Análise da percepção das condições de trabalho, ambiente e saúde dos motoristas de caminhão em Rio Verde-GO

Abstract

This work analyses the perception of the professional driver about his work conditions, environment and health. The objective was to identify the difficulties met by the professional driver in the exercise of the profession, to verify his labor and health conditions, his perception of environmental changes and the kind of support received on the highways of the state of Goiás. It is a descriptive and exploratory study that uses a questionnaire (N=83) with questions about sociodemographic and anthropometrics characteristics; labor performance; self health evaluation; work related environment; general well-being using a scale developed by Fazio (1971) and used by Lima Paula e Torres (2001). The data on the accidents occurred between 2006 and 2007 in Goiás federal highways was obtained from the PRF-GO database. Within that period, 872 motorway accidents were registered, most involving males. In a total of 456 deaths, 256 were the drivers. The majority of accidents involved small vehicles, followed by tractor trucks and trucks. The average age of the participants was 42,8 years old, all male. The anthropometrics profile provided by corporal mass index (CMI) was 26,19 kg/m² of which 51,6% was overweight and 12% obese. On the level of school education, the predominance was incomplete elementary education with 39,8%. Most participants were married, with an average family income between R$1,501.00 and R$2.000,00, and 72% of the families depended solely on the participants income. Out of 83 interviews, 75,9% had a type E professional driver s license, and 26,5% owned the vehicle. The average professional time was 13,8 years. The well-being scale presented an average of 3,2 (DP=0,8), which indicates physical and psychological well-being bellow of medium point of the scale (4). Approximately 63% do not take regular medical examination. On average, 43,4% had medical exams over 2 years ago, 19% said that they suffer from some illness. On the perception of the environment, 71% have noticed environmental degradation. The results of research allows to conclude that the job of truck driver demands great ability of the worker, but the conditions where it is performed imposes physical and psychological demands that interfere with professional performance and road safety.