Riscos ocupacionais das atividades em um viveiro florestal no município de Piaçabuçu, AL

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Being the basis of forestry enterprises, seedling production nurseries are installed to meet the commercial and environmental demand for quality seedlings, and concentrate a large part of the sector's workers, who are often exposed to unsafe conditions that jeopardize their health and physical integrity. In this sense, the objective of this work was to evaluate the occupational risks in a nursery of forest seedlings in the municipality of Piaçabuçu - AL, which produces seedlings for a restoration project of 60 ha of riparian forest of the São Francisco River, a region of great environmental importance. and economical. The research was carried out in the period comprising the month of November 2022. The data collection was through a questionnaire with questions related to work safety and a field visit to identify and qualify the inherent risks. Through this study, it was observed that physical risks are the main factors of insecurity in the nursery, mainly through the activity of cleaning the nursery, which is carried out in the open, exposing employees to the weather, followed by ergonomic risks, having as movements repetitive and load transport, its main causative agents and finally, mechanical risks, which can cause accidents. It was noticed a little difficulty, on the part of the collaborators, to describe and identify risks, as well as the resistance in the use of PPE, allowing the occurrence of unsafe acts that culminate in accidents at work. Through this result, it is clear the need to implement safety programs and campaigns, training employees and improving environmental working conditions, so that the physical integrity of the employee is preserved, at the same time that the seedling production process is optimized, ensuring quality seedlings.

Key words: Seedling production; workplace safety; ergonomics; accident; worker.