Prevenção a quedas da própria altura sob preceitos da norma ISO 45001/2018: um estudo de caso no campus Campo Mourão da UTFPR

Abstract

The work accident classified as falling from height itself is widely discussed in both academically, by State in the European Union, and the United States of America. Is a classification of a work accident that the fall occurs at the same level at which the victim is found, usually after trips or slips. In Brazil, the academic and governmental efforts related to falls are focused on the elderly and work at height, depending on the involvement of high-risk factors and consequences. Referring to the data source, the Brazilian reference institutes that approach security and work accidents do not offer objective numbers that enable the identification of the causes of accidents. This fact contributes for in Brazil the theme falls from height itself not receive importance, resulting in the impossibility of proof of eventual high numbers of occurrences and their social and economic consequences. Another factor that represents an obstacle to deserved attention to the subject in Brazil, is the non-fatal aspect from the falls from height itself. In the European Union, falls from heights itself causes, between January 2017 and October 2018, accidents that resulted in 31% of the total of work leaves for up to seven days. The present research is based on a case study in the environments of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, at Campus Campo Mourão, having as objective the development of a methodology to analyze, identify and implement preventive actions against falls from height itself. For the purpose of the organization of the preventive actions, the study utilized the requirements of the international standard ISO 45001:2018 regarding the system of management of safety and health at work. For the lifting of materials and methods that will compose the preventive actions, the study constituted, at first, in systematic bibliographical and documentary analysis. The sequence of efforts was carried out in loco for the recognition of environments and potentially hazardous processes. The data collection technique was the systematic observational research, whose information was recorded in forms specifically elaborated to meet the needs of the investigation. After gathered the information and analyzing it, the final step consisted in the elaboration of a system of occupational safety and health management, appropriate to avoid, including, falls from the height itself in the environments determined as scope. The management system provided contains a manual responsible for the conduction of the entire system, a security and health procedure of specific work to prevent falls from their height.