O impacto da organização do trabalho de uma fábrica de biscoitos e o adoecimento de suas auxiliares de confeitaria

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a survey carried out in a biscuit factory in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, the city of Contagem - MG. The aim was to investigate the reasons why a group of 12 pastry assistants, aged 23 to 48 years and 2 months to 10 years in the profession, has a high prevalence of symptomatic related to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. We observed exposure of that people to a high rate of repetition and movement of hands and fingers at a rapid pace, pauses reduced, thermal discomfort, great production goal and the tasks standing throughout the workday. The relevance of thisork reveals itself to demonstrate how particular factors of the activity observed, related to the form of work organization adopted, denote the classical model that links excessive movement of the upper to the occurrence of muscle and tendon injuries in upper extremities. We used the method of ergonomic analysis (EA), Perception Questionnaire Complaint of Pain (CORLETT, 1976) aim to identify the characteristics of workers and collect their main complaints, test weight and viscosity of the test models with chairs different job. Analyzing the activity of the auxiliaries, were observed several mechanisms that interfere negatively with the illness of these workers. Working arrangements to assist in paper assumes that there is no completely domain to the process or product. Since this is highly fragmented and monotonous, self-esteem is not high negatively altering their individual sensitivity to the resulting illness. The long working hours and control the rate that does not contain a sufficient number of breaks act as aggravating factors in favor due to illness to excessive use of hands. The fear of dismissal for failure or lack of production work (because of pain symptoms) ends up creating a climate of anxiety that is answered by workers with acceleration in the production manual. The type of hierarchy associated with the production system in which the owner, is also boss and manager. This becomes all the while overseeing the entire process increases the stress and neuroendocrine responses deviate from the normal state (the state of increasing tension and warnings). These, then, the activity of auxiliary factors that favor the appearance of osteoarticular injuries at work.