ergonimia

ARTIGO ARTICLE

Processo de trabalho e riscos para a saúde dos trabalhadores em uma indústria de cimento
Fátima Sueli Neto Ribeiro 1
Simone Oliveira 2
Marcelo Moreno dos Reis 3
Célia Regina Sousa da Silva 4
Marco Antônio Carneiro Menezes 2
Ana Elisa Xavier de Oliveira e Dias
Josino Costa Moreira 2
Gisele Sayuri Kuryiama 2

1 Programa de Saúde do
Trabalhador, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde.
Rua México 128, 4 o andar,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
20031-142, Brasil.
2 Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia
Humana, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública,
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
21040-210, Brasil.
3 Secretaria Municipal de
Saúde de Volta Redonda.
Rua 566 31, Volta Redonda, RJ
27091-390, Brasil.
4 Departamento de
Físico-Química, Instituto de Química, Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Centro de Tecnologia,
Bloco A, sala 408,
Cidade Universitária,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
21949-900, Brasil.

The work process and occupational health risks in a cement factory

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Abstract The authors evaluate the work process and its effect on workers’ health in a cement factory in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The interactive methodology consisted of different approaches to assessing the workplace through the incorporation of various institutions working in the field of Workers’ Health, professionals from different backgrounds, and the trade union, valorizing the workers’ experience and actively contributing to the surveillance process under the Unified National Health System (SUS). Levels of particulate matter and noise were measured. The mean level of free crystalline silica in the particulate matter was 2%, resulting in a tolerance limit as specified under Brazilian legislation (NR-15), or 2.0mg/m3. The concentration of particles both in samples collected in the workers’ respiratory zone and in area samples varied from 3.59 to 52.44mg/m3. Noise varied from 83dB to 110dB. The majority of the