Francisco de Paula Antunes Lima

Federal University of Minas Gerais | UFMG ·  Departamento de Engenharia de Produção (DEP)

This study investigated how a standard could become reality-based in a workplace where certain types of deviations are not permitted, such as a radiopharmaceutical production unit. Compliance with standards is necessary to ensure the safety of individuals who manufacture such substances as well as the security of patients receiving treatment. In th...

Introduction: while high-risk processes with high accident rates challenge safety, High Reliability Organization (HRO) achieve excellent indicators. In both cases, prevention seems to have reached a limit. In the former, because it seems powerless to generate prevention; in the latter, because it has been so successful that it seems impossible to r...

Resumo Introdução: processos de alto risco com elevadas taxas de acidentes desafiam a segurança. Por outro lado, sistemas ultrasseguros conquistaram ótimos indicadores. Em ambos, a prevenção parece ter chegado a um limite - em um deles, porque parece impotente para gerar prevenção; no outro, porque foi tão bem-sucedida que parece impossível avançar...

Approaches to safety culture assessment may have many limits if supported exclusively by quantitative methods. Based on this, a research team developed a quantitative-qualitative approach to assess the maturity of the safety culture on an oil platform. To that end, the team sought to develop and test a method consisting of an initial ethnographic p...

Background: This article discusses expanded governance of territorial issues as the basis for a sustainable way of producing and commercializing, as well as the relevance of work analysis within this governance. This discussion is developed from the Functionality and Cooperation Economy approach and from Brazilian experiences of organic food produ...

Background: Waste production and management from residents and collection for sorting are systems heavily dependent on territorial dimensions. Ergonomic research needs to better integrate such territorial determinants to improve work conditions and design sustainable work systems. Objective: Through studies in France and Brazil, this paper analy...

This article presents preliminary results of the Human and Organizational Factors of Industrial Safety project under development in the Brazilian oil and gas industry since the late 2020s. It is a project carried out in 17 production units including offshore production platforms with different times production, refinery, thermoelectric, drilling ri...

Several safety approaches recognize that prevention based on the analysis of accidents, incidents and non-conformities is limited and always acts in a corrective manner. To overcome this paradox of prevention, which is no longer preventive, several authors have turned to the analysis of normality, but this principle still poses difficulties in bein...

O projeto de acessibilidade estrutural para pessoas com deficie?ncia fi?sica e? efetivo quando se integra a percepc?a?o e a experie?ncia dos usua?rios. Apesar dos esforc?os de legisladores e especialistas em projeto, as estruturas existentes para promover acessibilidade de forma efetiva para indivi?duos com problemas de mobilidade, ainda sa?o insat...

The objective of this study is to compare the interventionist methodologies of Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) influenced by a French approach, and the Change Laboratory method based on the Activity Theory approach. This study aims at identifying complementarities and convergences between these methods to improve work related accident and diseases pr...

A organização cooperativa é uma alternativa de luta e resistência dos(as) trabalhadores(as) à competição capitalista, que conforma sujeitos egoístas e isolados. Para superar essa condição, movimentos camponeses organizados estimulam a cooperação agrícola em assentamentos. Essas experiências encontram dificuldades para conciliar interesses individua...

Waste management systems are heavily dependent on the territorial dimensions of waste production from residents and collection and sorting dynamics. Such local anchorage is supposed to be integrated in ergonomic research to improve work conditions and design sustainable work systems. Based on studies led in France and in Brazil, this communication...

The magnitude of the current health and economic crisis has highlighted the criticality of the food sector for life and social stability. Production and consumption represent critical environmental impacts on soil degradation, water pollution, and biodiversity reduction. The generation of waste is also significant. In addition to these territorial...

The creation of robotic systems demands the formalization of how-to-do rules. However, professional workers interact with the world in a way that goes beyond formal rules, such as when facing unforeseen and context-dependent events. The solution to replace human tasks by robotic systems consists in the creation of “micro-worlds”, which presuppose c...

Fully autonomous systems without any human interventions are not achievable in practice, but one day the levels of autonomy will probably high enough so the system will be considered autonomous for “practical reasons” and the pilots will only intervene very rarely. This will deepen a problem that is already present in current automatic systems, the...

Since the 1950s, failures in the development of anthropocentric technologies have suggested that general design principles open the way for socio-technical projects. However, the latter do not sufficiently integrate the social, subjective and technical aspects underlying every kind of industrial project. This article shows how the “course of action...

