work (13)(14)17,19,22,25,(27)(28)…”

“…Offshore work in health and safety (1,17) The work of offshore nurses (2,11,38) Litter team (11) Rescue of offshore victims with use of helicopters (1,3,12,15,17,25,(35)(36)38) In search of safe practices Legislation (1)(2)(9)(10)15,24,27,33) Development programs (1,(12)(13)15,(18)(19)(22)(23)(24)(25)27,33,37) Source: Research data.…”

“…Undoubtedly, the offshore work disrupts the social life and has implications for health and social coexistence (9)(10)(11)(12)(13) . With regard to social repercussions, note that for workers, time does not have the same value in the different hours of the day nor in the different days of the week.…”

“…Collective, given that the oil rig operation is only made possible by the work teams, whose activities are highly interdependent. And finally dangerous, because the work is related to the processing of hydrocarbons that evaporate, ignite or explode; the use of toxic chemicals; and operation of machinery and equipment that can trigger accidents with significant potential for multiple injuries and deaths (12) . Thus, in the work on board the employees have to deal with numerous adversities, such as the absence of social and family life during offshore time (9) , insufficient sleep, accurate attention and wakefulness (12) , dyssynchrony between time and chronobiological effects (9,13) , and relationships of conflict (12) .…”