Observância às normas de segurança no trabalho: um estudo em quatro laboratórios do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

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 case study discusses the use of occupational safety standards in the laboratories of higher education institutions based on the study of four laboratories of the Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). ICB laboratories are environments in which teaching, research and extension activities require the coexistence of people, biological samples, chemical reagents and residues in the same environment. It is inevitable that people in these spaces will be exposed to different risks. To direct the research we have the following guiding question: How can the Occupational Safety Management work, in partnership with the Institute of Biological Sciences, to comply with health and safety standards in laboratories LAB 1, LAB 2, LAB 3 and LAB 4? The general objective of this paper is to analyze which actions can be developed by the Occupational Safety Management, with the ICB, to adapt the laboratories to health and safety standards. For this it was defined as specific objectives: describe the factors that affect the work safety sector performance in the federal public service; analyze the knowledge that people, who for some reason attend these laboratories, have about the risks to which they are exposed and propose an action plan that contributes to promoting safety and health in these spaces, with actions that provide knowledge and information to users. We assume that people who attend ICB / UFJF laboratories do not clearly know the risks involved in the activities, thus being vulnerable to disease and accidents. For this, the case study was used as methodology, and as instruments the research in documentation and records in archives, semi-structured interviews and non- participant observation in the four laboratories. It was found from the theoretical framework, interviews and non-participant observation that the difficulties and barriers regarding compliance with labor safety standards in laboratories range from the lack of legislation to discipline the subject to lack of awareness of the workers. involved in the work process. Thus, considering what fits the UFJF, the Educational Action Plan was proposed, which aims to adapt the laboratories to health and safety standards, providing users with more knowledge and information about the risks to which they are exposed.