AS VOLTAS QUE O ÔNIBUS DÁ: UMA AVALIAÇÃO SOBRE AS CONDIÇÕES E ORGANIZAÇÃO DE TRABALHO DOS MOTORISTAS DE MICRO-ÔNIBUS

Abstract

(Introduction) The aim of this work is to analize the influences of the ambiental conditions (noise, temperature and ilumination) and the organization of work about the health of the drivers of urban micro-bus of a collective transport company in the city of Campina Grande PB. (Theoretical Reference) The knowledge in Ergonomics and Anthropometry were deepened as well as its relation with the work place, the office of the bus driver and the micro-bus driver, the sitting position and its consequences for the health and the influences of the thermophisics conditions and of the work organization in the activities of the micro-bus drivers. (Methodological Procedures) Twelve micro-bus drivers of this company were evaluated. Comments general and systematic of the activity had been effected, had been applied questionnaires with closed and opened questions, beyond measurements: of the ambient, antropométrics factors of the individuals and the ranks of work. (Results and Discussion) At the end of this study the results indicated that 75% of the interviewees did not used to make physical exercises, 58% were over the average weight, of which 16% presented fatness type I and 83,4% presented complaints of aches after the work, in which 50% of these aches were located in the vertebral spine. The levels of noise found were less than 85 dB, however, it could be noticed the occurrence of peaks of noise, with an average duration of 1 second, the order of 95 dB, when the vehicle was stopped and the public was passing through the ratchet-brace of passangers control, these peaks affect the concentration of the driver and can unchain problems of psychic nature, of the type: irritation, reduction of the dexterity, among others. About the work organization, the main complaints of the drivers were about the daily division of the work timetable (called) and the pression to accomplish the timetables. (Conclusions) The work conditions of the micro-bus drivers researched in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba state, affect the health of these workers, with emphasis on the stress levels, that increases because of the accomplishment of the time limit of route timetable, of the traffic problems .