[The occupational risks in urban cleaning: street sweeping].
The health occupational area establishes a challenge for the nurse, then it's necessary to develop studies to detect occupational risk factors that each kind of activity can provide. This study intends to identify the occupational risks that the street sweepers are exposed by handling diary with the urban trash. The data are collected by interview with schedule constructed by the authors. The results showed that even if this occupational activity is considered of low level risk, the cuttings and contusion wounds were responsible for the absent time of workers on their functions, in a period between zero to ten days.
Marziale
M H
MH
de Carvalho
E C
EC
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Riscos ocupacionais em limpeza urbana: varreção de ruas.