Avaliação dos riscos em coletores de resíduos sólidos domiciliares na cidade de Natal/RN: Uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

This study will identify risk assessments, based on the literature, concerning domiciliary solid waste collector workers in the city of Natal/RN, listing their activities and the risks they experience. Collectors are exposed to numerous hazards, so it is imperative that these risks be evaluated. Moreover, this research proposes ways of avoiding or even eliminating such risks, and will be developed through a bibliographical review, in order to obtain a theoretical basis to justify this project. Thus, an intervention plan will be presented with the support of public authorities, in addition to as a proposal for modernized collection, applied in large cities worldwide, in order to improve the quality of these professional workers, as well as the entire population. Moreover, the most incidental risks were observed according to the local reality, so they could be tackled more vehemently.