Scaffolds are temporary structures built to facilitate construction activities on site. A considerable amount of resources are allocated to scaffolding on industrial projects. Variability in geometrical features and space accessibility of structures on industrial projects, in addition to involvement of different trades that share the use of scaffolds, requires an extensive understanding of scaf...

Currently, it has become frequent to find urban voids generated by former industrial spaces that have fallen into disuse in the fabric. Industrial ruins, although part of cultural and historical imaginary a society, are usually found abandoned, decharacterized or destroyed situations, sometimes creating hostile environments. Hence, memory, once intimately linked development city, is slowly bein...

OBJECTIVES This study compared patterns of occupational injuries in two different areas, coastal (industrial) and mountain (agricultural), in Southern China to provide information for development of occupational injury prevention measures in China. DESIGN Descriptive epidemiological study. SETTING Data were obtained from the Hospital Injury Surveillance System based on hospital data collect...