Resumo O que fazer com o lixo produzido em grande escala quando enterrar ou incinerar não são mais técnica, social e ambientalmente tolerados? Este artigo apresenta o caso do município de São Paulo, que optou pela transferência de Centrais Mecanizadas de Triagem europeias para ampliar sua capacidade de triagem de resíduos recicláveis e, assim, tent...

Urban waste only turned into a negative externality, i.e., garbage, in the 20th century, changing the metabolism between city and countryside. During the development of the modern city, urban waste was a coveted source of resources that fed industrial and agricultural activities, which, in turn, fed cities with diverse material goods and food. Garb...

A coleção Temas de engenharia popular é um projeto da Rede de Engenharia Popular Oswaldo Sevá (Repos) que tem como objetivo discutir questões particularmente relevantes para a prática, a teorização e a institucionalização da engenharia popular (EP). Os volumes apresentam o resultado de um processo de três etapas: preparação para a mesa redonda sobr...

This study is one of the results of an action research developed by a team of 15 engineers from different areas and levels of training, in a Worker Recovered Factory (WRC) in Brazil. According to the principles of the Ergonomics of Activity, intervention in the company sought to develop a practice of engineering performance committed to solving tec...

Work nowadays faces changes that bring important impacts on workers’ health, such as accidents, large disasters, and diseases related to stress. These anomalies have been associated with raising tensions that resulted from globalization and the increase of inter-capitalist dispute. In this context emerges the phenomenon of financialization of the e...

Despite the accelerate change in the field of technology-based entrepreneurship, companies called "startups" have a dynamic that is still confused and uncertain with high mortality rates. In this context, entrepreneurs play a fundamental role in the research for strategies to reduce risk based on collaborative networks that facilitate the developme...

As crises atuais, de natureza social, econômica, ambiental e política, não podem ser resolvidas sem mudar os modelos econômicos e sua inserção territorial. Políticas macroeconômicas de desenvolvimento têm se mostrado incapazes de promover um desenvolvimento sustentável e diminuir as desigualdades sociais e regionais. A Economia da Funcionalidade e...

In a power distribution company, the maintenance teams at an energized network are formed by three members at least. With the reduction of the number of electricians, a study made by the engineering sector, training sector and electricians concluded that two-person services are viable. This technical group concluded that it is “technically possible...

In a power distribution company, the maintenance teams at an energized network are formed by three members at least. With the reduction of the number of electricians, a study made by the engineering sector, training sector and electricians concluded that two-person services are viable. This technical group concluded that it is “technically possible...

In recent years, in the construction industry, facing the limitations of behavioral approaches, the approach to cognitive aspects has been considered an alternative to improve production and safety. The goal of this article is to understand the cognitive processes of the construction engineer that allow them to anticipate problems in several Levels...

This article aims to present the activity as an interface amongst different actors in a project process.

Since the mid-2000s, new co-design sites began to emerge all over the world. These “equipped environments” are extremely diverse in their forms: 3D conception virtual environments, Fab Labs, Living Labs, co-work spaces etc. Current available tools range from the simplest to the most sophisticated virtual environments through 3D printers. Despite th...

In the participatory design, an intermediary object is a hybrid object, as well as a modeling of our future desire and an instrument to mediate the design process among all the work teams. This article discusses and takes the design process as the object of analysis, and the use of conceptual principles as an intermediary object, based on the autho...

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar um trabalho realizado para desenvolvimento de competências de interface, demandado por uma empresa do setor petroquímico. Diante dos baixos índices de produtividade das equipes de manutenção, em especial da caldeiraria, um estudo foi realizado para compreender os fatores relacionados à produtividade e propor...

Resumo No dia 1º junho de 2009, o Airbus 330 da Air France que saía do Rio de Janeiro com destino a Paris se choca com o Oceano Atlântico matando as 228 pessoas que estavam a bordo. As causas do acidente apontadas pelos órgãos oficiais foram os erros cometidos pelos pilotos, os quais, combinados às falhas técnicas, levaram à perda de controle do av...

Background: Alternatives are being developed for waste treatment all over the world. Solidary selective collection is a recognized social technology for taking millions of people out of absolute poverty. However, this technology raises crucial questions regarding its nature and development perspective. What can be said of the legitimacy of a socia...

A gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos (RSUs) alinhada aos princípios de sustentabilidade é um tema amplamente discutido pela sociedade moderna, num tempo em que a expansão econômica e as elevadas taxas de consumo geram uma quantidade excessiva de resíduos. Nos países desenvolvidos, além de medidas de incentivo para a prevenção e a redução da geração...

