Uso do método árvore de causas na investigação de acidente rural

Abstract

The accidents at work cause thousands of deaths every day around the world and Brazil is considered one of the champions of occurrences. They are caused by many factors of being human, organizational, machinery and equipment inappropriate; however, to facilitate the search for the factors that really cause these events were prepared methodologies used for investigation of accidents in different areas and efficiencies. These can be called proactive, they are used before the occurrence of the event or reactive methods that are applied after the occurrence of the incident, and are used as a basis of information to prevent further events. In Brazil was adopted the Tree Causes Method that is used to investigate the causes of accidents without pursue the culprits, but find the factors that caused it being widely used in the investigation of accidents. The objective of this study was to test the application of the method CTM in an accident at work in agriculture evaluate its efficiency front and the special found in this sector of the economy, with its use was possible the observation of the factors causing the accident that became evident in the construction of the tree causes. This showed that the factors causing the accident were linked to the behavior of the operator front variations occurred during the execution of the activity and also with the haracteristics of the work environment. The method is applicable in accidents of the work and very useful for professionals connected the area of security is an important tool for improving the conditions of the organizational work, because it allows some measures of control are taken from the information raised during the whole process.