title: Risk communication as a tool for training apprentice welders: a study about risk perception and occupational accidents.
abstract: The present study has aimed to identify the perceptions of apprentice welders about physical, chemical, biological, and physiological risk factors to which they are exposed; identify types of occupational accidents involving apprentice welders; and report the development of a socioenvironmental education intervention as a tool for risk communication for apprentice welders. A quantitative study was performed with 161 apprentice welders in Southern Brazil in 2011. Data collection was performed via structured interviews with the apprentice welders about risk perception, occupational accidents, and time experienced in welding. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0. The participants identified the following risk types: physical (96.9%), chemical (95%), physiological (86.3%), and biological (51.5%). In this sample, 39.7% of apprentice welders reported occupational accidents and 27.3% reported burning. The inferential analysis showed that the frequency of risk perception factors increases with the length of experience, and apprentice welders who have experienced accidents during welding activity perceive a higher amount of risk factors than those who have never experienced them. It is concluded that apprentice welders perceive risks and that they tend to relate risks with the occurrence of occupational accidents as an indicator of the dangerous nature of their activity.
authors: School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. cezarvaz@vetorial.net
authors: Marta Regina
authors: MR
authors: Cezar-Vaz
authors: Clarice Alves
authors: CA
authors: Bonow
authors: Laurelize Pereira
authors: LP
authors: Rocha
authors: Marlise Capa Verde
authors: MC
authors: de Almeida
authors: Luana de Oliveira
authors: Lde O
authors: Severo
authors: Anelise Miritz
authors: AM
authors: Borges
authors: Joana Cezar
authors: JC
authors: Vaz
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Turik
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014896:Welding; D000078329:Workforce; D055815:Young Adult