Evaluation of Bodily Discomfort of Employees in a Slaughterhouse

摘要

Brazil is the fourth leading producer and exporter of pork meat in the world. This study aimed to evaluate the bodily discomfort of employees in a pig slaughterhouse. The participants were 72 workers, 34 females and 38 males. A human body map, an interview regarding organizational issues, the OCRA method, descriptive statistics and Chi-square test (p ≤ 0.05) were used. The results indicated that 80.6% of workers performed repetitive tasks, all workers took rest breaks, 41.7% performed job rotations and 62.5% used tools. Cold was felt by 44.4% of workers, with the most complaints for the feet (68.8%) and hands (28.1%). Most workers felt bodily discomfort in at least one region (83.3%) and the bodily regions most affected were shoulders (47.2%) and arms (25.0%). Their symptoms were pain (56.7%) and fatigue (45.0%), and 50% were taking medications. There was no association between bodily discomfort and the variables analyzed in this study.