Avaliação do conforto térmico no setor de baixas temperaturas e sua influência nos trabalhadores em uma indústria de carne bovina do município de Presidente Prudente - São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Núñez, Maricielo Well Quispe [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/202966; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2019-04-29/000908584.pdf
• topic: Engenharia ambiental; Conforto termico; Ambiente de trabalho; Temperatura atmosférica; Environmental engineering

Human exposure to low-temperature occupational environments has been an important subject of study in the last decade, as it directly influences the worker's physiological state as well as his work performance, causing in most cases work-related illnesses and accidents. The objective of this study was to evaluate the thermal comfort sensation of workers in the beef bone meat sector (under approximately 10ºC), located in the city of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil analyzing the work environment through the Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA), the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the influence of low temperature on the worker. To characterize the thermo-environmental conditions, the following environmental variables were measured: Air temperature in (ºC), relative air humidity (%RH), mean radiant temperature (ºC) and wind speed (m/s). The worker's hand and product temperature was collected to enrich the study. The variables obtained were used to find the PMV / PPD and WCI indexes, to know the thermal comfort of employees at work and the risks they could be exposed to, according to the literature. Through the observation of the work and using a questionnaire, variables related to the perception of the thermal comfort declared by the workers and the effects, possibly with a thermo-environmental origin, already existent in their health were raised...