The garbage collectors work: occupational risks versus health damages

Authors

  • Maria Lucia do Carmo Cruz Robazzi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Elucir Gir Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Tokico Murakawa Moriya Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Janete Pessuto Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234199402800200177

Keywords:

Workers, Garbage collectors, Work Accidents

Abstract

The authors studied the kind of work a sample of 36 garbage collectors have been doing in a city of the State of São Paulo. A high frequency of occupational accidents and sick-due to health problem and some occupational risks was observed among them, and also that these worker haven't worn the individual protection equipament received, that probably contributes to such number of stop workwing.

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Published

1994-08-01

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (1994)

Section

Original Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Robazzi, M. L. do C. C., Gir, E., Moriya, T. M., & Pessuto, J. (1994). The garbage collectors work: occupational risks versus health damages. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 28(2), 177-189. https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234199402800200177