Percepção de risco no trabalho por comerciários do município de Uruguaina, RS

Abstract

Trade is the activity responsible for the means of production of goods and their passing on to customers. This form of work currently includes both modern sectors, highly organized as others, still practiced in a rudimentary way. Other features that stand out in the trade and services sector concern the variety of activities and linked to the work environment, which is revealed often precarious. It can not be forgotten the effects of working hours which, in most cases, extend beyond the contractual limits. All these factors imply risks and ways to wear peculiar category. This study aimed to describe the perception of commerce about the risks they are exposed and attitudes related to exposure to perceived risk. This is an exploratory and descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The study was conducted by the Social Service of Commerce, whose population sample consisted of commerce registered in the institution, comprising the period from May to June 2015. The data showed that the participants understand a poor environment and the working conditions leave exposed to various risks, which may have consequences for the rest of his life and undermine his life outside the workplace. It was also observed that in some medium was obtained more risks for people in general than for you. Participants agreed that programs aimed at health workers in commerce and your working environment should be taken to improve environmental conditions and commerce worker's health.