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- Title
Health and Labour from the Perspective of Railway Dock workers in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Authors
Costa, Valdecir; Souza, Katia Reis; Teixeira, Liliane Reis; Hedlund, Charles Jopar; Filho, Luiz Antonio Fernandes; Cardoso, Letícia Silveira
- Abstract
The main goal of this study is to understand and analyse the perspective of dockworkers on health and labour at the Railway Dry Port of the Municipality of Uruguaiana in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. Sixteen dockworkers participated in the study under the methodological approach of qualitative research. The fieldwork was conducted through individual interviews by applying a semi-structured research script with open-ended questions. For the data analysis, the "discourse analysis" method was adopted, leading to the definition of five thematic categories of interpretation. From the perspective of dockworkers, dock work differs in both the weight of toil, which is hard and intense, and the sense of satisfaction regarding the collaborative and collective aspect of labour, emphasising the human side of labour. Several reports on work accidents and the identification of hazards that may be avoided by implementing changes in the organisation and work conditions were also noted.
- Subjects
RIO Grande (Brazil); STEVEDORES; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; MARINE railways; DATA analysis; HEALTH
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 4, p1207
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-81232015204.00722014