Diagnóstico de acidentes de trabalho em altura: um estudo no setor da construção civil

Abstract

The present study will address the accidents among workers in the construction industry buildings for work at height in order to evaluate the accidents occurred in this sector in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, because it is an economic activity that has high rates of accidents at work , causing not only temporary, permanent or irreversible injuries, but also functional disturbance and even death. In the course of the study, a bibliographic review was carried out analyzing the historical evolution of health and safety at work, as well as the accidents at work up to the present moment. In this reference are also compiled the concept of Work Accident and Communication of Work Accident (CAT) and the norms pertinent to the activity in question, extolling the normative body of NR 35, besides the Social Security Legislation that makes the classification of the accidents through the CAT's. Some fall prevention techniques were also cited with the aim of sublimating that violation of standards and techniques is a health risk to workers. In the sequence, it is presented the methodology that describes and characterizes the data collected in the Statistical Yearbook of Social Security (AEPS) as well as in the Digital Observatory of Occupational Health and Safety (ODSST). In the analysis of the results are presented all the collected data, reaching an overview of the problem in question, verifying if the main purpose of the NR 35 was reached, since the construction buildings is considered one of the most dangerous sectors to work. Therefore, the research sought to focus on the main causes: the behavior and training of the worker and the responsibility of the managers, resulting from the execution of activities without complying with and safeguarding the safety standards, proving that most accidents can often be avoided by adopting preventive measures of accidents by the companies themselves.