Contributo da educação ambiental na prevenção de acidentes de trabalho e de problemas ambientais na Saboeira Industrial de Moçambique - SABIMO

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the contribution of Environmental Education in the prevention of Work accidents and environmental problems in Saboeira Industrial of Mozambique (SABIMO). For this purpose, a bibliographic review was carried out using books, monographs and articles on the Internet. Through a qualitative study, five (5) employees of SABIMO, one in charge of the hygiene and safety department at the workplace, the person responsible for the Environment Department and two employees from different areas of work at the company were used content analysis techniqueof Bardim (2007), it was inferred that during the soap production process workers are subject to physical and ergonomic risks and the accidents that occur are: entrance of bodies into the eyes, cuts, burns and falls; it is concluded that the environmental impacts caused by SABIMO are the alteration of the atmospheric air and alteration of the soil conditions and health risk of the workers due to the layers of grease, stench and soda dust on the floor and walls and finally, it was inferred that EA plays a crucial role in raising worker awareness both for the mitigation of environmental problems and for the reduction of work- related accidents through the use of its strategies: lectures, elaboration and dissemination of teaching materials, preparation of an environmental education plan aimed at prevention of accidents at work and mitigation of environmental problems.