A aquisição de equipamentos de proteção individual na UFJF: considerações a partir do estudo de três laboratórios da Faculdade de Engenharia

Abstract

The present dissertation is developed under the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAED / UFJF). This study aimed to discuss the occupational reality regarding the acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment (EPI) and its consequences on the health and safety of the employees of the Faculty of Engineering (FEng), based on the study of three laboratories. To do so, it was investigated possible factors that contribute to the inefficacy of the purchase of these security items. Faced with this perspective, we reached the guiding question of the research: as the labor safety sector can help in the acquisition of EPIs in the three laboratories investigated aiming, thus, the prevention of risks of accidents and diseases at work? The general objective of this study is to analyze the current process of purchasing EPIs. The specific objectives include: (1) Describe the legal aspects that involve the acquisition of EPI, as well as to present the differences between the private initiative and the public administration that impact actions to promote health and safety at work; (2) Analyze workers perceptions about work safety and identify their main difficulties; (3) Analyze the problems that interfere with the purchase of EPIs and (4) Propose an Educational Action Plan (PAE) to overcome obstacles in the purchasing process and to improve the performance of GSET. The methodology of this research is characterized as qualitative using as an instrument the application of interviews with semi-structured script. It was found from the surveys that the possible primary causes for the inefficiency of the EPI acquisition process involve financial, technical and of institutional communication. In view of the results found and considering the current reality of the UFJF, a PAE has been proposed that will improve the process of purchasing EPI and improve the performance of GSET.