Importância da organização do trabalho na prevenção de acidentes e dores lombares nas atividades de gabionista

Abstract

The increase in the number of work accidents in civil construction is a problem that promotes social and financial impacts. Accidents at construction sites are recurrent, highlighting those involved with the role of gabionist. Despite the existence of internal safety procedures and standards in the execution of manual gabion box filling activity, the incidence of inadequate work postures is still high. Within this context, the present work seeks to evaluate the impacts of work organization factors on the gabionist's role, aiming at the proper posture and safety of the activities performed. The methodology used for this purpose comprises an analysis of scientific research in search of knowledge of the functioning and occurrence of accidents in the role of gabionist, as well as studies on low back pain and crushing of upper limbs such as fingers as a result of the work of gabionist. In addition, a photographic report was made, via case study, for a better visualization of the work. As a result, the study confirmed the importance of ergonomics in the investigation of aspects related to occupational diseases, more specifically the causal factors of pain, requiring prevention and employee awareness of how important ergonomics is for a better quality of life. and better performance at work.