Acidentes de trabalho na construção civil associados ao consumo abusivo de álcool e outras drogas

Abstract

The construction industry plays an important role in the country's economy and technological development, and is also responsible for absorbing an expressive number of labor requiring manual labor. So it has the majority of male workers. These advances did not reduce the number of accidents at work on construction sites. On the contrary, the number of cases occurring in the sector is increasing, bringing serious damage to the worker, a problem for companies and a concern for public health. This study aims to analyze the relationship between alcohol consumption and other drugs and work accidents in the construction industry in the literature studied, was chosen by the author's experience in the construction industry and nursing graduation. The purpose of this proposal is to provide information on public health subsidies, professionals working in the assistance of accident victims, researchers interested in this area of inquiry and compliance with previously established standards. The methodology used was the research by academic articles in the databases: SCIELO, VHL, MEDLINE. In Normative Resolutions of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, in manuals of the Ministry of Health and Social Security. Articles were selected between the years 2000 to 2015. Exclusion criteria: studies that are not contemplating the research that intends to describe and associate work accidents in the construction industry with the abusive use of alcohol and other drugs. Obtaining as discursive results the fragility of research in the work environment, accidental underreporting in hospital records, fragility with the employment relationship, inadequate use of protective equipment and absenteeism. The results point to a serious public health problem, occupational accidents associated with the abuse of alcohol and other drugs in the construction industry. Despite this, few authors argue on the subject, even recognizing the importance of being approached.