2002
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2002000500014
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Assaltantes a bordo: violência, insegurança e saúde no trabalho em transporte coletivo de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of violent crime on working conditions, health, and security for bus drivers and ticket takers in the mass transportation system in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The research included 195 interviews with workers, labor union officials, passengers, management, and police. In the last ten years there have been 20,572 robberies in a fleet of 2,400 buses operated by 10,151 workers, with 67 deaths and more than US$500,000 in company losses. Perpetrators are typically poor, unemployed youth… Show more

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“…Despite the absence of a national panorama, a study conducted in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, showed the vulnerabilities of bus workers: 20,572 assaults on buses, with an estimate that each bus worker experienced one or two assault incidents in the workplace between 1990 and 1998. 16 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Despite the absence of a national panorama, a study conducted in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, showed the vulnerabilities of bus workers: 20,572 assaults on buses, with an estimate that each bus worker experienced one or two assault incidents in the workplace between 1990 and 1998. 16 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vehicles circulating in degraded transportation routes suffer damages (e.g., vehicle misalignments) that can affect the professionals (e.g., whole-body vibration). 16 The poor state of conservation of the transportation grid is one of the factors responsible for high mortality in traffic, primarily affecting drivers and fare collectors. 21 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Se considerarmos -como deve ser -que o AT é qualquer agressão pontual, seja ela fortuita ou intencional; seja ela decorrente da ação de terceiros, de animais, de fenômenos naturais, de máquinas ou objetos, ou mesmo de lesões autoinfligidas; que ocorra durante o trabalho, a categorização típico deixa de lado a maioria dos acidentes sofridos pelo trabalhador. De fato, diversos estudos realizados nas últimas duas décadas apontaram a crescente participação de homicídios, latrocínios, sequestros, conflitos com criminosos, com policiais, com colegas de trabalho, com clientes e usuários, suicídios, e mesmo o impacto de balas perdidas, como desencadeadores de AT fatais 31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39 .…”
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“…Diante da complexidade de variáveis envolvidas no comportamento do trabalhador que sofre assalto em seu ambiente de trabalho, observa-se que as pesquisas sobre as consequências de assaltos no contexto de trabalho no Brasil são escassas, e contemplam poucos contextos, como a realidade de trabalhadores do transporte (Alves & Paula, 2009, Paes-Machado & Levenstein, 2002 e dos bancários (Marques & Giongo, 2016;Schneider, 2011). Contudo, a realidade de trabalhadores de pequenos comércios parece não ter sido caracterizada ainda.…”
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