Metodologia de gestão do comportamento seguro aplicada na redução dos acidentes de trabalho: estudo de caso em uma indústria de cosmético.

Abstract

Accidents at work can undermine the competitiveness of companies and even their survival, because they raise costs, reduce productivity due to low availability of personnel and organizational climate, and can affect the organization's image in society. Create major problems for people (injured) and their families, as well as for the country. In Brazil, the official statistics of accidents at work show high numbers, even considering that underreporting occurs. The aim of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a process for management of safe behavior, tool aimed at preventing accidents, in a cosmetic industry. We performed a literature review (on the Brazilian legislation, occupational accident prevention, safe behavior management, safety culture and management system of occupational safety and health), interviews with leaders and workers, training, follow-up meetings (coaching) inspections at the workplace, behavioral observations of audit and consulting company records to assess the involvement of managers and workers. There was a 40% reduction in the number of accidents in the first year and 79% reduction of accidents, the second year, in addition to improving posture preventionist management and workers. It is hoped that this paper can assist and encourage organizations to deploy a management methodology for safe behavior, as well as students and researchers to make tests, adjustments and adaptations to improve the safety performance of these organizations, reducing accidents and the hardships and suffering they impose for the working class.