Introduction: offshore platforms face increasing maintenance demands with fixed amount of workforce. Over time, the progressive deterioration of installations can be evidenced leading companies to adopt distinguished strategies to recover operational integrity. Objective: to present the development of a Rapid Ergonomics Diagnostic Methodology (REDM...

The objective of this study is to compare the interventionist methodologies of Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) influenced by a French approach, and the Change Laboratory method based on the Activity Theory approach. This study aims at identifying complementarities and convergences between these methods to improve work related accident and diseases pr...

Objective: to analyze the development of Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) in Brazil. Methods: considering the EWA as a social technology, an analysis of the technology transfer process was undertaken by comparing the characteristics of its employment and development in France and in Brazil. Results: Activity Ergonomics was introduced in Brazil to addr...

This paper presents the main results of a Franco-Brazilian Research project entitled "Work, Innovation and Development". The aim is to conceptually consider work activity within sustainable development, and to contribute methodologically towards developing strategies for designing sustainable work systems. After a brief description of the factors a...

Changes to architectural projects can be seen as an ongoing process from design concept to use. This paper analyses a particular phase of an architectural project, the start-up, which is characterized by the initial occupation of a workplace by users and the start-up of services. This paper aims to show that the experiences in this phase are unique...

The possibility of using pre-defined ergonomic recommendations for projects offshore is related to several factors that encompass the hiring of a specialized ergonomic team to the design phase in which this team is involved in the context of the project. The main objective of this article is to test the usage and discuss the applicability of the Er...

Because of the increasing outsourcing of primary stages in the design of oil platforms, ergonomics has been challenged to contribute, from the beginning of the design process, to the enrichment of the technical specifications of future platforms. The activity approach in ergonomics goes beyond the punctual guidelines of human factors approach, anal...

The aim of this paper is to outline a framework of simulation methodology in design processes from an ergonomics perspective. The framework is intended at helping researchers and practitioners in analysing and planning participatory ergonomics interventions in architectural and engineering design projects. Participatory simulation is pointed at rep...

One of the determining factors of functional mismatches in large industrial projects is the growing gap between operational and project teams. The consequence of this is predominantly organizational, which maintains a focus on project management rather than on the use of these units. This article discusses and analyzes the design process itself fro...

This paper presents some basic ergonomics guidelines for oil platform design. These guidelines aim at considering the work of future users, from the beginning of the project, anticipating working condition problems. In this case study, the ergonomics guidelines are based on a two-year ergonomics research divided into two main stages: [1] visits to...

Discussion on bullying at work intensified in Europe in the late 20th Century, after studies carried out by Heinz Leyman, in Sweden, and by Marie-France Hirigoyen, in France. They were focused on conceptualizing bullying at work, identifying its causes, usual occurrence patterns, and its effects on workers' health. However, the debates have not con...

The intervention of ergonomists in the early stages of the design process depends on the ability to predict the future activity characteristics of transformational work situations. The paradox of ergonomic design has been addressed using several different approaches. Typical situations of action, practical schemes and transformational models based...

This paper describes an ergonomic intervention in the design of the control centre of two floating production storage vessels. It also discusses the application of ISO 11064 standard used throughout this intervention. The results show that the specifications suggested by the ergonomics team proposed a new concept for the control centre for the comp...

The purpose of this paper is to understand the influence of organizational factors on occupational accident causation. A field study was undertaken and focused on the phase of concreting the floors of a residential block in a building project in Brazil. The methodological approach was based on the analysis of carpenters' work practices and of the w...

Alterations made in the architectural design can be considered as a continuous process, from its conception to the moment a built environment is already in use. This article focuses on the "moving phase", which is the initial moment of the environment occupation and the start-up of services. It aims to show that the continuity of ergonomics interve...

The aim of this paper is to present and discuss a French-Brazilian project (CAPES-COFECUB) centered on the relations between sustainable development, innovation and changes in work activities that accompany these innovations for sustainable development. Sustainable development calls for an integrated approach of three dimensions: social equity, eco...

The waste pickers social movement has won important public policies to improve its activity and recycling. In this paper, after identifying social and environmental policy instruments related to recycling, the difficulties faced by the waste pickers associations (WAs) to apply them are discussed. Documental analysis of these instruments reveals imp...

The aim of this paper is to discuss on the role of front office attendants in building a service relationship in a health care service operator. Based on a case study, in which Ergonomic Analysis of Work has been applied in observations of four attendants during worktime, the research verified the importance of the workers' activities to quality of...

