RISCO ERGONÔMICO EM COSTUREIRAS DA INDÚSTRIA DE CONFECÇÕES DE COARI ERGONOMIC RISK IN SEAMSTRESSES INDUSTRY MANUFACTURE OF COARI

Abstract

Introduction: Ergonomics is a set of techniques and methodologies that are applied to adaptations, working conditions and psychophysiological capabilities of the worker in order to give protection to workers' health, improve production and enhance the quality of life. Purpose: To evaluate the ergonomic hazards of jobs in the garment industry of Coari . Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 11 seamstresses in the garment industry of Coari . To check the overhead of the task performed and musculoskeletal risks RULA method was applied and the SF -36 to assess quality of life. Data were organized in a spreadsheet in Microsoft Office Excel ® version 2007; analysis of normality using the Shapiro - Wilk . To assess the correlation between variables, we used the Spearman correlation test accepting the level of significance set at p < 0.05. Statistical tests were performed by Bioestat ® 5.0 and Graphpad Prism 5.0 software. Results: It was found that on average the RULA  method had a score of 4.09 , ranging between 3 and 5 with an action level 2 , the SF -36 showed areas with low scores indicating low quality of life and positive correlation variable between pain and age ( p < 0.05 ) , pain in variable working time and there was no correlation . Conclusion: The employees had lower quality of life , and ergonomic risks to the need for further investigation and that changes may be necessary.