TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Risk perception and occupational accidents: a study of gas station workers in southern Brazil
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Cezar-Vaz, Marta Regina
A1  - Rocha, Laurelize Pereira
A1  - Bonow, Clarice Alves
A1  - da Silva, Mara Regina Santos
A1  - Vaz, Joana Cezar
A1  - Cardoso, Letícia Silveira
SP  - 2362
EP  - 2377
VL  - 9
IS  - 7
N2  - The present study aimed to identify the perceptions of gas station workers about physical, chemical, biological and physiological risk factors to which they are exposed in their work environment; identify types of occupational accidents involving gas station workers and; report the development of a socioenvironmental intervention as a tool for risk communication to gas station workers. A quantitative study was performed with 221 gas station workers in southern Brazil between October and December 2010. Data collection was performed between October to December 2010 via structured interviews. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0. The participants identified the following risk types: chemical (93.7%), physical (88.2%), physiological (64.3%) and biological (62.4%). In this sample, 94.1% of gas station workers reported occupational accidents, and 74.2% reported fuel contact with the eyes (p < 0.05). It is concluded that workers perceive risks, and that they tend to relate risks with the occurrence of occupational accidents as an indicator of the dangerous nature of their work environment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9072362
ID  - ref1
ER  -