Segurança do trabalho na construção civil : acidentes na obra da Usina de Itaipu

Abstract

This monograph aims to collect and analyze the working conditions and their correlation with the main accidents that occurred in a large-scale work of great importance for the country in the 1970s and 1980s, namely the construction of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant. It also discusses how these accidents could have been prevented through continuous inspection and regulatory processes. Safety in the work environment is one of the most important conditions for good worker performance and productivity, due to the confidence that is passed on when carrying out a certain job. And although not all working conditions and accidents that occurred during the construction of this power plant are reported and proven, only being told in social groups, the reports found are possible for analysis and comparison, which leads us to certain conclusions. The research deals with a simple qualitative approach, by bringing the cause of accidents and their consequences, and not specifically the number of deaths, extending to an exploratory research, through some authors who report the events. It can be seen that fear is a great cause of the imposition of norms, as it is one of the feelings that most causes us to change our behavior, and this can be a trigger imposed by situations such as control of employees' personal lives, excessive working hours, pressure from management and senior leadership or by not having previous experience in the main type of work being performed: civil construction. It was expected to conclude that there were not enough norms and that such norms were not managed and audited internally, but only part of this assumption is true, since the creation of the Regulatory Standards was based on the Regulatory Acts created during the construction of this power plant, and there was negligence with safety and lack of inspection.