Política de segurança do trabalho: análise do programa de saúde e segurança do trabalho do SESI - Vitória da Conquista - BA

Abstract

This paper presents a case study analyzing the implementation of the Health and Workplace Safety Program (Programa de Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho: PSST) of the Industry Social Services (Serviço Social da Indústria: SESI) in two businesses in the city of Vitória da Conquista in the southwestern region of the state of Bahia, Brazil. First, a short history of workplace safety, hygiene, and medicine in the world, Brazil, and the state of Bahia is presented. Next, a revised theory concerning accident prevention in the industrial workplace, highlighting some studies carried out, theories concerning accidents, and some basic definitions with relation to workplace accidents are laid out. Via an analysis of the data collected from the two companies, it was verified that both companies possess an interest relative to implementing the actions suggested by the PSST; however, there is still a lack of a major commitment to the implementation of these actions; all things considered, a concern with improving workplace safety for laborers need not be only a legal obligation but also the result of man’s conscientiousness in this respect, principally of the managers.