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Including the people with disabilities at work: a case study of the job of bricklayer in civil construction in Brazil

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Martins, L.B | Barkokébas Junior, B. | Guimarães, B.M

Affiliations: Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Design, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife-PE, Brazil. [email protected] | University of Pernambuco, Department of Civil Engeneering, Rua Benfica, 455, Bloco I - Madalena 50720-001 - Recife, PE, Brazil. [email protected] | Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Design, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife- PE, Brazil. [email protected]

Note: [] Corresponding author. Guimarães, B. M. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Ergonomics, Person with a disability, Inclusion at work, Civil Construction

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0023-4716

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 4716-4721, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the results of the evaluation of the job of bricklayer in the construction industry to determine the profile of workers with disabilities who could perform this function and what adjustments are needed. The methods and techniques used in the field study were: direct observation of the activities and the environment, interviews with bricklayers on building sites, a video and photographic record of tasks being carried out to analyze the job of bricklayer, software resources were used. This study set out the disabilities most commonly caused by work accidents in the civil construction industry and simulated the conditions of the individuals to determine whether they could perform the activities of this function and what adaptations are needed. It was observed that workers with hearing impairments could perform activities without any change in the workplace and individuals who had had a leg or foot amputated need to use appropriate prostheses to perform the activities of the function. Thus, it was shown that the activity of professionals with experience in Ergonomics is essential since, by the activity of gathering data and analysing the physical, cognitive and organizational requirements of jobs and by collecting data on and analysing the functional capabilities of the worker with a disability, adaptations to jobs can be adequately defined.

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