Esta publicação apresenta os resultados da pesquisa intitulada Análise Ergonômica e Psicossocial das Condições de Saúde e Trabalho dos Vigilantes Patrimoniais e do Transporte de Valores, realizada a partir da abordagem de profissionais dessa categoria, atuantes na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Trata-se de um estudo inédito na área da vigi...

This paper presents some basic ergonomics guidelines for oil platform design. These guidelines aim at considering the work of future users, from the beginning of the project, anticipating working condition problems. In this case study, the ergonomics guidelines are based on a two-year ergonomics research divided into two main stages: [1] visits to...

Actions on workers' health are relatively ineffective towards changing working conditions as well as reducing the number of accidents and occupational diseases. One indication of this is the way chronic situations still persist in sectors such as the construction industry. Besides the difficulties which are peculiar to each institution or social pr...

Os mecanismos precisos que associam terceirização e saúde do trabalhador ainda são pouco conhecidos. Mesmo que as relações entre terceirização e saúde pareçam evidentes, não é trivial demonstrar que existem relações causais diretas e específicas entre a mudança da relação contratual e o adoecimento. Embora reais, os diversos aspectos da precarizaçã...

Os mecanismos precisos que associam terceirização e saúde do trabalhador ainda são pouco conhecidos. Mesmo que as relações entre terceirização e saúde pareçam evidentes, não é trivial demonstrar que existem relações causais diretas e específicas entre a mudança da relação contratual e o adoecimento. Embora reais, os diversos aspectos da precarizaçã...

A natureza social dos objetos é reconhecida nos aspectos formais ou estéticos, e nem sempre gera diretrizes para o design no aspecto funcional. Recentemente, as dimensões cognitivas têm sido incorporadas aos projetos de produto. O propósito deste artigo é discutir e demonstrar a importância das interações sociocognitivas no projeto de instrumentos...

The social nature of objects is recognized in their formal or aesthetic aspects, but this does not always generate guidelines for design in the functional aspect. Recently, cognitive dimensions have been incorporated into product design. Our intention in this article is to argue and demonstrate the importance of socio-cognitive interactions in the...

The purpose of this work is to present and characterize the contribution of ergonomics to workplace design projects. Reflecting on the practice of a design project of an integrated control centre allowed us to highlight that the articulation and process of checking compatibility among the needs of different users and designers is at the origin of t...

L’ergonomie contemporaine a été appelée à collaborer avec les ingénieurs de différentes façons. Très tôt, on s’est aperçu de l’intérêt d’intervenir en amont des processus de projet qui définissent les situations de travail avant de prendre des décisions qui créent des conditions d’ irréversibilité. Cet article présente des résultats d’une demande p...

O termo complexidade é bastante utilizado em pesquisas ergonômicas. Entretanto, raramente se fala da complexidade de atividades consideradas "manuais" ou "braçais". O objetivo deste artigo foi demonstrar que existe uma complexidade inerente aos trabalhos considerados predominantemente "físicos", como no caso dos garis que realizam a coleta de lixo...

This article discusses the "reduction" process as a working strategy implemented by the garbage collectors of a big city and its influence on workload and work organization. The so called "reduction" process consists in preparing garbage bags to be collected piling up 'intermediate stocks' before they are loaded on trucks. Garbage collectors' activ...

The term complexity is frequently used in ergonomics research. However, the complexity of manual labor is rarely addressed. This article aims to demonstrate that there is a level of complexity involved in work considered predominantly physical, such as that of domestic waste collection, and that this complexity requires constant management on the p...

The intervention of ergonomics in the design of workspaces points to the evidence that the architectural program does not entirely define what is wanted by the users. The later statement is progressive and enriched by the ergonomics work analysis. In a similar way the construction execution stage is one of redesign. At this stage the ergonomic inte...

Resumo O presente artigo discute fundamentos e pressuposições freqüentemente utilizados como ponto de partida para a compreensão dos fenômenos ligados ao trabalho, que o colocam como um mero "apêndice". Com base na discussão dos conceitos de trabalho prescrito e trabalho real, dos marcos teórico- metodológicos da ergonomia, ergologia e da psicologi...

The article analyzes to what extent the introduction of a new building technology in a construction production process can cause accidents. Through a case study the authors demonstrate how the introduction of a new kind of propping for ribbed concrete slabs, used to improve quality and productivity, exposes workers to new risks and may cause accide...