Análise de programas de prevenção de riscos ambientais de empresas de colheita florestal

Abstract

Forestry activities were responsible for more than a thousand accidents in Paraná State between 2009 and 2011. The most representative risks are in mechanical and manual harvesting, specially related to: a) loud noises and vibrations, b) chemical products utilized in maintenance and as combustible, c) ergonomic risks, as repetitive actions, posture, weight lifting and pressure for productivity and d) accidents with vehicles, animals, machines and tree falls over machines or people. A way to evaluate the quality of the Prevention Programs is to analyze the Prevention Program for Environmental Risks established and interview the people responsible for the operations. The object of this work were evaluate, quantitatively, the Programs based on the rules of NR 9, and other relevant items, beyond to evaluate the knowledge of the workers about the actual Program. Were considered seventeen companies that have worked in the region of Campos Gerais and interviews with seventeen workers of this companies. The results concluded that the workers don´t recognize the physical, chemical or ergonomic risks, just the risks of accidents. About the Programs, the main points in disagree with NR 9 are about the participation of all workers in elaboration an development of the program, preservation of the registers, use of information about healthy damage caused by work, evaluation of all quantified risks (specially vibration and chemical exposure), and about the hierarchy of preventive actions, trainings about equipment of collective protection and evaluation of effectiveness of the equipment of individual protection with the participation of all workers. About the items that aren´t included in NR9, the main points of improvement would be to include the calibration certificates and the note of technical responsibility. Finally, were observed that the workers didn´t know the actual Prevention Program for Environmental Risks.