Análise dos acidentes de trabalho ocorridos em empresas de energia solar na região metropolitana de maceió no ano de 2021

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The solar photovoltaic energy sector has become an increasingly bigger and ever-growing market in Brazil, more over so to supply the energy consumption of residences and businesses through a renewable energy source. With the growth of demand, there has been an increasing number of new companies of the segment in Maceió-AL, to supply the new demand and also because it has become a profitable business sector. Along with the growing number of new businesses, there is also increased risks of accidents in the sector mostly because the fact that it is an activity that needs trained and qualified employees. This work was made through data surveying to check and number possible accidents as well as their causes that happened to employees of solar energy companies located on Maceió city. In this study, 9 companies and 37 employees were assessed through an electronic form and the responses have been analyzed with the usage of the software Excel to make visual presentation as graphs and figures by making use of the obtained data. Through those results it was possible to observe that the most occurring accidents that happened with the employees were: falls, electrical shock and injuries and it was observed that some of those accidents could have been avoided through the correct usage of PPE, moreover, was also noticed that some of those companies did not have a strong policy towards the practice of labor safety acts.

Keywords: solar photovoltaic energy; work accidents; employees.