MEDIDAS PROTETIVAS E DE SEGURANÇA DO MEIO AMBIENTE DE TRABALHO E O ENFRENTAMENTO DA COVID-19

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the safety and health standards of workers in the workplace, pointing out some protective and safety measures that would minimize the disastrous consequences for both the worker and the INSS, also emphasizing the confrontation of covid-19 in the work environment and the restrictive measures adopted. Even knowing that Brazil has one of the most advanced legislation in the field of worker health, why is the number of accidents and diseases in the workplace still scary? This study is a bibliographical research regarding the procedure, with a qualitative and exploratory approach in relation to the objective. Based   on a theoretical  framework inherent to the doctrines of authors who discuss the subject, articles, websites and   Brazilian legislation. The research addressed the different types of environments, giving greater emphasis to the work environment, workplace accidents, preventive   measures and discussed preventive measures in the context of Covid-19. The result of the study showed that the provision of PPRA and PCMSO is not enough, but the appointment and fulfillment of measures capable of eliminating or reducing occupational risk and, for that, it is necessary that the employer has the obligation to ensure the preservation of the health of its employees, given that the greater the employee's exposure to environmental risks at work, the greater should be the care and prevention of accidents. It also demonstrates the concern inherent in facing the covid-19, which had several consequences on the labor market.