Análise de um acidente com empilhadeira e da aplicação da NR-11 dentro de uma empresa no ramo de alimentos

Abstract

This paper is a review of a case study related possible causes of an accident at work involving a vehicle carrying loads, forklift in a food industry.Accidents involving forklifts do not occur due to a single fatality, preventive actions, ensure the identification, elimination or reduction of risks of accidents, provided they are well planned and executed, and the responsibility of following a series of specific standards for the operation is safe and free from accidents with injury to workers and damage to property.For the present study, we used a systematic Ishikawa Diagram, also known as Cause and Effect Diagram, where the same groups the fundamental causes of the problem to be studied and applied in this study together a checklist of regulatory standard 11 - Transport, Handling, Storage and Material Handling.It reached two most likely causes for the incident: lack of attention by both employees (forklift operator and employee injured) and lack of compliance with procedures regarding the operation of the machine forklift.It was suggested a series of recommendations taking into account the constructive characteristics and techniques of forklifts, the operation safely, importance of preventive and periodic maintenance, training for operators and people involved in the process, equipment investment of individual and collective protection, among others.