MARIA MAZZARELLO PEREIRA VELOSO PAULO JOSE GARGANO ROCHA

摘要

Effect on worker health are common in many economic sectors and affect large numbers of workers. Mainly due to exposure to environmental hazards, overload of work and ergonomic factors. Many people spend a third of his adult life in such adverse environments. Arise from 68 million to 157 million new cases of occupational diseases caused by various types of exposure at work. In addition to the unnecessary suffering, the costs involved in these health problems were estimated in a percentage higher than the gross national product of many countries. The concept of prevention is to anticipate the risks of potential environmental impacts, damage to workers' health and economic losses caused by unsafe conditions are encountered in designing the project. Thus, there must be risk management during all phases of the enterprise, enabling safer production processes, ie, with greater control over the risks.