Risk Perception and Occupational Accidents
A Study of Gas Station Workers in Southern Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15460524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz (0000-0002-0754-7469, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, corresponding author), Laurelize Pereira Rocha (0000-0001-9334-6550, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Clarice Alves Bonow (0000-0001-9918-9234, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Mara Regina Santos Da Silva (0000-0002-7385-7609, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Joana Cezar Vaz (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Leticia Silveira Cardoso (0000-0002-2946-6758, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 2362-2377 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph9072362 |
| PMID | 22851948 |
| PMCID | PMC3407909 |
| OpenAlex | W2013390383 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
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
Data collection · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Occupational exposure · Occupational safety and health · Perception · Poison control · Risk perception · Sample (material · Statistics · Chemical Safety and Risk Management · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Risk and Safety Analysis
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |