Management of safe behavior to maintain life at the Brazilian Antarctic Station

In polar regions, the management of safe behavior is fundamental to supply operations to maintain life (OPML). The objective of this study was to control OPML at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station during the winter. The research was descriptive, with a qualitative approach and the procedure of...

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Main Authors: Paola Barros-Delben, Roberto Moraes Cruz, Gabriel de Melo Cardoso, Daniela Ornellas Ariño, Gustavo Klauberg Pereira, Mariana Lopez
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho 2020
Subjects:
antarctic
ergonomics
occupational safety
Psychology
BF1-990
Industrial psychology
HF5548.7-5548.85
Antarctic
Ferraz
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17652/rpot/2020.1.16926
https://doaj.org/article/277f1029a27c4f0ebadb8ef7fffba6df
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Summary:In polar regions, the management of safe behavior is fundamental to supply operations to maintain life (OPML). The objective of this study was to control OPML at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station during the winter. The research was descriptive, with a qualitative approach and the procedure of triangulation of observations and survey. Routine questions and interviews with the crew (n = 12) and with the base group (BG) of Ferraz Station (N = 30) were conducted. The autonomy of the BG in the work minimizes the impact of extreme winter characteristics. OPML at Ferraz Station has direct repercussions on subsistence and on the maintenance of external affective bonds. The study of safe behavior points to factors with the potential to reduce the risks of accidents and illness, having impact on healthy permanence in this context. Improvement of these studies can contribute to attending to human factors in polar conditions.

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