Analysis of urban cleanness agents' workstation on the appearance of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Abstract This study had as objective to evaluate the workstation of the responsable for the collection of urban garbage in relation to the factors associates with the appearance or aggravation of WMRD, as well as identifying signals and symptoms of these illnesses in the related professionals. For t...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 41; pp. 2482 - 2487
Autores principales: Soares, Marcelo M., Jacobs, Karen, do Nascimento Júnior, Leonildo Santos, da costa Santos Pessoa, Juliana
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2012 Supplement
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Sumario:Abstract This study had as objective to evaluate the workstation of the responsable for the collection of urban garbage in relation to the factors associates with the appearance or aggravation of WMRD, as well as identifying signals and symptoms of these illnesses in the related professionals. For this, was developed a form with open and closed questions, that approached item relative to the identification of the searched, to the organization and execution of the work and to the signals and symptoms of WMRD, e that was applied in 44 agents in a company of collection of urban residues in a Brazilian metropolis. As the results can be evidenced that between the factors that the cleanness' agents are susceptible to the appearance of WMRD can detach the lack of orientation of these professionals as the positions adopted in the work, the lack of training and qualification, as well as the repetitivity of tasks and not use of individual protection equipment. However, yet with the existence of innumerable factors of risk, evidenced a small incidence of pain.