Equipamentos de proteção individual: a perspectiva de trabalhadores que sofreram queimaduras no trabalho / Equipos de protección individual: la perspectiva de trabajadores que sufrieron quemaduras en el trabajo / Personal protective equipment: the perspective of workers who suffered burns at work
to get to know the importance of the use of personal protectiveequipment in the prevention of burnaccidents at work according to employees.
Method:
a qualitative study, carried out at Referral Center for Burns Care, involving six workers whowere victims of occupational burnaccidents. The data collection took place between June and October 2012 through semi-structured interviews. The collected data were processedthrough content analysis.
Results:
the majority acknowledges the importance of using personal protective equipment that is appropriate to the occupational risks; nevertheless, the lack of or the inappropriate use may have favored the occurrence of occupationalburns.
estudio con enfoque cualitativo, realizado en un Centro de Referencia en Atención al Quemado, con seis trabajadores que sufrieron quemadurasoriginadas por accidentes de trabajo. Los datos fueron recogidos de junio a octubre del 2012, mediante entrevista semiestructurada. Los datos obtenidos fueron sometidos al análisis de contenido.