USE OF INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT IN CIVIL CONSTRUCTION

Williams Icaro Miranda Da Silva,Jorge De Almeida Brito Junior,David Barbosa De Alencar

doi:10.5935/2447-0228.20190074

Abstract

The use of individual protective equipment (IPE) is extremely essential for any activity that is prone to occupational hazards and / or illnesses that could threaten the safety and health of the worker. The construction market has grown abundantly in recent years, and consequently the risk of accidents in this work environment as well. There are several reasons for this growing increase in accidents at work, among them is the Contracting Company that does not provide correctly the equipment of personal protection for its employees and the lack of commitment and interest of the employees in the use of protective equipment. The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of individual protection equipment in the construction company in a given service rendering, which includes the construction of reinforced concrete wall and drainage network installation, observing the methods used for adhesion and control of the use of IPE. Although the work is short-term and the accident risk is high, in the course of the work up to the date of delivery, a satisfactory result was obtained both for the Company and for the employees involved in the activities, as it had no accident of job.

Highlights

The terms of safety at work is an item of great importance in all the industrial activity, aiming to decrease the consequences that cause dangers to labor activities
In principle it was asked of service provider contracts for labor and occupational health certificate to all employees (ASO), was asked to plug individual protection equipment to ensure that employees would be getting the protective equipment (PPE) according to each activity to be performed so that the supervision charged using the same, PPE is of paramount importance to have control in the management of the equipment, an ideal PPE contains her information from each item of PPE available, certificate of approval (CA) informed, validity, the amount received by the employee, the employee's signature field and your responsible
With regard to PPE, it may be noted that the use of individual protection equipment is extremely important, because at the end of the work there was no accident, officials feel bothered by the use and stop using the PPEs, the coach was always security around inspecting the activities of employees

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Introduction

The terms of safety at work is an item of great importance in all the industrial activity, aiming to decrease the consequences that cause dangers to labor activities. In the field of civil construction, security depends almost exclusively of your labor, because most of the time the developer receives the individual protection equipment and it turns out your trivializing use by lack of knowledge and trust other in your belief that the accident will never happen yourself, the fact of relying on directly from the developer should cooperate for a better security management in companies, but it is one of the economic sectors with the highest rate of accidents In this context, this study aims to demonstrate the importance and necessity of the use of personal protective equipment for employees in construction, to reduce the number of accidents, and, in addition, to sensitize employees to the same are responsible for your safety and your coworkers and assist in the identification of occasions that can give risks and help correct the errors. The individual protection equipment (PPE), can be divided in terms of body area to protect: head protection (helmet), hearing protection (ear plugs or ear protectors noise and caps), respiratory Protection (masks, devices filters own against every kind of air contaminant: gases, aerosols), ocular and facial Protection (goggles, face shields and masks), hand and arm protection (gloves, made in various materials and sizes as the risks against which you want to protect: mechanical, chemical, biological, thermal or electric), protection of feet and legs (shoes, shoes, boots, sneakers, appropriate for the risks against which you want to protect: mechanical, chemical, electrical, and fall), protection against falls (belts parachute systems security, belts) [2]

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