RepresentaÃÃes sociais de trabalhadores acidentados sobre o retorno ao trabalho / Social representations of injured workers about return to work / RepresentaÃÃes sociais de trabalhadores acidentados sobre o retorno ao trabalho / Social representations of injured workers about return to work

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

08/02/2012

RESUMO

The present study aims to understand the social representations of injured and non-injured workers over the accident at work and return to his/her professional activities. To this end, it has been considered considered the historical processes of work organization used since the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, recently modified due to the productive restructuring, as contributing factors to the occurrence of accidents at work nowadays. It also assumes the importance and need for the professionals of the rehabilitation area consider the professional representations of injured workers when they return to work. This study has used as research methodology the qualitative approach with the implementation of semi-structured interviews with seven injured workers who were in the process of rehabilitation and two workers who had never suffered a work accident. The data obtained went through a content analysis, which was focused on two main categories: the social representations of the accident at work and the return to normal activities after recovery. It was found that the construction of the social representation of the accident by the injured workers follows a dynamic path, going from a concept of guilt up to the identification of gaps in the work processes. Unlike, the non-injured workers represent the occupational accident statically, as an event caused by human error and by possible errors in the work processes. The return to work by injured workers was represented as a possibility of being cut off from their professional activities by the company, although acknowledging their labor rights, while the non-injured workers represent the return of his/her colleagues as a tough time to be faced, thus, they need care from those who receive them in the company. It was understood that the results of this study enable the improvement of occupational health policies, especially in the process of rehabilitation of those injured at work, in order to mitigate the psychosocial effects of the accident.

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acidentes de trabalho representaÃÃes sociais reabilitaÃÃo profissional saÃde do trabalhador work injuries social representation professional rehabilitation worker‟ s health psicologia

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