[The health and risks of fishermen and crab catchers of Guanabara Bay]. / A saúde e os riscos dos pescadores e catadores de caranguejo da Baía de Guanabara.

The article discusses the health, risks and the work of fishermen and crab catchers in region of APA Guapimirim in Guanabara Bay. Fishermen and crab catchers are typical informal workers, they suffer from lack of protection and working guarantee. They are exposed to working risks day by day such as accidents with fishing boat, fishing equipment, the own fish, drowning, as well as a lot of radiation and climatic variation. There are still the weight and work overload, as well as the activities done at night that increase the potential risks. A sample of 100 fishermen and crab catchers had told by quantitative-qualitative research that it was possible to draw a profile of these workers. They are workers that have little schooling, 63% of these workers have incomplete elementary school and 12% are illiterate. 44% of these workers reported that they get diseases or health problems. These diseases are related to the weight overload, the long working hours and all situation of danger that they have on their work activities. As a conclusion the article identified a lot of difficulties of these workers while performing their work and realizes that is necessary to find measures to could improve their life and work conditions.

A saúde e os riscos dos pescadores e catadores de caranguejo da Baía de Guanabara / The health and risks of fishermen and crab catchers of Guanabara Bay

O artigo discute a saúde, os riscos e o trabalho dos pescadores e catadores de caranguejo da região da APA de Guapimirim na Baía de Guanabara. Eles são típicos trabalhadores informais, sem proteção e garantias trabalhistas. Estão expostos a vários riscos no seu dia a dia, como acidentes com embarcações, com os apetrechos de pesca, com o próprio pescado, afogamentos, além de estarem expostos à grande radiação e variações climáticas. Há ainda a sobrecarga de peso e trabalho e a própria atividade noturna que potencializa mais os riscos. A partir de uma amostra de cem trabalhadores, que relataram por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva de abordagem quanti-qualitativa, traçou-se um perfil dos mesmos. São trabalhadores que possuem baixa escolaridade, predominando o primeiro grau incompleto (63 por cento) e com 12 por cento do total de analfabetos. Uma parcela desses trabalhadores (44 por cento) relataram possuir doenças ou agravos à saúde. Essas doenças estão relacionadas à sobrecarga de peso, à grande jornada de trabalho e todas as situações de periculosidade a que estão expostos em suas atividades. Foram identificadas grandes dificuldades desses trabalhadores em realizar o seu labor, havendo a necessidade urgente de encontrar medidas que possam melhorar suas condições de trabalho e vida.

The article discusses the health, risks and the work of fishermen and crab catchers in region of APA Guapimirim in Guanabara Bay. Fishermen and crab catchers are typical informal workers, they suffer from lack of protection and working guarantee. They are exposed to working risks day by day such as accidents with fishing boat, fishing equipment, the own fish, drowning, as well as a lot of radiation and climatic variation. There are still the weight and work overload, as well as the activities done at night that increase the potential risks. A sample of 100 fishermen and crab catchers had told by quantitative-qualitative research that it was possible to draw a profile of these workers. They are workers that have little schooling, 63 percent of these workers have incomplete elementary school and 12 percent are illiterate. 44 percent of these workers reported that they get diseases or health problems. These diseases are related to the weight overload, the long working hours and all situation of danger that they have on their work activities. As a conclusion the article identified a lot of difficulties of these workers while performing their work and realizes that is necessary to find measures to could improve their life and work conditions.