AVALIAÇÃO DOS RISCOS NO TRABALHO DE COLETORES DE RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS DOMICILIARES NO MUNICÍPIO DE NANUQUE-MG

The present work presents a study carried out with collectors of home solid residues of the city of Nanuque-MG, being the main objective being to analyze which are the most suffered accidents by the collectors and calculate the volume of waste generated by each inhabitant. The methodology used for the elaboration of the present study was through an interview with employees / technicians of the company responsible for the solid waste collection of the municipality of Nanuque. In this interview was requested data such as: number of employees responsible for street cleaning and waste collection; frequency of collection; route traveled by collectors; amount of waste collected; the most frequent accidents with the collectors of household residues. The data obtained served to determine the volume of waste generated per inhabitant based on NBR 10.004 / 2004 and to verify the accidents that occur most with these professionals. Through this research it was observed that the most common accidents are spine pains, allergies and the respective accidents with sharp objects, falls and slides.